Downtown Mobility? Take Your Turns

Transportation Department proposes new downtown mobility plan

"...Transportation, Planning and Sustainability Dept. staff has its way, downtown Austin may look very different in the years to..."

April 19, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Bike Boulevard: City Study Supports Project

Study shows bike boulevard would not negatively impact surrounding streets

"...the major arguments against a so-called "bicycle boulevard" in Downtown Austin – that it would worsen traffic on surrounding..."

March 5, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Climate, Meet Mobility

Copenhagen is all about green transport – and Austin should be, too

"...During my recent climate-action study tour in Copenhagen, I was constantly scouting for good..."

Nov. 6, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

New Study Shows How Scooters Can Hurt

City works with CDC to analyze injuries to riders; Lege weighs in

"...A study commissioned by Austin Public Health in conjunction with the..."

May 10, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Pedestrian Safety Feature Added to Downtown Intersections

"Leading pedestrian intervals" give a 5- to 7-second boost at crosswalks

"...The 110 intersections within Downtown's boundaries – 15th Street, North Lamar, West Cesar Chavez,..."

Jan. 10, 2020 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Council Set to OK New Contract for Downtown Homeless Shelter

Council ready to take next (Front) Steps

"...dais today, Thursday, Jan. 31. It'll be interesting to study new members Paige Ellis and Natasha Harper-Madison and their..."

Feb. 1, 2019 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Austin @ Large: Out Into the DAMP

The Downtown Mobility Plan has critics from both the right and left, and that could be its undoing.

"...to vote on Watson's unfinished legacy, when city staff's Downtown Access and Mobility Plan -- known by the piquant..."

June 14, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Great Streets, Not So Great Parks

Battle at the park over Riverside Drive

"...However, the city Transportation Dept.'s new Downtown Access and Mobility Plan (D.A.M.P.), a two-year project conducted..."

April 12, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

No One Way About It

Which Way for Our Downtown Streets?

"...One-way or two-way for downtown? After nearly a decade of debate over Austin's downtown..."

Aug. 2, 1996 News Feature

The Devil in the Details

After 10 years, the Great Streets master plan runs into controversy over two-way streets.

"...So say the city's Downtown Austin Design Guidelines, echoing more than a decade's worth..."

Oct. 4, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Final Bike Boulevard Open House Wednesday

Opposition group forms

"...The other highlight: The new opposition group, Austinites for Downtown Mobility, will surely show up in force. Press release..."

Feb. 23, 2010 News Post by Lee Nichols

Naked City

Off the Desk

"...up at a public hearing of the Austin Transportation Study (ATS) earlier this month, it demonstrated that the one..."

Dec. 1, 1995 News Feature

Both Roads and Transit

Central Austin roads are at capacity, and we need to find better ways to move

"...driver frustration." While the city Transportation Department's new Austin Mobility Program has other noble goals – faster commutes, economic..."

Sept. 4, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Council Gives Green Light to Convention Center, Scooter Riders

May 23 meeting tackles "Downtown puzzle," "micro-mobility"

"...while preserving nearby Palm School, and new regulations on “micro-mobility devices” – such as electric scooters...."

May 24, 2019 News Post by Austin Sanders

The Joy of Bicycling in Austin

A one-person sociological study of springtime biking where every ride is his favorite

"...reserved for state employees. It's a million-dollar view of Downtown Austin, free to innocent trespassers...."

April 21, 2023 Arts Feature by Kevin Curtin

Trains! Tunnels! Billions! Austin Gets First Look at Proposed Transit Plan

Next steps: public input, May Council vote, November election

"...corridor and along East Riverside to the airport, underground Downtown stations, bus rapid transit to serve UT and ACC..."

March 6, 2020 News Post by Mike Clark-Madison

Developing Stories: 'Every Day It's Getting Worse'

Strategic Mobility Plan marks a way out of permanent gridlock

"...Crawling toward Downtown last week in 8:30am bumper-to-bumper traffic backed up for..."

March 12, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Improving Safety and Access on the Lakeside Hike and Bike

Caring for the trail

"...relaxing escape from city life in the heart of Downtown. But as Austin continues its extraordinary growth, how can..."

March 26, 2021 News Feature by Benton Graham

Public Notice: The EV/AV Club

Thinking big about planning and mobility

"...the world leader in automated electric vehicles." Sponsored by Mobility Committee Chair Ann Kitchen, the resolution directs the "City..."

March 10, 2017 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Despite Victory, Businesses Still Riled Over Bike Plan

Business owners still riled by bike plans for Nueces

"...In the battle over the Downtown Bicycle Boulevard, it's pretty clear that the business interests..."

April 23, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Naked City

"...with talk of a city-backed streetcar connection between the Downtown terminus of Capital Metro's commuter rail line and the..."

April 13, 2007 News Feature

Naked City

"...developers. To do that, though, will require an extensive study, the release of the property deed from HUD, and..."

Dec. 15, 2006 News Feature

Council Watch

The Gotham Cometh: Town Lake Condo Clears First Hurdle; Council Moves On to Water

"...when she said that the project originally applied for Downtown Mixed Use (DMU) zoning, but was asked to go..."

Oct. 8, 1999 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

Mayor Muses 2017 Goals

"Downtown puzzle," music initiative among his priorities

"...posted a lengthy memo titled "Possible solution to the downtown puzzle," listing roughly a dozen possible approaches to various..."

Dec. 30, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Streetcar Dreams Deferred

Now what?

"...evaluate, and amass the detailed information required – on mobility benefits, technologies, alignments, preliminary cost estimates, and ridership. But..."

May 23, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Naked City

Action Items

"...As part of Austin's Downtown Access and Mobility Study, the public is invited to..."

April 21, 2000 News Feature

Peak Oil in the Energy State

2007 Houston World Oil Conference focused on eventual point at which world oil production outpaces global demand

"...I recently zoomed past seemingly limitless suburbs headed for downtown on the Sam Houston Tollway en route to the..."

Nov. 1, 2007 News Post by Daniel Mottola

Working on the Railroad

The regional Transit Working Group is poised to make progress on passenger rail

"...transit entities presenting: Capital Metro, the Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority, and the Austin-San Antonio Intermunicipal Commuter Rail District...."

Feb. 22, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Streetcar Desires

The Austin streetcar has a consensus – it still needs champions

"..."Solving circulator transit Downtown – call it a trolley or a streetcar –..."

July 20, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Rebooted City Council Gets a New Chance to Fix Austin

10-1, take two

"...culture), and is currently looking for another pair (for mobility and public safety). He'll then hire a new deputy..."

Jan. 11, 2019 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

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