Tag Archives: Transportation Department
Commission pushes for better mobility management around work zones
Despite the city’s plans for multimodal transportation infrastructure, proper bike lanes and fully accessible sidewalks are still a scarce public amenity in many parts of Austin. They are also often the first areas within the right of way to be…
Transportation • By Ryan Thornton • Jul 19, 2019
Transportation Department lays out plans for speed management
The Austin Transportation Department will ask City Council for $500,000 in new funding in the next budget to pay for a speed management program that will support Vision Zero’s goal to eliminate traffic deaths in the city. The funding would…
Transportation • By Chad Swiatecki • Jul 15, 2019
Ford launches mobility challenge to address health in East Austin
Ford Motor Co. initiated an eight-month mobility challenge Monday to identify and fund ideas that could help East Austin residents access the resources necessary for a healthy lifestyle. “We just celebrated as a company our 116th birthday,” said Jeff Jones,…
Transportation • By Ryan Thornton • Jun 25, 2019
Street impact fees making their way back to Council
Austin Transportation is proposing a one-time street impact fee for new developments to help the city pay for its growth in an equitable and transparent way. After releasing a draft study earlier this week explaining how fees would be calculated…
Transportation • By Ryan Thornton • Jun 14, 2019
Price tag to fix Shoal Creek landslide balloons
After more than a year of negotiations with property owners over how to repair a landslide along Shoal Creek, the city of Austin is moving ahead with the project – but it could cost millions more than initially thought. In…
Bicycles • By Mose Buchele, KUT • Jun 13, 2019
Austin Transportation releases yearly report
The Austin Transportation Department released its annual report for 2018 on Friday, featuring a month-by-month breakdown of its major accomplishments from last year as well as an overview of its $52 million in operating budget spending. The report highlights five…
Transportation • By Ryan Thornton • Jun 3, 2019
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City no longer the 'wild, wild west' of scooters
Imprudent scooter users could now face fines of up to $40 for breaking the city’s new rules of conduct for micro-mobility devices (scooters, skateboards, etc.). Though they decided to postpone two of the Austin Transportation Department’s three proposed micro-mobility ordinances,…
Transportation • By Ryan Thornton • May 24, 2019
CDC study says Austin scooter riders don't wear helmets, ride fast and don't know what they're doing
Nearly 200 people were injured because of rentable scooters between Sept. 5 and Nov. 30 last year, according to a first-of-its-kind study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Austin Public Health Department. During that time, there…
Transportation • By Andrew Weber, KUT • May 3, 2019
City to consider franchise model for dockless mobility
Austin Transportation has been steadily slowing the stream of dockless units coming into the city and is now considering a 50 percent cut to the number of dockless mobility operators licensed to deploy their scooters and bikes. In a presentation…
Transportation • By Ryan Thornton • Mar 11, 2019
ASMP is here to guide the multimodal path to 2039
The city of Austin is inviting public comment as the final draft of the Austin Strategic Mobility Plan makes its way to various city boards and commissions beginning this week and continuing through March. The full document was made available…
Transportation • By Ryan Thornton • Feb 25, 2019
Council members agree: Cars are not the solution
If the Thursday meeting was any indication, every member of City Council believes that the key to fixing Austin’s transportation problems is reducing the population’s reliance on automobiles. Council members peppered city transportation staff with questions and critiques in response…
Transportation • By Jack Craver • Feb 19, 2019
Vision Zero advocates look to Legislature to help reduce traffic deaths
In 2015, Austin hit a record high in road deaths: 102. In the two subsequent years, things have improved, with 79 and 76 people perishing in 2016 and 2017, respectively. By the beginning of December, 69 had died this year…
