The Austin Police Department's effort to reduce walking deaths is the Pedestrian Enforcement Safety Team, or PEST.

Meanwhile, the effort for Ticketing Aggressive Cars and Trucks, has the acronym TACT.

I couldn't make this stuff up.

The Chronicle says, "APD is essentially punishing the victim here, or at best addressing only one side of the problem: focusing entirely on pedestrian violations instead of, for instance, ways to improve pedestrian visibility and driver awareness. In at least two cases, ticketed jaywalkers ($190!) complain that their extra-legal street crossings were actually common ped routes used because of logistical problems with the nearby legal alternatives."

http://www.austinchronicle.com/news/201 … destrians/