A pedestrian killed on Texas 71 last week is the 89th person killed in Austin traffic this year, adding to a death toll that now exceeds the total for 2019, according to the Austin Police Department.
Just after 6 a.m. on Dec. 18, 35-year-old Jesse Jay Gomez Jr. was in the 3100 block of Texas 71, just east of Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. Police said witnesses reported seeing Gomez walking toward traffic.
Multiple vehicles swerved to avoid hitting Gomez. The driver of a black 2016 Ford Expedition noticed the vehicles in front of him in the middle lane of the highway veering to the left and moved right, assuming there was a traffic hazard ahead, police said.
Oracle s move to Austin may spur California influx and higher prices Dec 16, 2020, 9:36 am Oracle will have one of the largest workforce s in Austin, though it remains unseen how many employees will move here. On December 11, Oracle, the world s largest data base company, announced it was moving its headquarters from Silicon Valley to Austin. The announcement, coupled with major expansions underway by Apple, Facebook, Tesla, and others, is a feather in the cap of local business boosters. But it also has ruffled feathers among local residents who fret about the seemingly unending rise in housing prices. Whether you’re a champion or a critic of the Oracle relocation, the ongoing influx of companies and executives from California shows no signs of letting up. In fact, some observers speculate that Facebook could follow Oracle in shifting its headquarters from the high-cost San Francisco Bay Area to lower-cost Austin. On December 4, the
Austin’s Project Connect Receives TOD Grant Written by Marybeth Luczak, Executive Editor
Project Connect’s new 15-mile light rail Blue Line will run from Austin’s North Lamar neighborhood and U.S. 183 through downtown and on to the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport.
The $7.1 billion Project Connect bus and rail transit improvement initiative is moving forward in Austin, Tex. Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Capital Metro) has been awarded a $900,000 grant from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) for transit-oriented development (TOD) planning and anti-displacement efforts.
On the rail side, Project Connect includes three new light rail lines (21-mile Orange, 15-mile Blue and 9.5-mile Gold); two additional commuter rail stations along the MetroRail Red Line, which extends from downtown Austin to Leander; a new 27-mile MetroRail Green Line, which would connect neighborhoods east of central Austin to d
Abandoned South Austin railroad on track to become city s newest trail Bergstrom Spur would revitalize a now-defunct rail path.
Photo courtesy of City of Austin A six-mile stretch of abandoned railroad could be on track to become Austin s next urban trail. Once part of the Union Pacific Railroad serving the defunct Bergstrom Air Force Base, the Bergstrom Spur would become a hybrid urban trail and public transit corridor. On December 9, Austin Public Works Urban Trails Program and the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization released a hefty, 129-page study deemed the Bergstrom Spur Platinum Planning Study Report. It provides a detailed plan for creating a multi-use public trail beginning at Vinson Drive, in Southwest Austin, heading east to US-183 near Austin-Bergstrom International Airport.
More layoffs in Texas at Southwest Airlines, Hilite International
Southwest Airlines furloughing additional 827 workers; Texas auto parts supplier closes facility 634 2 minutes read
Southwest Airlines sent furlough notices to more than 800 workers across Texas on Friday, including freight agents at four different airports. (Photo: Southwest)
Disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic and budget cuts will cost an additional 1,063 people their jobs, according to a new round of worker reduction notices to state officials on Friday.
According to reports, Southwest Airlines, auto parts supplier Hilite Industries Automotive and grocery store chain Tom Thumb are among the businesses that have conducted layoffs in recent days.