Tag Archives: Urban Transportation Commission
Urban Transportation Commission learns of roles in mobility restructuring
The city’s many mobility-related offices and departments were recently restructured, and the Urban Transportation Commission got an update earlier this month about how the change is expected to impact the many road projects planned across the area. Jim Dale, interim…
Roads • By Chad Swiatecki • Feb 27, 2024
Bike parking gets support in Urban Transportation Commission's call to end parking requirements
City Council may add changes to bike parking requirements to a November resolution that will finalize the removal of parking minimums from the Land Development Code. The Urban Transportation Commission recently voted to recommend Council adopt the ordinance changes on…
Bicycles • By Chad Swiatecki • Oct 10, 2023
APD's 911 center seeing progress in filling dispatcher, call taker vacancies
Austin Police Department has made progress in filling vacancies and improving retention in its Emergency Communications Center over the past 12 months, with more new hires expected by the end of the year. A memo released last week from Robin…
Public Safety • By Chad Swiatecki • Oct 2, 2023
Mandatory parking spots for Austin bars could soon go away
As the owner of two popular honky-tonk bars – the White Horse in East Austin and Sagebrush in South Austin – Denis O’Donnell knows that safe rides are key to a flourishing nightlife. And he would love to see more efforts…
Land Development Code • By Krissi Micklethwait, KUT • Apr 24, 2023
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Car blocking a bike lane? You might be able to report it and make some money soon.
In an effort to help city employees cite vehicles for illegally blocking bike lanes, the Urban Transportation Commission unanimously approved a “bike lane bounty” program at its meeting Tuesday night. The program, inspired by one in New York City, would…
Bicycles • By Samuel Stark • Jun 9, 2022
ATD reveals next steps for start of street impact fee system
The Austin Transportation Department is prepared to begin assessing its new street impact fee on developments this summer, and has prepared a rough list of 35 projects spread across the city that will be the first to get funding from…
Development • By Chad Swiatecki • Apr 7, 2022
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Shoal Creek/Third Street redesign aims to create greener, safer spaces downtown
The Urban Transportation Commission’s hefty meeting agenda on Sept. 7 included a proposal to significantly redesign the heavily trafficked area of downtown surrounding the intersection of Third Street and Shoal Creek Trail. The Cypress and Shoal Creek Public Space Strategy,…
Development • By Kali Bramble • Sep 14, 2021
Code amendment would make car booting less of a headache
Getting booted for not obeying parking signage on private property is a huge hassle, involving a fine and a wait of sometimes an hour or more for someone to come and remove the boot. But if City Council passes a…
Transportation • By Jonathan Lee • Jun 21, 2021
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Urban Transportation Commission endorses paid parking near Deep Eddy Pool
The Urban Transportation Commission on Tuesday night got behind a proposal to add parking meters to streets on the north shore of Lady Bird Lake near Austin High School. The plan would create a parking management district stretching from Deep…
Transportation • By Caleb Pritchard • Jun 14, 2018
Project Connect's big hopes hinge on small investment
Project Connect’s path to an estimated $8 billion worth of high-capacity transit investments could be washed out if City Council and Austin voters don’t greenlight a $15 million installment this year, according to the Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s director of…
Transit • By Caleb Pritchard • Apr 17, 2018
UTC calls on Council to fund east side urban trails
The Urban Transportation Commission on Wednesday night called on City Council to put potentially millions of dollars’ worth of of east side urban trail projects on the November ballot. The four projects would fill in gaps in the existing and…
Bonds & Propositions • By Caleb Pritchard • Mar 12, 2018
Hyperloop shoots through UTC meeting
The Urban Transportation Commission went down the tubes Tuesday evening. At its first meeting of 2018, the commission took in a presentation from engineering firm AECOM on efforts to prepare for a future hyperloop system in Texas. “This is not…
Transportation • By Caleb Pritchard • Jan 11, 2018
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