Transportation

Changes on the way for Austin's scooters

New rules — and a new focus on equity — have arrived for Austin’s scooter rentals. Transportation and Public Works posted a new set of draft director’s rules governing the city’s shared micromobility program on May 12, which like a…

Transportation • By Miles Wall • May 14, 2025

Facing overwhelmingly negative feedback, city drafts refinements to residential permit parking program

Transportation and Public Works officials presented draft changes to the director’s rules governing the department’s Residential Permit Parking program to the Urban Transportation Commission on May 6, teasing a set of tweaks and formalizations rather than an overhaul of the…

Transportation • By Miles Wall • May 13, 2025

Plans for parks over I-35 collide with Austin's cash crunch

Facing a deepening budget deficit as the state legislature tightens the reins on city spending, Austin’s City Council was warned Tuesday that an ambitious plan to build parks and public spaces over I-35 will require tough choices to avoid straining the city’s finances for…

Roads • By Nathan Bernier, KUT • May 7, 2025

Council approves grant award to replace Barton Springs Road Bridge

A long-running debate over replacing the iconic Barton Springs Road Bridge appears to be settled, with City Council’s unanimous vote Thursday to formally accept $32 million in grant funds for the project. Although the Council voted in 2023 to move…

Roads • By Amy Smith • Apr 25, 2025

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City touts ongoing success in one-year update on micromobility program tweaks

Last April, Austin made changes to its micromobility program, cutting the number of scooters on the street by 2,000 and reducing speed limits among other things. In a one-year update, city staff say those changes have worked out as well…

Transportation • By Miles Wall • Apr 22, 2025

Austin-Bergstrom International Airport announces new flight service while anticipating capacity cuts

Austin-Bergstrom International Airport has announced new flights starting this month while anticipating capacity cuts with the softening economy’s effect on travel demand. Jason Alexander, Austin’s deputy chief of airport affairs, gave a briefing on air service updates to the Airport…

Transportation • By Hunter Simmons • Apr 11, 2025

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Austin has only weeks to decide where to put parks over I-35

Austin must decide within just a few weeks whether to commit hundreds of millions of dollars to installing support structures on Interstate 35, or give up the chance to build parks over the highway. City Council has until May 31…

Roads • By Nathan Bernier, KUT • Apr 10, 2025

Transportation panel looks at regional needs as affordability pushes Austinites out

Austin’s leaders are looking for answers to transportation needs as rapid growth pushes housing and job centers farther from the urban core, straining an already overburdened transportation system. At a recent infrastructure summit hosted by the Austin Chamber of Commerce,…

Transportation • By Chad Swiatecki • Apr 10, 2025

Urban Transportation Commission discusses, makes recommendations on CAMPO’s draft regional plan for 2050

The Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization is cooking up a quinquennial update to its regional transportation plan, and for its part, the Urban Transportation Commission is urging CAMPO to reflect the city’s priorities – and trash some highway projects –…

Roads • By Miles Wall • Apr 8, 2025

East Austin's 'wishbone' bridge takes shape as concrete beams almost span Lady Bird Lake

Massive concrete beams now extend over the water at the east end of Lady Bird Lake as a new three-pronged pedestrian bridge – the first of its kind in Austin – comes together next to the Longhorn Dam. Only one…

Transportation • By Nathan Bernier, KUT • Apr 1, 2025

Bond task force weighs early decisions on transportation needs for 2026 package

The Bond Election Advisory Task Force got its first look Monday at how the Transportation and Public Works Department is approaching the selection and prioritization of projects for next year’s expected bond package. Task force members had plenty of questions…

Transportation • By Chad Swiatecki • Mar 26, 2025

Vision for transforming city core draws scrutiny ahead of likely Council vote

With Downtown Austin poised for overlapping mega-projects over roughly the next decade, City Council’s Mobility Committee took a closer look last week at the draft Austin Core Transportation Plan, which aims to tie all of the projects together. Committee members…

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