City of McAllen asking for public's help on transportation system goals

McALLEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The City of McAllen is allowing the public to review its Vision Zero Plan, which hopes to bring down to zero any deaths and major injuries in its transportation system.

This comes after months of surveying over 600 people and gathering information from a consulting firm. They are now asking the public for more input before they take it to City Hall in late August.

Between 2018 and 2023, more than 39,000 people were involved in some kind of crash in the city of McAllen.

318 of those either died or were seriously injured. The accidents happened with cars, bikes, motorcycles, trains and even those walking on a city street.

The Vision Zero Action Plan calls for putting a stop to those accidents.

New McAllen resident Christine Gerin says she feels safe driving in the city but still argues more can be done.

“By the schools make sure people go more slow and more warning signs perhaps and also signs in sidewalks for people with disabilities to make them larger, so they can go with their whe...