by admin | Sep 6, 2015 | News, Transportation Planning
“A key area for improving connections, he said, is transportation. Raising the opportunity to finally plan and build commuter rail service between the two cities with stops all along the way, Adler said, “Austin is ready to have those data-driven conversations....
by admin | Aug 24, 2015 | News, Transportation Planning
Millennials prefer walking over driving by a substantially wider margin than any other generation, according to a new poll conducted by the National Association of Realtors® and the Transportation Research and Education Center at Portland State University. The 2015...
by admin | Jun 23, 2015 | News, Transportation Planning
“Did you know the TxDOT plans for the “Oak Hill Parkway” is not a parkway, but an elevated toll road that slices through the heart of Oak Hill, wipes out multiple groves of heritage trees, and squeezes Williamson Creek in between elevated roadways for more than...
by admin | Apr 30, 2015 | Economics of Sound Planning, News, Regional Planning
In strictly economic terms, sprawl is inefficient. Spread people out, and it takes them longer to drive where they need to go, and it costs them more in gas money to get there. Disperse a few people over a lot of land, and that land is used inefficiently, too. Then... by admin | Apr 8, 2015 | News, Transportation Planning
Save Oak Hill will be holding their second public meeting, “Save Oak Hill: Actions and Solutions,” Thursday, April 16 at the Hampton Branch of the Austin Public Library on Convict Hill From 6:30-8pm. Anyone with concerns about TxDOT’s plan to build... by admin | Mar 17, 2015 | Regional Planning
These days, Austin is trouble year-round. What’s ruining Old Waterloo for the people who live there and love it are the people who live there and love it. There’s just too many of them—and no plan for handling them all. Read more from Citylab.com.
