A safe place to drive
Driving on neighborhood streets is safer. Sorry.
In transportation policy, the small problems get much more attention than the big ones. For instance, people complain far more about traffic congestion than traffic deaths.
Similarly, people aren't nearly as bothered by speeding on major traffic corridors as they are by speeding on residential streets. But the former is far more deadly than the latter.
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Fatal crashes on "residential" or "neighborhood" streets with 25 mph speed limits are exceedingly rare. A single-car crash that killed the driver on Mearns Meadow Blvd last month was notable, but even that street invites higher speeds with its great width and slightly higher speed limit (30 mph).
The map from the city's Vision Zero dashboard documents every fatal (red) and serious injury car crash over the past four years. I-35 is by far the greatest contributor to road carnage, but SH 71 and US-183 do their part as well. Mopac is far safer.
