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Council members consider merits of separate safe mobility bond
Responding to a concerted push from local mobility advocates, City Council has opened up the discussion about placing active mobility funds on the November ballot alongside the $7 billion-$10 billion public transit system Project Connect. Five weeks ago, a coalition…
Bonds & Propositions • By Ryan Thornton • Jul 27, 2020
Coalition calls for Safe Mobility Bond
A coalition of 80 Austin businesses and organizations has signaled its support for a $750 million Safe Mobility Bond in November that would fund a network of sidewalks, bikeways, trails and safer streets in the city. According to a letter…
Check out the mobility bond progress report
Austinites who voted for the mobility bond in November 2016 may be curious to know what their $720 million has accomplished. The answer is, a lot. The bond’s Year Three Progress Report, now available as a PDF on the bond website,…
Council gears up for mobility bond investments
City Council is on the verge of approving tens of millions of dollars to help jump-start the ambitious mobility bond program voters approved last November. The agenda holds a full six items that would cumulatively earmark $39 million for transportation…
Transportation • By Caleb Pritchard • May 4, 2017
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Worries about mobility bond timeline surface at City Hall
City Council on Tuesday balked at hearing a lengthy update from staff on the ongoing efforts to ramp up the massive but compressed mobility bond program voters approved last November. By the time Council made it to Assistant City Manager…
Transportation • By Caleb Pritchard • Mar 1, 2017
Mobility bond set in motion
Last week, City Council voted to approve $28 million in the first corridor improvement spending from November’s $720 million mobility bond. That amount includes $4 million for the corridor program, $10 million for sidewalks, $2 million in Vision Zero funding,…
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Council to vote on first round of mobility bond funding
On Thursday, City Council will take its first vote on authorizing city staff to spend a portion of the $720 million transportation bond that voters approved last month. Staff is requesting that Council approve both a $20 million amendment to…
Mobility bond rolls to big victory
Opting to go big, Austin voters on Tuesday night overwhelmingly approved Proposition 1, Mayor Steve Adler’s $720 million transportation bond package. The massive grab-bag of mobility infrastructure spending is the city’s largest-ever bond proposal to survive an election. Its victory…
Bonds & Propositions • By Caleb Pritchard • Nov 9, 2016
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Poll: Austin divided on mobility bond
According to an Austin Monitor poll, the fate of the mobility bond is anyone’s guess. The poll was sponsored by Perry Lorenz and conducted by Public Policy Polling. On Oct. 5 and 6, Public Policy Polling surveyed 585 Austin voters…
Elections • By Elizabeth Pagano • Oct 10, 2016
ANC challenges Adler's mobility bond
The Austin Neighborhoods Council has come out swinging against Mayor Steve Adler’s $720 million transportation bond package. Last Tuesday, the ANC’s executive committee unanimously passed a resolution outlining an extensive list of concerns about the proposal and concluding with two…
Elections • By Caleb Pritchard • Sep 19, 2016
New PAC contests mobility bond
With less than two months to go until Election Day, the ballot’s only citywide contest finally has two opposing avatars. Activists recently formed the Honest Transportation Solutions political action committee in order to oppose the $720 million mobility bond being…
$720 million mobility bond could feature hidden costs
The price tag of Austin’s second-largest transportation bond proposal ever has been pegged at $720 million, but extra costs could pile as high as $20 million if voters approve the package in November. The central piece of the plan calls…
Roads • By Caleb Pritchard • Sep 6, 2016
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