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Oak Hill Parkway project approved for construction
The Oak Hill Parkway project was added to the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization’s 2019-2022 Transportation Improvement Program by unanimous vote at the Transportation Policy Board meeting Monday evening. The decision places the 12-lane elevated highway at the congested intersection…
Roads • By Ryan Thornton • Jan 16, 2019
Conley to resign as CAMPO chairman
Before adjourning Monday’s meeting of the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization, chair Will Conley, who has held the chairmanship since first being elected in January 2012, announced his intention to resign from the Transportation Policy Board in the coming weeks.…
Transportation • By Ryan Thornton • Jan 16, 2019
CapMetro approves Project Connect vision plan
The Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s long-term vision plan was adopted by the agency’s board of directors Monday afternoon. As per Project Connect program manager Dave Couch, the map – an array of intersecting and parallel lines of various colors and…
Transit • By Ryan Thornton • Dec 18, 2018
State transportation performance goals suggest lack of government solutions
Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization’s Transportation Policy Board caught a glimpse of a potentially bleak future in Texas transportation during a routine procedure at the board’s Monday evening meeting. In line with the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st…
Transportation • By Ryan Thornton • Dec 17, 2018
Council hopes to reduce car use with two initiatives
At its last meeting of the year Thursday, City Council approved two measures aimed at encouraging people to get out of their cars. One item, crafted by Council Member Delia Garza, instructs the city manager to put together a working…
Transportation • By Jack Craver • Dec 14, 2018
Vision Zero advocates look to Legislature to help reduce traffic deaths
In 2015, Austin hit a record high in road deaths: 102. In the two subsequent years, things have improved, with 79 and 76 people perishing in 2016 and 2017, respectively. By the beginning of December, 69 had died this year…
Transportation • By Jack Craver • Dec 10, 2018
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Scooters: Committee calls for clear rules
The number of dockless scooter operators wanting a share of the Austin market continues to rise. This week, Austin welcomed the latest entrant, Lyft, with permits for 1,500 authorized units, pushing the total number of authorized scooters (not the number…
Transportation • By Ryan Thornton • Dec 7, 2018
Capital Metro votes kids ride free, forever
Looking at the 120,000 annual service hours added with Cap Remap this summer or at the major upcoming investments between Project Connect and a fully electric bus fleet, we might expect Capital Metro to be squeezing every possible penny out…
Transit • By Ryan Thornton • Dec 6, 2018
City cracks down on Lime scooters
In the same week that Parks and Recreation announced a controversial pilot program allowing electric bikes and scooters on several of the city’s most popular trails, the Austin Transportation Department has temporarily subtracted 1,000 scooters from the number of Lime’s…
Transportation • By Ryan Thornton • Nov 30, 2018
Weeks before Project Connect vote, city talks community engagement
The Dec. 17 Capital Metro Board of Directors vote on the Project Connect vision plan is quickly approaching. Austin residents are being asked by the transportation agency and City Council representatives to take the time this holiday season to attend…
Transit • By Ryan Thornton • Nov 29, 2018
Austin’s Strategic Mobility Plan supports Cap Metro’s Project Connect
Austin’s Capital Metro recently released its revamped Project Connect plan, which it hopes to put before voters in 2020, and this time it has integrated its plans with the city’s overall strategy. The last time Austin laid out a transportation plan…
Transportation • By Jessi Devenyns • Nov 27, 2018
Solving regional affordability problems will require addressing transportation costs
Decreasing affordability in Austin and the surrounding area is primarily tied to a shortage of housing options coupled with rising property taxes. But the region’s lack of transportation options is the source of another significant, though less recognized, financial burden…
