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House Bill 3893 would grant Capital Metro a lease to State property where two underground stations are planned.

Pose watch party Sunday (Courtesy of FX) As the meme of 2020-TBD goes, Im getting tired of living through these historical events. Do yall feel the same? The record books are on my mind this week after reading that 2021 is a record-breaking year for anti-LGBTQIA bills not just for the Texas Legislature but for the United States as a whole, according to the Human Rights Campaign. With eight anti-LGBTQIA bills already enacted into law this year and another 10 bad bills awaiting governors signat...

Project Connect: CapMetro reveals proposed light rail station locations On Tuesday, Capital Metro and the Austin Transit Partnership (ATP) provided an update on where the new Orange and Blue lines may be. Author: KVUE Staff Updated: 5:24 PM CDT April 27, 2021 AUSTIN, Texas — Austinites are starting to get an idea of where Capital Metros planned light rail stations might be. The stations are part of Project Connect, the multibillion-dollar public transit plan th...

Unilever Prestige Grant Initiative Now Accepting Applications News provided by Share this article Unilever Prestige NEW YORK, April 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- WWD and Unilever Prestige have launched a new, $15,000 grant initiative, Project Connect, designed to support and uplift the next generation of entrepreneurs and business leaders at the forefront of the movement to humanize technology for the future marketplace. As COVID-19 triggered unwanted social isolation, this program is looking for i...

U.S. Transportation Secretary Buttigieg joins KVUE to discuss how Bidens $2 trillion infrastructure plan affects Austin Pete Buttigieg joined KVUE Midday to discuss President Bidens $2 trillion infrastructure plan and what it means for Austin. Author: Bryce Newberry (KVUE) Updated: 1:27 PM CDT April 22, 2021 AUSTIN, Texas — President Joe Biden is pushing a $2 trillion infrastructure plan, which includes funds to improve thousands of miles of roads, fix hundreds...

Austin Strategic Mobility Plan makes progress after 2 years By FOX 7 Austin Digital Team Published  The policy document guides Austins transportation planning and implementation over the next 20 years in a coordinated approach among city departments and regional partners. "Achieving a better mix of commuters is the only sustainable way to manage Austin’s growth," said Assistant City Manager Gina Fiandaca, who oversees Mobility. "We want to make sure the Citys able to provide residents...

Austin now has a city official dedicated to making sure residents who get priced out of their neighborhoods can seek help and remain in the place they call home.  Nefertitti Jackmon, the former executive director of Six Square, a nonprofit that seeks to preserve the cultural legacy of Austin’s Black Cultural District, became the Housing and Planning Departments first community displacement prevention officer on Wednesday. Jackmon began working for the city of Austin in October 2019 as t...

•    Supporting our community •    Implementing our plan Chief among ASMPs goals is to accommodate the ability for Austinites to shift how they commute. By 2039, the City hopes about half of Austinites will get to work without driving alone in a car. The ASMP lays out strategies to allow more people the ability to safely and efficiently commute by transit, foot, bike, scooter, carpool or any other mode that replaces driving a car alone. The COVID-19 pandemic showed Austinites—and the ...

Community group will help guide $300 million of Project Connect anti-displacement spending The “Catalyst group” is working on a tool that will help the transit plan decision-makers decide how to spend money on anti-displacement efforts. Author: Bryce Newberry (KVUE) Updated: 10:30 PM CDT April 10, 2021 AUSTIN, Texas — Project Connect engineers are busy working behind the scenes on a design plan for Austin’s new transit system while a new group of communi...

Underground Project Connect stations could face hurdle if bill doesn’t pass Texas Legislature Bryce Newberry Replay Video UP NEXT Texas legislators are considering House Bill 3893, which would lease the underground portion of State property to Capital Metro in order to build two underground stations for the light rail system approved by Austin voters. The House Land and Resource Management Committee will hold a public hearing on the bill Tuesday morning. HB 3893, filed by Rep...