Tag Archives: Austin City Council Mobility Committee
Mobility Committee hears displacement concerns
At the Mobility Committee meeting on Friday, City Council members fielded discussion about both Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s Project Connect and the Texas Department of Transportation’s involvement in the Interstate 35 expansion plan. Meanwhile, community members calling in to the…
Transit • By Seth Smalley • Aug 9, 2021
E-bikes, pandemic boost MetroBike ridership
MetroBike, the city’s rebranded bike share service, saw two consecutive months of record ridership this year, driven by a pandemic-era bike boom and a new fleet of e-bikes. “This year, we hit record numbers for the past few years,” Chad…
Bicycles • By Jonathan Lee • Jun 4, 2021
As temporary Healthy Streets close, permanent version prepares to open
As Austin’s Healthy Streets program winds down, with less than four miles of the temporary slow streets remaining, the city is preparing a new pilot program for 10 permanent Healthy Streets. The pilot will “test the application of our Healthy Streets…
Planning • By Jonathan Lee • May 28, 2021
Cap Metro details early TOD planning for areas near Project Connect stations
At last Thursday’s Mobility Committee meeting, Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority officials previewed a key part of Project Connect – creating land-use plans for areas near stations. By guiding the development of affordable and market-rate housing, the plans aim to ensure…
Transit • By Jonathan Lee • Apr 20, 2021
TxDOT reveals early plans to accommodate I-35 caps
Discussion at Thursday’s City Council Mobility Committee meeting showed both the Texas Department of Transportation’s intent to accommodate caps over Interstate 35 and city leaders’ will to make it happen. TxDOT said all three of the design alternatives for the…
Transportation • By Jonathan Lee • Mar 15, 2021
Big changes coming to Airport and North Lamar with reallocation of 2016 bond funds
Complete makeovers to two prominent streets have moved up the city’s to-do list. North Lamar Boulevard between U.S. Highway 183 and Rundberg Lane and Airport Boulevard between Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and U.S. 183 are slated for reconstruction by…
Transportation • By Jonathan Lee • Mar 12, 2021
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A long time coming, Red Line Parkway could be completed by decade's end
The City Council Mobility Committee heard an update on the Red Line Parkway last week, one of the city’s most anticipated urban trail projects. Austinites can look for significant progress on the trail this year with new segments under development…
Transportation • By Jonathan Lee • Jan 27, 2021
Mobility Commission hears plea not to widen I-35
“BE IT RESOLVED,” read Urban Transportation Commission Chair Mario Champion, “the UTC urges TxDOT in the strongest possible way not to widen I-35.” This recommendation, along with many others from the Urban Transportation Commission, amounts to the city’s first official…
Roads • By Jonathan Lee • Jan 25, 2021
Mobility Committee hears update on Proposition B plans
At Thursday’s City Council Mobility Committee meeting, city staffers described what 2021 has in store for the numerous projects funded by Proposition B, the $460 million active mobility bond that voters passed overwhelmingly in November. Staff members across several city…
Transportation • By Jonathan Lee • Jan 22, 2021
Mobility Committee to receive annual update on bond fund plan
At today’s meeting, the City Council Mobility Committee will discuss the Mobility Annual Plan, a document that explains how mobility bond funds are used citywide. The meeting is part of a larger annual effort to incorporate public feedback into the…
Transportation • By Harrison Young • Jan 21, 2021
City prepares next steps for Bergstrom Spur trail
After holding a virtual open house on the Bergstrom Spur this summer, the city’s Urban Trails Program, in collaboration with the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization and the Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority, is finalizing planning concepts for converting the abandoned…
Bicycles • By Ryan Thornton • Nov 20, 2020
City revises street impact fee plan
After years in the making, the city has proposed a modification to the street impact fee program out of a desire to simplify the process and maximize benefits in the city’s eastern crescent. Instead of calculating impact fees individually based…
