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Transportation
Capital Metro touts partnership that keeps vulnerable residents moving
A nonprofit effort to expand transportation equity in Austin is celebrating a milestone while also dropping six figures to expand its scope. Last week, the Transit Empowerment Fund announced it has provided its 3,000,000th bus ride via its partnership with…
Transit • By Caleb Pritchard • Mar 8, 2017
Mobility plan will prioritize transit
The collaborative effort to craft a transit priority policy is being rolled into the larger Austin Strategic Mobility Plan. Last Wednesday, Austin Transportation Department staff briefed the City Council Mobility Committee on their nearly year-old charge to put together a…
Transit • By Caleb Pritchard • Mar 6, 2017
Council looks forward to robot car future
City Council has kicked its embrace of self-driving cars into maximum overdrive. On Thursday morning, Council approved a resolution directing the city manager to develop a plan to prepare the city for a future of shared vehicles piloted by software…
Transportation • By Caleb Pritchard • Mar 3, 2017
Worries about mobility bond timeline surface at City Hall
City Council on Tuesday balked at hearing a lengthy update from staff on the ongoing efforts to ramp up the massive but compressed mobility bond program voters approved last November. By the time Council made it to Assistant City Manager…
Transportation • By Caleb Pritchard • Mar 1, 2017
Capital Metro approves Connections 2025
It’s all systems go for Connections 2025. On Monday afternoon, the Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s board of directors unanimously approved the framework that will guide the agency’s bus operations for the next decade. “This could be a watershed for Capital…
Transit • By Caleb Pritchard • Feb 28, 2017
Now approaching: A final vote on Connections 2025
After months of delay, the Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority board of directors is prepared to take a final vote on the agency’s proposed five-year service plan. The board held one final work session last week to discuss Connections 2025, the…
Transportation • By Caleb Pritchard • Feb 24, 2017
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Survey says: Austinites dissatisfied with traffic, happy with most else
New survey findings show Austin residents are generally happier with city services such as fire, police, library, and parks and recreation than residents of similarly populated cities. But Austin falls behind the national average of satisfaction in an unsurprising category:…
City Council • By Kara Nuzback • Feb 16, 2017
Capital Metro could get permission to bypass voter approval of MetroRail extension
State Rep. Celia Israel and state Sen. Kirk Watson have filed legislation at the Capitol that would make it much easier for the Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority to expand its commuter rail service. On Friday, Israel filed House Bill 1726,…
Transportation • By Caleb Pritchard • Feb 14, 2017
County again parks park-and-ride proposal
The Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority’s proposed financing scheme to build up to eight new park-and-rides along its toll roads is going nowhere fast. On Tuesday, the Travis County Commissioners Court once again stopped short on a vote to direct…
Transportation • By Caleb Pritchard • Feb 1, 2017
CTRMA and TxDOT disagree, putting project in potential holding pattern
A rare spat between the Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority and the Texas Department of Transportation is clouding the prospects of a major project at the intersection of two separate toll roads. On Wednesday morning, CTRMA Director of Engineering Justin…
Roads • By Caleb Pritchard • Jan 26, 2017
Austin to consider extending parking meter hours downtown
If you’ve ever tried to park in downtown Austin, you’ve probably found yourself circling the streets a few times before finding a spot. The city is exploring changes to make more parking available during peak traffic time – but that…
Transportation • By Syeda Hasan • Jan 24, 2017
City boosts traffic enforcement in areas with high crash rates
Austin officials are boosting roadway safety enforcement as part of the city’s Vision Zero Action Plan, which aims to eliminate by 2025 car crashes that kill and severely injure people. The Austin Police Department and the Austin Transportation Department kicked…
