Yearly Archives: 2016
Fox 7: Interview with Mayor Steve Adler – June 21
Smart Corridor Wait Times
It’s no secret that Mayor Steve Adler’s upcoming $720 million Smart Corridor Plan will have a lasting effect on mobility in Austin. His preferred bond package is focused around transforming some of our busiest roads into Smart Corridors. The streets in the Smart Corridor plan are the ones we drive on all the time: Airport Boulevard, East Riverside Drive, North and South Lamar, FM969 & MLK, and Burnet.
Almost half (49.6%) of Austin’s population lives within two miles of these streets, and they were not built to carry this much traffic. If we can turn these old state highways into Smart Corridors, we’ll be improving traffic congestion in a way that makes transit more effective and attractive and makes biking and walking safer and more convenient.
But just how effective will these Smart Corridors be in your day-to-day commute? With these helpful PDF’s you can find out how much time you’ll save at major intersections with (and without) major changes being completed.
FM 969 – East MLK, JR Wait Times
For more information, you can read the full corridor program reports here:
If you’re curious about how these roads will become Smart Corridors or want to learn more, you can read our article, “How Clogged Roads Become ‘Smart Corridors.'”
Texas Democratic Convention Remarks
Texas Democratic Convention Remarks
Friday, June 17, 2016
You know those nights in the middle of a campaign when it’s late and the crew has come back from canvassing and block walking. Everyone gathers at campaign headquarters and out comes the pizza and the beer. And who is there? It’s you guys.
Tonight we’re hearing a lot about federal and statewide issues. And that’s great, but it’s at the local level where stuff gets done. You guys are the precinct chairs, the community leaders, he local advocatesnd the activists. You guys are the boiler room and the folks at the frontline.
The theme of this convention is that “Texas Democrats are on the side of hard-working Texas families.” But this puts me in a tough spot.
You see, I’m the Mayor of Austin. And, if I limited my efforts to advocating only on behalf of hard-working Texas families, I’d be ignoring a really significant part of my constituency.
I mean, Austin is where 20-somethings would go to retire. And many of those folks, the slackers, they’re still around. Continue reading