Vulnerable Road User Ordinance Aims to Provide Safe Roads For Children in El Chamizal

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Residents of the Chamizal neighborhood in El Paso, Texas can now enjoy safer roads thanks to the Vulnerable Road User Ordinance.

In 2010, while serving as a city council member for El Paso, Beto O’Rourke (D-Texas), introduced the Vulnerable Road User Ordinance. This policy requires vehicles to switch lanes if a pedestrian or cyclist is traveling in the same lane.

This news article describes how the Vulnerable Road User Ordinance was passed on Dec. 7, 2010 and how it aims to protect people, other than motorists, who use public roadways.

Those who fail to comply will now face a $500 fine for violating the Vulnerable Road User Ordinance (No. 017466). Learn more by viewing this fact sheet.

This KTSM news report announces that the Vulnerable road user ordinance has gone into effect.

Read the text to El Paso’s Vulnerable Road User Ordinance.

Visit the Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities page to read more about how the new ordinance has made streets safer for residents of El Chamizal.

View this press release to learn more about the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities grant that supported active living in a predominantly Latino community  in El Paso.