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Austin Strategic Mobility Plan makes progress after 2 years
By FOX 7 Austin Digital Team
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The policy document guides Austin s 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 City s able to provide residents and commuters as many options as possible to reduce their impact on congestion, and in doing so, decrease their carbon footprint.
The ASMP is divided into seven key focus areas listed by the city as:Â
• Supporting our community
• Implementing our plan
Chief among ASMP s 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 world that many businesses can adapt to a telework environment and maintain productivity.
The ASMP integrates all transportation modes, so they complement and do not compete with each other.
Council approved funding release for 2020 mobility bond
By FOX 7 Austin Digital Team
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AUSTIN, Texas - The Austin City Council has approved the release of funds from the 2020 Active Transportation and Safety Bond, which Austin voters approved last November as Proposition B.
The Austin Transportation Department says that this allows it and Austin Public Works to hire the initial staff necessary to begin work on the $460 million in local mobility projects across the City, marking the next step in a multi-year process to deliver projects to the public.
$80 million for sidewalks
$65 million for safety and Vision Zero
$53 million to improve substandard streets