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Protected bikeway being added to downtown
Work crews have completed the first phase of the Lance Armstrong Bikeway extension in downtown Austin, from Brazos to San Jacinto on Third Street. Work will continue on various segments downtown reaching from Nueces to Trinity streets through 2015. The bikeway is a seven-mile protected stretch, which started west…
Reports indicate decline trend in young drivers
Two recent reports are reinforcing earlier reported trends that young professionals are reducing car-ownership and driving. Young people own fewer houses and cars following the recession, according to a Feb. 23 Pew Research Center analysis of Federal Reserve Board and other government data. A separate Zipcar Inc.…
Transportation Dept. continues city-wide traffic calming
While the City of Austin partners with regional agencies to fund multi-million dollar improvements to the road network, the Transportation Department's teams are also consistently working with the community on incremental improvements.
Austin, nationwide transit ridership continues upward trend
Average daily ridership on the "red line" has also peaked past 2,500 for the second month in a row, according a board presentation, and continues a growth trend after MetroRail ridership grew by 50 percent during the 12 months from Oct. 2011 to Sept. 2012, compared to the same period the year before.
City of Austin, Cap Metro partner on bus stops
Over the next five years, as many as 400 new and existing Capital Metro bus stops are receiving improvements to meet the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Rio Grande Street mobility improvements continuing
Roundabout at the intersection of 10th and Rio Grande streets. The Austin Transportation Department is enhancing the Rio Grande route connecting drivers and cyclists to the University of Texas and the waterfront downtown. Construction will begin early next year on the third of four roundabouts along…
Prominent economist highlights growth and transportation gap
Angelos Angelou, principal executive officer and chief economist at AngelouEconomics, said to a full crowd at his annual economic outlook event Tuesday that transportation woes threaten Austin's growth and economic outlook, according to KUT News. "Austin is growing by leaps and bounds. New hotels…
New report reinforces expectation that unstoppable growth is coming to Austin metro
Austin tops the list of 384 U.S. metropolitan areas with the highest projected percentage growth rate through 2017, according to a new Pitney Bowes Software report. The report projects the metro area will increase from about 667,170 households to reach about 716,240 households by 2017, a 7.4 percent increase. The…
ATD team adds 20-year transportation veteran
The Austin Transportation Department welcomed Jim Dale as its new managing engineer for the Arterial Management Division this month. He will focus on collaborating with regional stakeholders to develop an integrated, multimodal transportation system that improves mobility and safety throughout Austin. Dale, a Texas native and professional engineer, brings 20…
Traffic management a key to ease congestion
The Austin Transportation Department has a variety of initiatives underway to ease congestion in the city and region. To replicate the real-time traffic adjustments made over the recent Grand Prix weekend, the city's central traffic signal control software will incrementally be replaced with an Advanced…
