Tag Archives: City of Austin Urban Transportation Commission
Transit priority is a top priority for Project Connect
Project Connect is doomed unless the city hands over dedicated right of way. That was the message relayed by Javier Arguello, long range planning director for the Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority, to the city’s Urban Transportation Commission on Tuesday night.…
Transit • By Caleb Pritchard • Nov 17, 2017
Urban Transportation Commission reacts to Capital Metro route changes
In September, the Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority informed the Austin public that there would be a major restructuring of citywide bus lines to kick-start the Connections 2025 transit plan. To elaborate on the exact changes, on Oct. 10, Caitlin D’Alton,…
Transit • By Jessi Devenyns • Oct 17, 2017
Reporter's Notebook: Best-laid plans
No two ways about it… yet… Like many, many other projects around town, the conversion of downtown’s Colorado Street to a two-way avenue will be delayed, albeit slightly. Crews have been reconstructing the street from the Governor’s Mansion on West…
Reporters' Notebook • By Austin Monitor • Jun 19, 2017
UTC endorses second convention center skybridge
Plans for another new skybridge in downtown Austin have cleared the second of three challenges set forth last month by a skeptical Planning Commission. On May 9, the proposal scored the support of the Urban Transportation Commission after that body…
Development • By Caleb Pritchard • May 16, 2017
Effort to move buses faster stalls at Urban Transportation Commission
Top local transportation planners on Tuesday tapped the brakes on an activist-crafted effort aimed at increasing transit use. At the monthly Urban Transportation Commission meeting, Transportation Director Rob Spillar, Corridor Program Implementation Office Director Mike Trimble and Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority…
Transportation • By Caleb Pritchard • May 12, 2017
Real Estate Council seeks commissioner's apology
Nick Moulinet, board chair of the Real Estate Council of Austin, was extremely concerned when he heard about some anti-growth comments made by Urban Transportation Commissioner Kelly Davis during a January discussion of a small change to the city’s transportation…
Development • By Jo Clifton • Mar 9, 2017
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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
Urban Transportation Commission talks rail, sidewalks, bond dismay
Tuesday’s Urban Transportation Commission meeting provided a stark counterpoint to Mayor Steve Adler’s claim that he has broad community consensus behind his $720 million transportation bond proposal. Members aired frustrations about the process of the proposal’s development, heard from advocates…
Transportation • By Caleb Pritchard • Aug 11, 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…
Transportation • By Caleb Pritchard • Jul 14, 2016
Commission adds weight to light rail efforts
The Urban Transportation Commission has once again given a boost to advocates for light rail in Austin. At its meeting last week, the commission voted unanimously to recommend that City Council consider putting bonds for “rail options” on the November…
Transit • By Caleb Pritchard • May 16, 2016
Austin Monitor Radio: Urban Transportation Commissioner JD Gins
Urban Transportation Commissioner JD Gins joins Austin Monitor publisher Mike Kanin to talk about options ahead of a potential 2016 City of Austin transportation bond. Sponsored by Austin Water. Show is embedded below.
