Category Archives: Transportation

Plan C

Posted on April 9, 2020 by JGA

Getting back to the future on Austin’s transformative mode shift investment.

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ASMP 2020

Posted on August 8, 2019 by JGA

The Austin Strategic Mobility Plan should be the focus of next year’s City transportation bond, not (necessarily) Project Connect. Existing and envisioned mode share from the adopted Austin Strategic Mobility Plan

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Money Shift

Posted on April 9, 2019 by JGA

Achieving a 50% sustainable commute mode share requires a boost in local transit operating funding sources and a focus on productivity-enhancing transit capital projects. A system-wide route productivity summary, courtesy of the Connections 2025 plan.

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Regrets, we’ve seen a few

Posted on March 18, 2019 by JGA

In the wake of an obvious mapping error, the CapMetro CEO dodges requests for data transparency and a public version control system. An overview of the East Riverside corridor, according to the latest Project Connect “flipbook”

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Paint Job

Posted on March 12, 2019 by JGA

A zany map highlights Project Connect’s transparency problems.

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Joint Pain

Posted on March 4, 2019 by JGA

We aspire to solve mobility challenges. We do not actually plan to do so.

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Moving Priorities

Posted on February 28, 2019 by JGA
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City Bond 2018

Posted on November 30, 2017 by JGA

My proposal for the City of Austin’s 2018 infrastructure bond.

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Cars Count

Posted on October 19, 2016 by JGA

The “Go Big” mobility bond will increase the single-occupant vehicle share of Austin work commutes.

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Make Austin Roads Great Again

Posted on June 27, 2016 by JGA

City Council’s mobility bond embraces futile road populism instead of much-needed mode shift. City Council’s mobility bond funds the corridor plan that will expand this section of FM 969 from four to six lanes. The design speed is 50 mph.

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