\u00a0East Clarendon Drive<\/a> in Dallas say driving down their street has become dangerous and deadly.<\/p>\nJust last week, three people were killed in a crash, including two children. Last Wednesday, Dallas Fire-Rescue crews responded to the crash at the intersection of East Clarendon Drive and North Street around 7:55 a.m. Officials said the response included seven rescue units.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s something really\u2026 It\u2019s a big deal,\u201d said Alex Soria, who lives near the street.<\/p>\n
Carelia Rodriguez, who lives nearby, said crashes on this stretch of road are all too common. Many of the crashes, she explained, happen at night or in the early morning hours. Her neighbor, Alex Soria, has the same concern.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s due to excessive speeds,” Soria said. “Some cars go into the woods, or they even flip.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
On Tuesday, newly elected Dallas City Councilmember Maxie Johnson stood with other city leaders, acknowledging the tragedy.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThe other day we lost children through tragedy,\u201d said Johnson.<\/p>\n
Officials announced Dallas is launching Vision Zero, a plan to cut traffic-related deaths and serious injuries in half by 2030, with the goal of eliminating them altogether.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re going to listen to you,” Johnson said. “We\u2019re going to meet about these matters, and we\u2019re going to include you in these decisions.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
While long-term changes will take time, Johnson said there are steps the city can take sooner, like cutting back heavy vegetation along the street and adding flashing traffic signals. Neighbors are calling for even more.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel like more signaling or maybe even speed bumps would help,\u201d one resident said.<\/p>\n
For neighbors, Tuesday\u2019s promises were familiar. They\u2019ve been documenting crashes along East Clarendon Drive for the last five years, including incidents where a car crashed into a home.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is very dangerous,\u201d Rodriguez said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Vision Zero is a plan to cut traffic-related deaths and serious injuries in half by 2030, to eliminate…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":159710,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5135],"tags":[5229,1596,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-159709","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-dallas","10":"tag-texas","11":"tag-tx","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-united-states-of-america","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","16":"tag-us","17":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115058214438526543","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159709"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159709\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/159710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}