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Tag Archives: Transportation Department
Austin hopes deregulation will save taxi companies
Austin’s City Council on Thursday approved a radical change in the city’s taxicab regulations that the Transportation Department drew up in the hopes of saving the industry. The most important of the changes is the deregulation of fares. That means…
Transportation • By Jo Clifton • Jun 29, 2018
'Speed cushions' hit Health and Human Services Committee
Though the program that brings new speed cushions to Austin is currently in a holding pattern, the City Council Health and Human Services Committee received an update regarding traffic calming devices at its meeting last Wednesday afternoon. Chair Ora Houston…
Roads • By Sommer Brugal • Jun 21, 2018
Urban Transportation Commission endorses paid parking near Deep Eddy Pool
The Urban Transportation Commission on Tuesday night got behind a proposal to add parking meters to streets on the north shore of Lady Bird Lake near Austin High School. The plan would create a parking management district stretching from Deep…
Transportation • By Caleb Pritchard • Jun 14, 2018
Local group launches effort to enhance statewide transit funding
The launch of a grass-roots campaign to expand transit funding across Texas kicked off in Austin Wednesday night with input from regional officials and activists, and, from the audience, some impromptu criticism of the local bus service. Dubbed One Thousand…
Transit • By Caleb Pritchard • Jun 8, 2018
Solution for Shoal Creek landslide coming soon
City engineers are getting closer to figuring out how to fix a catastrophic landslide that knocked out a portion of the Shoal Creek Trail earlier this month. “By the end of next week, we’re probably going to have an idea…
Bicycles • By Caleb Pritchard • May 18, 2018
Two years after Vision Zero, when will Austin streets be safer for pedestrians?
Before he was killed, 14-year-old Alexei Bauereis had quit the backyard stunts like jumping from trees onto roofs and downhill skateboarding that defined his childhood. He was saving his legs for ballet. “Dance was so important to him,” said Eric…
Transportation • By Audrey McGlinchy, KUT • May 16, 2018
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Transportation Department revises sweeping taxi recommendations
The Austin Transportation Department staff has scaled back a set of draft recommendations aimed at saving the city’s flagging taxi franchises. On Tuesday evening, Acting Mobility Services Division Manager Jacob Culberson revealed to the Urban Transportation Commission a revised version…
Transportation • By Caleb Pritchard • May 10, 2018
Reporter's Notebook: Is CodeNEXT spreading?
Contagion… Is the trauma of CodeNEXT spreading to other Central Texas cities? That’s the horrific question at least one Sunset Valley resident must have asked herself when she opened her mailbox recently. Inside was a postcard sent by the city…
Reporters' Notebook • By Austin Monitor • Apr 30, 2018
Council votes to clarify the road ahead for Austin's $482M corridor plan
Austin voters now have a clearer road map for a slate of bond-funded projects intended to relieve congestion and improve city infrastructure on a massive scale. With little more than a guarantee from City Council, voters overwhelmingly approved a $720…
Transportation • By Audrey McGlinchy, KUT • Apr 27, 2018
Reporter's Notebook: Scoot on
Much ado about scooting… As best as we can tell, the Scooter Wars hyped up on social media have largely been playing out as a sitzkrieg. Absent thus far is the oppressive sidewalk clutter – dubbed “mobility spam” by one…
Reporters' Notebook • By Austin Monitor • Apr 23, 2018
Dockless scooters and bikes zip through Mobility Committee
City Council’s Mobility Committee learned on Tuesday afternoon that when it comes to dockless bikes and scooters, the last foot is the technology’s biggest problem. That was the message at least from Jason JonMichael, assistant director of smart mobility with…
Transportation • By Caleb Pritchard • Apr 18, 2018
After two dockless scooter companies launch in Austin, city speeds up rule process
Jumping the gun works, it seems. While city staff was devising a pilot program to govern dockless bikes and scooters, expecting to bring a proposal to Council members in June, two companies dropped their electric scooters throughout the city. Now…
