Implementing the Mobility Bond and Corridor Construction Program, if You Can Wait for It

Going to take a long, long time

"...That's where 2016's Mobility Bond comes in. In case you forgot, voters..."

June 8, 2018 News Feature by Jack Craver

Council Reaches Consensus on Mobility Bond

Adler's "Go Big" Baby

"...Council's own "Concept Menu" of budget amendments is also..."

Aug. 19, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Point Austin: November Mobility Bond Begins to Take Shape

Consensus on the proposed $720 million bond remains a work in progress

"...Council discussions, any consensus on the proposed $720 million "Mobility Bond" remains a work in progress. Today's Council meeting..."

Aug. 12, 2016 News Column by Michael King

Martinez Endorses Mobility Bond

Mayoral adversaries join on transportation proposition

"...advocates issuing statements of support for the $720 million bond proposal, which has not yet received final approval from..."

Aug. 5, 2016 News Post by Michael King

Point Austin: Mayor Adler's Superhighway to the Mobility Bond

Speeding toward November

"...the final City Council approval of a November transportation bond proposition – or its slightly more upscale moniker, "mobility..."

July 29, 2016 News Column by Michael King

The Odds on Mayor Adler’s $720 Million Mobility Bond

Is the plan just daring enough to work?

"...Mayor Steve Adler delivered a brief pitch on the mobility bond ballot proposition to a Downtown Demo­crat­ic group. It..."

Oct. 28, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Proposition One (City of Austin): $720 Million Mobility Bond

Mobility Bond stumbles after initial, unanimous vote

"...Proposition 1 (City of Austin): $720 Million Mobility Bond..."

Aug. 26, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

City Council: Zimmerman, Bond, and Budget

(And a few other things got done)

"...The dust hasn't settled yet from last Thursday's City..."

Aug. 26, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

City Takes Mobility Plan to Reddit

“Ask Me Anything” covers funding barriers, safety improvements, cyclist support, more

"...an "Ask Me Anything" session about the Austin Strategic Mobility Plan, adopted by City Council in April. The ASMP's..."

July 19, 2019 News Feature by Savana Dunning

City Council Preview: Juggling Act to Include Budget, Transportation Bond

Council agenda occupied by a handful of pressing subjects

"...Bonds to Remember The ordinance establishing the November Mobility Bond..."

Aug. 12, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Election Night 2016

"...Steve Adler celebrates the victory of Prop 1, the mobility bond...."

Nov. 9, 2016 Photo Gallery

Public Notice: Mobility and the Devil

Only Uber and Lyft can bring back Uber and Lyft

"...It's an outrageous premise on the face of it,..."

May 13, 2016 News Column by Nick Barbaro

First of Final Four Bond Election Task Force Listening Sessions Tonight

Members working with $640 million framework

"...The Bond Election Advisory Task Force is holding an additional four..."

Jan. 9, 2018 News Post by Sarah Marloff

Big Money for Big Roads

Deciding how the Mobility Bond is spent on Austin's most traveled streets

"...Before Election Day in 2016, when the $720 million Mobility Bond was still but..."

Feb. 23, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Austin at Large: Let’s Get Connected Again

What we can do now to prepare for the mobility future

"...I find upon my return but a long-range regional mobility plan, the very bone I've gnawed for so much..."

Dec. 21, 2018 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

City Council: How Big Is Just Right?

Council moves forward on Mobility Bond, “Smart Corridors”

"...couple of Big Ideas: Mayor Steve Adler’s “Go Big” Mobility Bond and an attempt to lessen the burden on..."

Aug. 15, 2016 News Post by Michael King

Return of the Panama Hat

Council spends for roads, buys a robot, & has a brief Zimm flashback

"...last Thursday the dais did move forward on the Mobility Bond, worked through a brace of zoning cases, and..."

May 8, 2017 News Post by Michael King

Rebooted City Council Gets a New Chance to Fix Austin

10-1, take two

"...and then in the power vacuum created by his 2016 departure. As vacancies in the city's executive corps stacked..."

Jan. 11, 2019 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

While Austin Slept

City Council passes major bond package – & lots of other stuff

"...regs, and an expanded homestead exemption, his “Go Big!” mobility bond won initial approval...."

June 24, 2016 News Post by Michael King

Bondology

How does one schedule a bond? Very carefully, and with a lot of advance planning.

"...In Texas, when it comes to local government, no bonds will mean no infrastructure...."

Oct. 27, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

What Would $720 Million for Transportation Buy?

City Council mulls the "Go Big" bond in preparation for the November ballot

"...The centerpieces of the proposed Nov. 8 transportation bond – dubbed the "mobility bond" or "Go Big" bond..."

Aug. 5, 2016 News Feature by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: The End of Single-Family?

Possibly. And look who’s leading the charge.

"...of the seven initial corridor plans included in the 2016 Mobility Bond. Most notably, the plan would eliminate parallel..."

Dec. 8, 2017 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Finding the Sweet Spot

Mayor, Council seek consensus on a transportation bond

"...week City Council resumes its discussion of a potential mobility bond for the November election. Judging from last week’s..."

June 21, 2016 News Post by Michael King

Election Notes

District 6, mobility fits, and complaints of campaign thrift

"...getting Anderson Mill Road into the city's $720 million mobility bond package – a central achievement touted in his..."

Oct. 28, 2016 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Public Notice: Waitin' for the Money

Budget, bond drama overshadows all else

"...achieved surprising unanimity last week on the $720 million Mobility Bond (see "What Would $720 Million for Transportation Buy?,"..."

Aug. 19, 2016 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Cap Metro Creates New Way to Get to Campus

Streamlining the passage from Downtown to the Drag

"...a small but significant stretch of pavement in Austin's mobility network – a new transit alignment to streamline the..."

Aug. 23, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

City: More Affordable Housing Everywhere

Neighborhood Housing and Community Development draft goals to increase inventory for low- and moderate-income households

"...$250 million approved by voters in November's Proposition A bond measure. This comes right after his release last week..."

Feb. 15, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Public Notice: Moving the Discussion

It’s all about land use, even when it’s about transportation

"...The final draft of the Austin Strategic Mobility Plan, which has been making its way through the..."

March 29, 2019 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Will TxDOT’s Plans for Loop 360 Leave Cyclists and Pedestrians in the Dust?

Bikin’ down the highway

"...million contribution, a project included in the $720 million 2016 Mobility Bond program. The Austin Transportation Department's Laura Dierenfield,..."

June 18, 2021 News Feature by Benton Graham

Adler: Lege Has "Declared War" on Texas Cities

The mayor's State of the City applauded local efforts and condemned state attacks

"...detailing the city's responses to the challenges of affordability, mobility, and equity. Adler touted an optimistic litany of economic..."

April 26, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

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