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Martinez jumps on the mobility bond bus
Former City Council Member Mike Martinez has plunged back into local politics in order to support former rival Mayor Steve Adler’s $720 million transportation bond proposal. Addressing a packed press conference at City Hall on Friday, Martinez said he was…
Transportation • By Caleb Pritchard • Aug 8, 2016
Austin Monitor Radio: Mayor Steve Adler on a potential 2016 transportation bond
Austin Mayor Steve Adler joins Austin Monitor publisher Mike Kanin to chat about a potential November 2016 City of Austin transportation bond. Post is embedded below.
Transportation • By Michael Kanin • Aug 8, 2016
PAC's poll shows big support for light rail
A grassroots effort to put a light rail referendum on the November ballot is adding one more curve to the course as City Council members sprint to decide whether to send Mayor Steve Adler’s $720 million mobility bond proposal to…
Transit • By Caleb Pritchard • Aug 2, 2016
Parks and Rec Board questions repairs that could add to downtown gridlock
A routine park repair has triggered pent-up frustration over Austin’s infamously congested downtown traffic. At its meeting on July 26, members of the Parks and Recreation Board recommended a repair project that will force the closure of one lane of…
Transportation • By Cate Malek • Aug 1, 2016
Corridor plans pushing forward with bus pullouts
A prominent selling point in Mayor Steve Adler’s pitch for a $720 million mobility bond has drawn a lukewarm reception by the Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority. On multiple occasions, Adler has hyped bus pullouts as a key feature of his…
Transit • By Caleb Pritchard • Jul 29, 2016
CTRMA gets tough with tardy MoPac contractor
The Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority is adding some bite to its bark over the delayed MoPac Improvement Project. On Wednesday, the CTRMA’s board of directors voted unanimously to give Executive Director Mike Heiligenstein the authority to start assessing financial…
Roads • By Caleb Pritchard • Jul 28, 2016
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Cap Metro ponders fare-ly big changes to MetroRapid service
The Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced plans on Monday to add eight new stops to its two premium MetroRapid routes, but even bigger changes for the two-year-old service could be right around the corner. Todd Hemingson, Capital Metro’s vice president…
Transit • By Caleb Pritchard • Jul 27, 2016
Message to Cap Metro: Don't worry about TNCs
A prominent mass transportation expert told the Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s board of directors on Monday that ride-hailing services have little impact on public transit ridership. The data presented by Jarrett Walker, author of the book Human Transit, contradict one…
Transit • By Caleb Pritchard • Jul 26, 2016
Corridors that cure cancer? Preventing it, maybe
Could streets be like doctors? A streetlight that diagnoses ulcerous colon. A sidewalk that administers chemotherapy. That question is what City Council Member Delia Garza levied at the oft-optimistic Mayor Steve Adler during the last Council meeting before members broke…
Transportation • By Audrey McGlinchy, KUT • Jul 22, 2016
Austin's hotels resting well without Uber and Lyft
More than two months after Uber and Lyft shut down operations in Austin, one sector whose customers relied heavily on the companies has collectively shrugged and embraced the proliferation of new and existing alternatives. At a convention-style meet-and-greet at the…
Transportation • By Caleb Pritchard • Jul 19, 2016
Urban Transportation Commissioners dissect mobility bond proposal
Members of the Urban Transportation Commission aired doubts about Mayor Steve Adler’s $720 million mobility bond proposal and also clashed on the vision for light rail in Austin on Wednesday Tuesday night. Three appointees to the advisory body let fly…
Transportation • By Caleb Pritchard • Jul 15, 2016
In search for transportation solutions, UTC turns to pods
A video game entrepreneur swept into City Hall on Tuesday night to pitch his proposal for a novel transit system to the Urban Transportation Commission. Richard Garriott laid out a detailed case for Personal Rapid Transit, or PRT, which would…
