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In Austin, traffic safety improvements come to those who ask
Traffic fatalities are down nationwide, but new research shows those declines are mostly among highly educated people. For those who have less than a high school diploma, the rate of death in a car crash has actually increased. That doesn’t…
Transportation • By Kate McGee • May 12, 2016
CAMPO wants to get fiscal with Williamson County
The Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization is breaking up with the city of Austin in the hopes of a better future with Williamson County. CAMPO’s Transportation Policy Board voted unanimously on Monday to enter into a fiscal agent agreement with…
Transportation • By Caleb Pritchard • May 12, 2016
City ponders giant increase in sidewalk investments
Now that Uber and Lyft have driven over the horizon, some are looking to their feet for transportation options. At the moment, the odds are good that those feet may be standing on broken or incomplete sidewalks. But if the…
Transportation • By Elizabeth Pagano • May 11, 2016
The decades-old theory behind speed limits might make it harder to change them
High speeds are one of the biggest killers on our roadways. As city officials tackle an uptick in traffic fatalities here in Austin, speed limits come up a lot. But it’s unlikely that city and state officials will be able…
Transportation • By Ashley Lopez, KUT • May 11, 2016
Vision Zero Plan passes through Mobility Committee, heads to City Council for final approval
Austin’s Vision Zero plan is heading to the full City Council for final approval next week with the blessing of the city’s Mobility Committee, which approved the plan Monday. At Monday’s meeting, Francis Reilly, who works in the Planning and…
Transportation • By Kate McGee • May 10, 2016
To reduce traffic deaths, Austin envisions ending homelessness
Robert Lormond is standing on the corner of Ben White and Manchaca watching his friend Jerry. Two police officers have stopped him. “I called him across the street. I didn’t see a police officer and he jaywalked,” Lormond says. There…
Transportation • By Kate McGee • May 10, 2016
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What exactly is a Vision Zero plan? And why does Austin need one?
One hundred and two people died on Austin’s roads in 2015 – the most ever recorded. More than 20 have met a similar fate so far this year. Nearly every death involved a car. Yet, in a city where 93…
Transportation • By Audrey McGlinchy, KUT • May 9, 2016
Prop 1 ride-hailing measure is soundly defeated
Ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft were dealt a stunning blow Saturday, as Austin voters rejected Proposition 1 by a 12-percent margin. The proposition, put on the ballot by a petition circulated by the political action committee backed by Uber and…
Transportation • By KUT News • May 8, 2016
Bond Oversight commissioners nix bike plan recommendation
Austin’s Bond Oversight Commission on Thursday evening voted down a proposed recommendation to City Council to consider placing on the November ballot a bond that would fund bicycle and sidewalk infrastructure. Chair Keri Burchard-Juarez, who was put on the commission…
Bicycles • By Caleb Pritchard • May 6, 2016
If Uber and Lyft leave, could others step up?
Unbeknownst to some, the city of Austin has licensed five ride-hailing companies for operation. In case you haven’t opened your mailbox or clicked on your TV recently, two of those companies — Uber and Lyft — are currently embroiled in…
Transportation • By Audrey McGlinchy, KUT • May 5, 2016
CTRMA board gets up to speed on MoPac tolling
The Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority formally adopted a high-tech tolling policy on Tuesday after a discussion that revealed not all were fully up to speed on the MoPac Improvement Project. At its monthly meeting, the CTRMA board of directors…
Transportation • By Caleb Pritchard • May 5, 2016
Travis County considers ambitious bicycle and pedestrian proposals
The Travis County Commissioners Court has flung itself into the ongoing conversation about funding bicycle infrastructure in Central Texas. On Tuesday, the court-appointed Bicycle Safety Task Force presented a long list of detailed proposals to enhance multimodal alternatives in unincorporated…
