What’s going on with that transportation bond everyone was talking about back in June? Now that City Council is returning from its summer recess, things are heating up again, which means that now is a time for an update. If you remember, at the end
What should we do about I-35? It’s a question local leaders have long been asking, even floating around the idea of paying for improvements through a bond election in November. Last week, State Senator Kirk Watson released a few big ideas of his own, which he says
Interested in taking a deeper dive into the city’s transportation system? The Austin Transportation Department released its 2015 Annual Report last week, providing an overview of everything the department did in the past year. Highlights from the 2015 report include: 28 miles of new bike lanes installed
In other transportation news, Mayor Steve Adler has been busy lately, advocating for Austin in the US Department of Transportation’s Smart City Challenge. Austin is currently one of seven finalists. The winner will receive $50 million to leverage technology in building out a better transportation
Sponsored Post – from Smart Charge Residential Inc. Smart Charge Residential, Inc., (SCR) has consolidated its electrical equipment supply chain with CleanCo Energie, Inc. Both companies have entered into an exclusive channel partnership as of March 1st to distribute Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE), advanced
Hate Austin traffic? Now’s your chance to do something about it. Mayor Steve Adler has named 2016 the Year of Mobility, and City Council is serious about doing something to fix Austin’s transportation woes. But first, they want your input. Last week, the City of
Austin received a bit of exciting news earlier this month – At SXSW, Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced that Austin has been chosen as a finalist in the US Department of Transportation’s “Beyond Traffic: The Smart City Challenge.” The prize is a $40 million grant to support
Each year, SXSW brings thousands of visitors to Austin, and with them comes a whole lot of traffic. The City of Austin has released a map of road closures during the festival, but the best option is to avoid driving downtown altogether. In particular on Friday
“…Austin has become a city where good ideas become real,” said Austin Mayor Steve Adler to a packed crowd at the ZACH Theatre. Earlier this week he was at the theater to deliver his annual State of the City Address. Kind of like the president’s State
Have you seen the polka dots? Last month, the City of Austin covered the intersection of East 6th and Waller streets with oodles of strategically-placed blue and green polka dots. The idea was to create curb extensions(without the expense of actually laying concrete) to make this busy and
Earlier this month, Austin City Council continued to contemplate the possibility of putting a transportation bond on the ballot in 2016. The idea of paying for upgrades and/or expansions toI-35 have already been tossed around, as well as possible pedestrian and bike infrastructure upgrades. At a
Have any ideas for Capital Metro? Now’s your chance to share them. The transportation authority just released a new survey, designed to solicit public opinion about their short term planning efforts. The new plan has been dubbed Connections 2025 and involves an in-depth study of