Transportation
Monday, October 15, 2018 by Ryan Thornton
Transit
City, Cap Metro ready to consider transit before, not after, construction
For most of its existence, the Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority has struggled to create a coherent service network in a city that has been largely developed without public transit in mind. This historical pattern now appears, after decades of political…
Thursday, October 11, 2018 by Jack Craver
Transit
Project Connect: Cap Metro insists everything is on the table
Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority CEO Randy Clarke insists that nothing is set in stone. He has cautioned the community to view the vision document for Project Connect, the long-term plan for high-capacity transit that Capital Metro released last week, as…
Friday, September 28, 2018 by Jack Craver
Transportation
Old Enfield: Another neighborhood divided over speed humps
It’s no wonder that the Transportation Department gets a lot of grief in a city as choked by traffic as Austin.Some of the complaints are unfounded or make demands that city transportation experts will not agree to. However, said Annick…
Friday, September 21, 2018 by Chad Swiatecki
Transportation
Parking, recklessness among scooter concerns for city’s disability committee
Amid concerns over the safety of people in wheelchairs and the visually impaired, the Mayor’s Committee for People With Disabilities pressed the Austin Transportation Department to take steps soon to improve the behavior of users of rentable motorized scooters, and…
Thursday, September 20, 2018 by Jack Craver
Transportation
Figures show Austinites love and hate scooters
Members of Austin City Council have plenty of concerns about the operation of dockless vehicles, particularly electric scooters. But they all appear to agree that the vehicles are here to stay, if for no other reason than they have proved…
Monday, September 17, 2018 by Jack Craver
Transit
Cap Metro: Key to high-capacity transit is dedicated right of way
The Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority is still a few months away from announcing what modes of transportation it plans to propose for Project Connect, the long-term plan to bring high-capacity public transit to the Austin metropolitan area.Potential solutions include light…
