The City Council Mobility Committee on Wednesday put its imprimatur on an effort to enhance transit service on city roadways. With a vote of 3-0, Council members Ann Kitchen, Delia Garza and Sheri Gallo endorsed a proposed resolution that calls on city staff to develop recommendations for a transit priority policy. Council Member Don Zimmerman […]
Downtown Austin Neighborhoods Association
The neighborhood association that represents a portion of downtown Austin that includes an area bounded by Martin Luther King Jr Blvd to the north, Lamar Boulevard to the west, I35 to the east, and Lady Bird Lake to the south.
Posted inTravis County
County planners pledge to keep courthouse block “alive after five”
Anxiety is palpable this week at 700 Lavaca St., where Travis County officials and planners nervously wait as early voters cast their ballots to decide the fate of the $287 million Civil & Family Courts Complex bond. While the Travis County Taxpayers Union, with its late but not unexpected organized opposition to the bond, is […]
Posted inDevelopment, Local Politics
Council rezones downtown lot to make way for chilling station
Despite concerns about downtown noise, City Council members laid the groundwork for a chilling station for Austin Energy at their last meeting. Austin Energy asked for a change from the current Downtown Mixed Use zoning to Public zoning on its 812½ West Second Street property, which is slightly more than one-half acre in size. […]