Transportation
BY HALEY MCLEOD & BEN THOMPSON
Sixth Street reopened to vehicular tra c Sixth Street will no longer be closed o to vehicles on busy weekend nights. For years, the strip was packed with pedestrians while vehicular tra c was blocked for several nights each week. The gist Safety updates on the corridor were made in December and January, including: • The roadway opening to vehicular tra c for the entire weekend—with possible late- night closures if there are large crowds as bars close • An expanded sidewalk area with barriers along the street • Street closures at intersections with San Jacinto, Trinity, and Neches streets on Thursdays through Sundays
Austin Transit Partnership has proposed a greenway running parallel to the proposed rail line along Riverside Drive.
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Project Connect legal proceedings continue After a lawsuit from community opponents seeking to halt Austin’s tax collections for Project Connect was dismissed in December, the group is now seeking to revive the case. The suit alleges the city broke promises to taxpayers with a “drastically reduced” transit plan and unclear construction timeline.
What’s happening? Attorney General Ken Paxton is also seeking to reverse a separate decision that would allow a trial over the project’s nancing to proceed. After a state appeals court rejected his push to halt those proceedings in the fall, Paxton asked the Texas Supreme Court to consider the case; its review was pending as of press time. The big picture Voters backed the project in 2020 with the approval of an inde nite tax increase, and the initial rail outline was since scaled down.
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