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Transportation
Highways and interstates a top priority for pedestrian safety plan
Austin appears to have had some early success in recovering from an all-time high in road fatalities in 2015, with 76 in 2016 compared to 102 the year prior. But reaching zero fatalities and serious injuries by 2025 remains the…
Transportation • By Chad Swiatecki • Jan 17, 2017
Park-and-ride plan stalls anew at Travis County
A day after a regional park-and-ride plan took a big step forward, it once again got tripped up at the Travis County Commissioners Court. The surprise decision to again postpone a vote on a potential funding source for the proposed…
Roads • By Caleb Pritchard • Jan 11, 2017
CAMPO gives boost to regional park-and-ride plan
A beleaguered plan to build a pack of new park-and-rides across the Austin metropolitan area finally caught a break on Monday evening. The Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization voted overwhelmingly to formally approve an agreement with the Central Texas Regional…
Roads • By Caleb Pritchard • Jan 10, 2017
Connections 2025 delayed yet again
Connections 2025 is facing another monthlong delay. During a Monday afternoon work session on the proposed overhaul of the agency’s bus network, Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s board of directors remained riddled with anxieties, leading Chair Wade Cooper to postpone the…
Transit • By Caleb Pritchard • Jan 10, 2017
CTRMA board bristles on SH 45 SW, MoPac South projects
The Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority board of directors bucked its agreeable reputation on Wednesday by reining in a recommendation to give Executive Director Mike Heiligenstein millions in discretionary spending powers on one project while also asking pointed questions about…
Roads • By Caleb Pritchard • Dec 22, 2016
At Travis County, CTRMA's park-and-ride proposal hits another pothole
The Travis County Commissioners Court on Tuesday pitched a second strike against an elaborate plan to build eight new transit-oriented parking lots along Central Texas toll roads. County Judge Sarah Eckhardt’s decision to defer action on the proposal put forward…
Transit • By Caleb Pritchard • Dec 21, 2016
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Work session reveals new details, wrinkles in Connections 2025 draft
The Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority could turn toward technology to help pick up riders left stranded by the proposed overhaul of its sprawling transit network. On Wednesday, planners told the agency’s board of directors that options such as carsharing, vanpooling,…
Transit • By Caleb Pritchard • Dec 15, 2016
Corridor plans could yield new traffic law, but buses might not benefit as promised
Mayor Steve Adler’s sales pitch for his successful $720 million transportation bond promised the creation of new bus pullouts along major city corridors so that, in his words, “cars can keep on going when the bus pulls over.” Transit advocates…
Transportation • By Caleb Pritchard • Dec 13, 2016
Council members consider ways to lower neighborhood speed limits
Testimony included talk of a birthday. “Ben turned 10 on Monday at a rehabilitation facility in Dallas,” Kathy Sokolic told members of the City Council Mobility Committee on Wednesday. As we’ve chronicled before, a car hit Sokolic’s nephew, Ben, outside…
Roads • By Audrey McGlinchy, KUT • Dec 8, 2016
State lawmakers veer into robot car conversation
The transportation buzz around the state Capitol during the buildup to the 85th Texas Legislature has included word of statewide ride-hailing regulations, toll road reform and now – perhaps inevitably – autonomous vehicles. The House Transportation Committee on Wednesday hosted…
Transportation • By Caleb Pritchard • Dec 8, 2016
Six months in, Vision Zero focuses on pedestrian safety
Holding back tears, Kathy Sokolic told roughly 30 people seated outside City Hall the story of a bruised heart. “On the evening of Sept. 12, our 9-year-old,” began Sokolic, before pausing to gather herself. “Our 9-year-old nephew, Ben, was hit…
Transportation • By Audrey McGlinchy, KUT • Dec 5, 2016
Capital Metro merges working group with city planning effort
The Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the city of Austin have joined together to expand the scope of work for the group of residents and stakeholders deputized to weigh in on the latest iteration of Project Connect. The Project Connect…
