On its face, it sounds like a dream come true. A pioneering company that could dramatically expand the amount of climate-friendly electric vehicles on the road. A community that has long asked for more resources and investment in the area. A city that prides itself
Summary The new Healthy Streets program closes certain Austin streets to through traffic, making more space for pedestrians. Action Box Bring the Healthy Streets program to your neighborhood by filling out the city’s recommendation form. Just click here. Add this to one of the many
Summary Even though Bike Month is a bit different this year, there are still lots of ways to celebrate safely. Action Box Ride your bike! Exercise and fresh air are more important now than ever… so get there and go do! Who else is using
Summary Austin’s transportation plan, Project Connect, is moving forward with a series of public (virtual) meetings before a possible November election to approve and fund the plan. Action Box Learn more about the transit plan and give your feedback by attending one of Capital Metro’s
Austin reached a big milestone this year. The 10,000th electric vehicle hit the road in our city. That’s significant, especially since Austin has a goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Add onto that the fact that more than a third of our
“We are pro-people, not pro-development. We are anti-displacement, not anti-development.” This is the slogan of Planning Our Communities (POC), a new organization focused on bringing more nuance into conversations around Austin’s land development code, as well as creating space for communities of color and
We’ve been talking a lot lately about the future of transportation in Austin. In particular, the possibility of a 2020 election that could allow Austin voters to decide whether or not we want a high capacity transit system. But it’s not all just about the
Welcome to the latest in our Beyond the Strike series, inspired by the recent global climate strikes and designed to take the big, global issue of climate change and make it local. Through the series, we’re sharing proposed solutions, ideas from inspiring community leaders, and plenty of
Sponsored Post – Smart Charge America Been thinking about making the switch to electric for your next car? A little unsure because you have no idea what it’s actually like to own an electric car? Get all of your questions answered (and have
With flashy (and expensive) Teslas on the road, electric vehicles can get a bit of a reputation for being the transportation choice of the wealthy. Austin Energy is trying to change that. With its new “EVs are for EVeryone” campaign, our city’s electric utility is
Austin has a big goal. Net-zero greenhouse emissions by 2050… at the latest. This means that we have less than 30 years to virtually eliminate the climate-change causing emissions from the electricity we use, the cars we drive, and the trash we throw away. So
We’ve been talking about it a lot lately. It’s too important not to. Traffic. And public transportation. These affect not just the environment (transportation accounts for about a third of the greenhouse gas emissions in Austin), but also our quality of life. Nobody