TRANSPORTATION UPDATES
REGIONAL PROJECTS
Congress parking plan A city plan will bring paid parking and permitted spots to Austin’s SoCo district.
The city of Austin could implement paid parking along South Congress Avenue this spring after decades of efforts to manage traffic have fizzled. The city, neighbors and commu- nity stakeholders took on a local parking study in 2019 that produced several proposals, but new strategies remained on hold amid the pandemic, said Joseph Al-hajeri, an Austin Transportation Department program manager. “The parking problem has continued as things started to come back, and that’s why we’re here today to go through this process and complete it,” Al-hajeri said at City Council’s Mobility Committee meeting on Jan. 19. The ATD’s vision would enact paid parking along most of the corridor between Oltorf Street and Bouldin Creek. Parking would start at $2 an hour for the first two hours and increase to $5 per hour by the seventh hour. Most of the surrounding side streets would also be blanketed with parking restrictions under the city’s plan, with a mix of permit-only spots for area residents and employees alongside paid areas for visitors. The city’s plan would also establish a new Parking & Transportation Management District for a broader area surrounding the South Congress corridor. A majority of parking revenue collected within that area would be set aside for mobility improvements the city and Paid parking could come to South Congress this spring BY BEN THOMPSON
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Springdale Road improvements The Austin Transportation Depart- ment has installed 2.4 miles of pro- tected bike lanes and 12 new pedestri- an crossings along Springdale Road from Alf Avenue to Oak Cliff Drive and 51st Street to Manor Road. Work was completed following pavement reconstruction by the public works department. Future phases of work will include the construction of con- crete pedestrian crossing islands, bus stops and intersection improvements at Webberville Road, 12th Street and East Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. Timeline: fall 2022-summer 2023 Cost: $370,000 Funding sources: city of Austin 2016, 2020 mobility bonds ALL INFORMATION ON THIS PAGE WAS UPDATED AS OF JAN. 31. NEWS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE OR OTHER LOCAL TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS? EMAIL US AT CTANEWS@COMMUNITYIMPACT.COM.
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residents could work together to identify. Final PTMD plans will be presented to Austin’s Urban Transportation Commission in March before moving to the City Council for approval. The paid parking program is scheduled to launch in April.
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