This evening, the City of Austin hosted a town hall meeting to review the Downtown Austin Plan -- the draft master plan for downtown Austin.The purpose of the plan is to create a vision -- and policy framework -- for a vibrant downtown that becomes the region's core for work, play, shopping, and living. The 90-page plan and 93-slide summary presentation (they are fascinating -- get them here) include hundreds of ideas to improve downtown Austin. The ideas range from zoning and historical protections to transit solutions to . . .