Southbound Credit: Photo by Wells Dunbar

From the solicitation presentation at City Hall; the top 20 “where we have the calls,” says APD Chief Art Acevedo. How’s your hood stack up?

I-35 & Rundberg
I-35 & Riverside
Rundberg & Lamar
I-35 & Anderson
I-35 & Oltorf
Riverside & Pleasant Valley
Congress & Oltorf
Wm Cannon & Manchaca
I-35 & Cesar Chavez
Anderson & Burnet
Parmer & Dessau
Mopac & 2222
Airport & Lamar
Ben White & Manchaca
I-35 & 51st
Research & Burnet
Parmer & Metric
4000 S Lamar-BrodieShopping
Lamar & Barton Springs
I-35 & 38th

Granted, these 20 are ordered by the number of crashes at each site, from 31 at I-35 & Rundberg, to 5 at I-35 and 38th. But still, according to the chief, it sounds like these are the top 20 sites for soliciting in or near a roadway citywide.

This article appears in September 21 • 2007.

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