Tag Archives: Transportation Department
Austin Transportation updates enforcement to keep bike lanes clear of cars
At least in theory, the Austin Transportation Department has long been able to ticket drivers for illegally parking in bike lanes. In practice, however, such enforcement has been inconsistent. The Austin Transportation Department started making hires this week in an…
Bicycles • By Ryan Thornton • Jan 22, 2020
Austin backs off plans to stabilize Shoal Creek slope after impasse with landowners
The city is abandoning efforts to stabilize a part of the cliff that runs along the Shoal Creek Hike and Bike Trail near Pease Park after landowners up the hill refused to grant property easements needed for the work. Heavy…
Transportation • By Mose Buchele, KUT • Jan 21, 2020
City studies higher fines and fees for parking
Around 30 percent of Austin’s downtown traffic congestion can be attributed to drivers circling in search of a parking space. In order to solve that problem, Austin Transportation Department’s Parking Enterprise division has launched an effort to address the specific…
Transportation • By Ryan Thornton • Jan 17, 2020
Transportation Department releases Rainey Mobility Study
The Austin Transportation Department published a report this week analyzing the traffic impacts of future mobility scenarios for downtown’s Rainey neighborhood. “The popularity of the Rainey Street entertainment district has led to mobility challenges and concerns over interactions between pedestrians,…
Transportation • By Ryan Thornton • Jan 14, 2020
Austin Transportation makes strides for transparent project data
The Pedestrian Advisory Council is asking the city for more public updates on mobility projects as the Austin Transportation Department continues developing its online interactive database. Last Monday evening, the advisory board unanimously passed a recommendation drafted by chair Adam…
Transportation • By Ryan Thornton • Jan 13, 2020
Downtown walk signals get a safety upgrade
The Austin Transportation Department took a big step for safety this week by reprograming downtown traffic signals to give pedestrians more time to cross before motorists enter the intersection. “Leading pedestrian intervals,” as the signal timing tool is called, give…
Transportation • By Ryan Thornton • Jan 10, 2020
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Activist-led transportation bond vision adjusted and finalized
The team behind the Wheel Deal, a community-led concept for a 2020 transportation-focused bond, released its final plan Wednesday after making several adjustments to its initial plan based on public input. While the group sharply cut proposed funding in a…
Bonds & Propositions • By Ryan Thornton • Jan 9, 2020
Parking pilot to free up on-street parking, create parking solutions for construction site personnel
The Austin Transportation Department is pursuing a multiyear parking pilot to reduce the impact of parking during construction at downtown sites. In a Jan. 2 memo, Transportation Director Robert Spillar said the Downtown Construction Workers Parking Pilot is partially based…
Transportation • By Ryan Thornton • Jan 7, 2020
No cars, but bikes and scooters will be allowed on Rainey Street during weekend closure
Beginning tonight, Thursday, Rainey Street will close to vehicle traffic three nights a week as part of a pilot program to ease congestion. Initially, bikes, scooters and pedicabs were going to be banned during the closure, but staff from the…
Transportation • By Samuel King • Dec 5, 2019
Parks board member 'completely opposed' to meters in parks
Last week, the city of Austin changed the prices on its parking meters for the first time in nearly 30 years. Prices jumped from $1.20 inside the city’s downtown core – $1 outside of that core – to $2 an…
Transportation • By Jessi Devenyns • Oct 24, 2019
The cost of metered street parking in Austin is going up
The cost of parking in a metered, on-street space in Austin is going up. Beginning next Monday, the standard meter rate around Austin will be $2 per hour. The current metered rate is $1.20 inside the city’s downtown core, from…
Transportation • By Jerry Quijano, KUT • Oct 8, 2019
Austin Monitor Radio: Austin's bicycle network
On this edition of Austin Monitor Radio, street designer and network planner Nathan Wilkes of the Austin Transportation Department sits down with Monitor editor Elizabeth Pagano to talk about the city’s new, interactive All Ages and Abilities Bicycle Network tool,…
