An effort to fund additional bike lanes in Austin hit its first major roadblock earlier this month. Austin's Bond Oversight Commission voted against sending a recommendation to City Council to consider placing a bike bond on the November ballot. The failed recommendation called for the funding of 220 miles...
As part of his continued focus on transportation, Mayor Adler recently finished an innovation exchange trip to Europe with the US Secretary of Transportation as part of the Smart City Challenge. (As a reminder, Austin is one of seven finalist for the challenge. If we win, Austin will...
Join us for this week’s edition of “Shades of Green”, Austin’s only live, green talk radio program, on KOOP 91.7FM and streaming online! This week we'll be talking about bikes, as well as a community effort to get the Bicycle Master Plan fully funded....
Austin Mayor Steve Adler kept his focus on transportation last week as he traveled to Copenhagen, Denmark on an innovation exchange trip with the US Secretary of Transportation as part of the Smart City Challenge. (As a reminder, Austin is one of seven finalist for the challenge....
Another way to make our city's transportation system more efficient and equitable is to fully fund the Bicycle Master Plan and build out Austin's sidewalk infrastructure, especially near schools and transit stops. That's according to a new report published last week by Bike Austin, entitled, "Pathways...
In an attempt to reduce congestion, the Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority (CTRMA) is currently working on the 183 North Mobility Project, a plan to build two tolled express lanes in the middle of U.S. 183 between SH 45 North and MoPac. But, as advocates from Bike...