Last week I had the privilege of attending an open house for Project Connect, the planning effort to build a high-frequency, high-capacity, fast-running base for Austin's transit system. Although the in-person open houses for the Orange and Blue lines are over, you can still review the materials and get your feedback heard at the virtual open house. CapMetro didn't come forward ...
Transportation
Five Alternatives to Giant Parking Plinths
Last year, I sketched out why downtown has so many huge parking plinths. But another world is possible! Today, we'll check out alternatives to the plinth. Then, coming soon, we’ll have a look at how regulations could finally #parktheplinth. Transportation Demand Management The easiest car to park is the one that isn’t driven to the destination at all. TDM programs ...
Three versions of Austin’s next transit map
This blog cut its teeth analyzing Project Connect's light rail vision in 2014 but I've stayed relatively silent on the current iteration of Project Connect. Largely, this was because Project Connect did pretty extensive but not super sexy analysis in their preliminary reports and I didn't have much to object to in it or add to it. The one time I chimed in was to encourage ...
Dockless scooters: the revolution is ours if we want it
We are on the verge of an urban revolution. A new device has revolutionized how we travel, making cars obsolete. Cities are going to re-architect themselves around the invention. The year, of course, is 2001 and the invention is the Segway. That revolution didn't pan out. The Segway is now known mostly as a gag in a movie about mall security guards. But 17 years later, ...
