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A collision between a student and a cement truck left nutrition freshman Haifa Abubaker with serious injuries.
The crash occurred on Guadalupe Street near the intersection of Dean Keeton Street on June 27.
After the crash, she was quickly taken to Brackenridge Hospital and is now out of the Intensive Care Unit and recovering with her family at the hospital after having a length of one of her legs amputated.
Despite Austin’s reputation as a top bicycling destination, the city should improve its bicycling infrastructure, said representatives from bike organizations at a forum for Austin City Council candidates Monday.
Austin residents passed a $90 million bond to improve roadways and construct bike lanes and sidewalks on Tuesday.
Get Austin Moving, a political action committee in favor of the Strategic Mobility Bond, or Proposition 1, celebrated at Shoal Creek Saloon on Tuesday evening.
“It’s a smart decision for a smart city,” said committee treasurer Ted Siff. “Transportation solutions will happen faster, cheaper and better because the voters and the majority have passed Proposition 1.”
