{"id":194653,"date":"2026-03-07T12:01:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T12:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/194653\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T12:01:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T12:01:08","slug":"arlington-hosts-free-youth-traffic-safety-event-on-march-28-state-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/194653\/","title":{"rendered":"Arlington hosts free youth traffic safety event on March 28 | State News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ARLINGTON, Texas \u2014 The Arlington community is invited to attend Court Connection, a free traffic safety program for students from elementary to high school, on March 28, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The event will take place at the Arlington Municipal Court, located at 101 S. Mesquite St., from 8 a.m. to noon. It is hosted by the Arlington Municipal Court in collaboration with the Arlington Police Department and the City&#8217;s Transportation Department. Participants will be directed to the appropriate floor based on their age and grade level.<\/p>\n<p>Interactive activities include traffic safety exercises with free books and activity giveaways, drug and alcohol awareness with DUI goggles and a driving simulator, a search and rescue dog demonstration, and a mock trial experience.<\/p>\n<p>Participants are encouraged to RSVP by March 13, 2026, by emailing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moorenews.com\/news\/state\/arlington-hosts-free-youth-traffic-safety-event-on-march-28\/mailto:russell.f.fiorella@arlingtontx.gov\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">russell.f.fiorella@arlingtontx.gov<\/a>, including the ages of children attending. This initiative is part of the City&#8217;s Safe Streets Arlington Comprehensive Safety Action Plan, adopted by the City Council in December 2024, aiming to reduce deaths and serious injuries on city streets by 5% annually, with a goal of zero deaths and serious injuries by 2050, according to a press release from the Office of Communication.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ARLINGTON, Texas \u2014 The Arlington community is invited to attend Court Connection, a free traffic safety program for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":194654,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[35969,77142,77148,77143,77145,150,152,151,77149,77141,16237,74161,294,13031,77144,77154,77146,74188,584,77153,77155,77151,11050,73578,3961,3910,3027,77150,49860,49859,25919,77147,77152,699],"class_list":["post-194653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arlington","tag-alcohol","tag-alcohol-abuse","tag-alcohol-and-health","tag-alcohol-law","tag-alcohol-related-crimes","tag-arlington","tag-arlington-headlines","tag-arlington-news","tag-automotive-safety","tag-car-crime","tag-causes","tag-causes-of-death","tag-crime","tag-driving","tag-driving-under-the-influence","tag-food-law","tag-hazardous-motor-vehicle-activities","tag-hazards","tag-health","tag-health-law","tag-individual-psychoactive-drugs","tag-product-safety","tag-road-safety","tag-road-transport","tag-safety","tag-social-aspects-of-psychoactive-drugs","tag-substance-abuse","tag-substance-related-disorders","tag-traffic-law","tag-transport-law","tag-transport-safety","tag-vehicle-law","tag-vehicle-operation","tag-vehicles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=194653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194653\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/194654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=194653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}