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Vice Chair Zoe Caudrey made the motion to approve the minutes, and Council Member Vela seconded the motion. Chair Paige Ellis called the question and said, \"All in favor, which is all 4 of us in attendance.\" Ms. Ellis recorded unanimous approval for the four members present and noted that Krista Lane would vote at a later meeting after her formal appointment.

This was the only formal vote recorded during the meeting.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Austin - Mobility Committee - Jan 23, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","The committee approved the Nov. 14 meeting minutes by a voice vote: motion by the vice chair, seconded by Council Member Vela; unanimous approval of the four members present.","taxTitle","Austin, Travis County, Texas","taxId",2819,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":75,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":76,"_41":77,"_43":78,"_45":79,"_46":80,"_48":81,"_50":82,"_52":83,"_54":55,"_56":57,"_58":84,"_60":61,"_62":63,"_64":85,"_66":67,"_68":69,"_70":67,"_71":72,"_73":72},6671863,"Transportation Public Works reports dedicated bus lanes for Project CONNECT, Vision Zero lighting and ticket-dismissal program",220,4867000,5087000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2144285-de1467929202d16e364d6faec9fec5e9&start=4867&end=5087","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2144285-de1467929202d16e364d6faec9fec5e9/thumbnail_4867000.jpg","/articles/6671863/Austin/Travis-County/Texas/Transportation-Public-Works-reports-dedicated-bus-lanes-for-Project-CONNECT-Vision-Zero-lighting-and-ticket-dismissal-program","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6671863-d818f422b7a81cf1cc15f22c05610c57/orig.mp4?Expires=1771181685&Signature=eeCn2Pgybi-Iqdd5Jzu4VbVqXjCTOCpAGK3TmKBbceSQmhIcQ3HW5CEJLWNeY6Y-Ezomdgyh5Xyf37vtZGVKhxjDguud74uoZv1vjLJinuahuaQ9u26XzTbNHQrZQtGuVi2O6hoHWMP-dScFthGtkFAQd68R8plLYK9s1sxKeUiOgE-FiA2bdupSks3oDgLWoNzu8gC88MBwztZOqFjkjwSxiVbJA1XgNCJsiLhpveKbLmAZFAH1bDvVWAhtrJ-MP5Eu1htrMr9SXkMrqWU3oWhaRyIure6fNMfYa7ykaMQYlPMdxxTYHbNOdERo-gMYUx2uLP43N3oc~2rjFImRuQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Richard Mendoza, director of Transportation and Public Works, gave the Mobility Committee an overview of recent department work on Jan. 23, highlighting transit, safety and parking items.

Mendoza said city staff and CapMetro installed dedicated bus lanes on Trinity and San Jacinto to support the Project CONNECT Expo line, scheduled to begin service this spring. Mendoza described the lanes as a collaborative undertaking that also improved crosswalks and bicycle facilities.

On safety, Mendoza said the department is beginning a Vision Zero lighting project that will add lighting upgrades at 14 locations with an expected eight-month timeline. \"Data shows that, at nighttime, collisions frequently, lack of lighting is one of the factors in that,\" Mendoza said.

Mendoza also described a ticket-dismissal program intended to promote safe choices after late-night events: residents who use a rideshare to get home and leave their vehicle parked in a city space overnight can present a rideshare receipt plus any parking ticket and request dismissal. Mendoza said the program is intended as a public-safety incentive to reduce impaired driving.

The report included other operational updates: the department has worked with Austin High School and AISD on parking adjustments near the school; CapMetro updated service-level changes and approved routing adjustments in anticipation of Expo and Pleasant Valley Bus Rapid Transit lines; and staff noted continued progress on Airport Boulevard and Slaughter Lane construction projects with Capital Delivery Services.

Committee members were directed to CapMetro's board pages for further detail on fare and service discussions. No formal committee action was taken on the report.","Transportation Public Works updated the committee on recent accomplishments and near-term work, citing dedicated bus lanes installed for the Project CONNECT Expo line, a Vision Zero lighting rollout at 14 locations, a ticket-dismissal program tied to rideshare receipts, and coordination with CapMetro on upcoming service changes.",{"_33":87,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":88,"_41":89,"_43":90,"_45":91,"_46":92,"_48":93,"_50":94,"_52":95,"_54":55,"_56":57,"_58":96,"_60":61,"_62":63,"_64":97,"_66":67,"_68":69,"_70":67,"_71":72,"_73":72},6671868,"Urban Transportation Commission backs Congress Avenue Urban Design Vision and urges lift of downtown events moratorium",470,551000,1021000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2144285-de1467929202d16e364d6faec9fec5e9&start=551&end=1021","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2144285-de1467929202d16e364d6faec9fec5e9/thumbnail_551000.jpg","/articles/6671868/Austin/Travis-County/Texas/Urban-Transportation-Commission-backs-Congress-Avenue-Urban-Design-Vision-and-urges-lift-of-downtown-events-moratorium","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6671868-abb9b7b6c49bb168876bfb8eafec68ec/orig.mp4?Expires=1771181686&Signature=ffWXEPvxBdoRidgtz9atf2IIvhmV0Eamlcg~~CuA-Z2FAUNEVZ8Pqjky7WB0-D4S2abeiTE510tvbPtJU25CTNZnN8suBOWHfU7~0gfPWgC~wjQeVIiP2pcEvjUc9I5xrIJJyUjcX5-HHmykYcD7UyRtxup2PaSiS1VOAvjurV4ebkzKL16AQKgyiyTUrBdnjx~hJZ4Ii6rZBJ~kG9zz30O~4oSmW~SO~BO5icxFkQ1EYpgrIDAdoe-MCWkFM6WdWG~KBYtJSp4~aMCGDmfs~JIuL-L8~wtxguyHasQrztlgTuxw6G4DkvCvw8Z-vOWo9FET8V~cVMsNi5t8IMRXpg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The committee received a report from Urban Transportation Commission Chair Susan Summers summarizing UTC actions taken in December 2024, including support for the Congress Avenue Urban Design Vision Plan and submission of prior UTC comments to the CAMPO 2050 regional transportation plan.

\"UTC expresses its support for the Congress Avenue Urban Design Vision Plan, and there's just a city manager to take all action necessary to ensure full adoption of the plan,\" Summers said during the committee meeting. The UTC recommendation also urged the city manager to implement City Council resolutions referenced in the recommendation and to pilot a civelovia on Congress Avenue as part of plaza configurations in the vision.

The UTC recommendation additionally proposed that Transportation and Public Works lift an indefinite moratorium on new downtown street events that the UTC said has been in effect since 2014, to allow a regular schedule of programming to complement new public plazas. Summers said UTC also urged officials to evaluate redesign opportunities for 7th through 11th streets, Cesar Chavez through 7th Street, bicycle parking and proposed amenity zones, and to consider options such as retractable bollards and changes for future two-way conversions anticipated in the Austin Core Transportation Plan.

Summers told the committee that UTC did not pass a new recommendation on the CAMPO 2050 regional transportation plan in December but instead resubmitted a 2022 UTC recommendation to CAMPO as the commission's formal comment because it addressed modeling and growth-distribution concerns the commission wished to highlight. Summers said UTC has concerns that CAMPO modeling historically overestimates suburban growth and underestimates urban core growth, which could affect funding allocations that flow to Austin.

The Mobility Committee asked staff to supply more information on the downtown events moratorium and to return answers in follow-up Q&A materials. Chair Paige Ellis and committee members thanked Summers for the briefing; the committee took no formal action on the UTC recommendations at the meeting.","The Urban Transportation Commission recommended council adoption of the Congress Avenue Urban Design Vision Plan and urged lifting an indefinite moratorium on new downtown street events; the Mobility Committee received the UTC report but did not act on the recommendation.",{"_33":99,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":100,"_41":101,"_43":102,"_45":103,"_46":104,"_48":105,"_50":106,"_52":107,"_54":55,"_56":57,"_58":108,"_60":61,"_62":63,"_64":109,"_66":67,"_68":69,"_70":67,"_71":72,"_73":72},6671871,"2016 mobility bond corridor work moves into construction; costs, coordination with TxDOT and drainage cited as constraints",471,3173000,3644000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2144285-de1467929202d16e364d6faec9fec5e9&start=3173&end=3644","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2144285-de1467929202d16e364d6faec9fec5e9/thumbnail_3173000.jpg","/articles/6671871/Austin/Travis-County/Texas/2016-mobility-bond-corridor-work-moves-into-construction-costs-coordination-with-TxDOT-and-drainage-cited-as-constraints","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6671871-66ca6d90235ed434298af0be69b83a7f/orig.mp4?Expires=1771181686&Signature=lzVnKLRpIIpdYkzlHIWArs65-EZS3~IagOOZW9ZWk3f6IzoLpCOZiFkVvWVMUiubC1FfLBxr9r7c~nUucwMcnL4qIy8w1hajZoqqR-iB~z4IUCt8MwVfWHpd1WaFnIi-uVtPX4PUQ4VubGmNd2grGjnDJyU7pWUfGRuT3yvH0V47gz7~aQ8un3I8qj8~b~rEvGZw6PRpi9e6hS~YoIzyGfwZzxoWcSLrzQY4v6y~UXxmXT-g19ucKE4STHFhSP6UshT26Hdtd8j-jAt3UKxGniaUfXStjjoq~t9cBhrHNlLIudG~P4uuAckIAk9YZ4M5Ym0SRQJcVmVaPu~X148S-Q__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Capital Delivery Services told the Mobility Committee on Jan. 23 that the 2016 mobility bond corridor program has moved from planning into a construction phase but faces cost and interagency coordination challenges that changed original delivery plans.

\"When the bond was approved, the plans throughout the corridors were in a concept level plan and not fully developed,\" said Eric Bailey, deputy director of Capital Delivery Services. As design work matured, teams discovered substantial stormwater and utility needs tied to adding sidewalks and shared-use paths; those drainage requirements in some corridors transformed what were intended as modest transportation projects into much larger, more expensive infrastructure efforts.

Bailey reported that the program has completed about $255,000,000 in spending and leveraged roughly $100,000,000 from grants, developers and internal partners. He said roughly $146,000,000 in corridor projects are estimated to go to bid and construction during calendar year 2025.

Notable corridor notes from the briefing:
- Airport Boulevard: West-side shared-use-path extension from 55th to 45th is a near-term priority; staff said coordination with the I-35 project and TxDOT is critical to avoid repetitive work.
- North Lamar: Signal and intersection improvements have been installed but larger corridor reconstruction is constrained by open-channel drainage that must be converted to piped systems before full sidewalks and bike facilities can be added. Staff described the drainage conversion as the work that must be completed to use the full right of way.
- Burnet Road: Kramer Lane drainage work is nearing completion and will enable remaining Burnet improvements from 183 to Mopac; some sections will be delivered via an IDIQ (indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity) contract.
- South Lamar: The segment from Barton Springs to IH-35 is the largest remaining project; Bailey said preliminary construction cost estimates for that South Lamar section are roughly $60,000,000 and the project is expected to go to bid in summer 2025.
- Riverside and Guadalupe: Several safety and signal improvements were completed, but most corridor changes have been deferred pending integration with Project CONNECT alignments.

Bailey emphasized community engagement and public-facing project pages that consolidate previous materials into a smaller set of monitored web pages with schematic plans and contact information for questions. He told the committee that many corridor projects require partnership with Transportation and Public Works, Watershed Protection, Austin Water and TxDOT.

Committee members pressed for additional cost detail on North Lamar. Council Member Vela said neighborhood advocates expected earlier, more comprehensive work on North Lamar and asked how much additional funding would be needed to complete full corridor reconstruction. Bailey said additional funding would be required and that staff would provide more precise cost estimates after further review.

The committee did not take formal action on corridor scope or funding at the meeting; staff said several projects are scheduled to be advertised for construction in 2025 and that coordination with other agencies and permitting will continue.","Capital Delivery Services briefed the committee on progress and constraints for corridor projects funded by the 2016 mobility bond, reporting $255 million spent to date, roughly $100 million in leveraged funds, and a construction ramp-up in 2025 that will require coordination with TxDOT and watershed protection for several corridors.",{"_33":111,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":112,"_41":113,"_43":114,"_45":115,"_46":116,"_48":117,"_50":118,"_52":119,"_54":55,"_56":57,"_58":120,"_60":61,"_62":63,"_64":121,"_66":67,"_68":69,"_70":67,"_71":72,"_73":72},6671876,"Living Streets program expands pilot activations, eyes permanent shared-street conversions",2233,275000,2508000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2144285-de1467929202d16e364d6faec9fec5e9&start=275&end=2508","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2144285-de1467929202d16e364d6faec9fec5e9/thumbnail_275000.jpg","/articles/6671876/Austin/Travis-County/Texas/Living-Streets-program-expands-pilot-activations-eyes-permanent-shared-street-conversions","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6671876-782b8c8a1d5179c743632958e5e7723a/orig.mp4?Expires=1771181686&Signature=TDmeQzMriSPEmFWPYeTnEs0aUtIFv3tFH7FzQuDAv0EfvGap88lyLnM53aL10ZICj643Tvuj7SiSRZ~hYKXAeJslBPJoQHiy45P1tyOs7KLHB89Cs3cPY7DfLcQIv0AqeGuTK22dfPqnDxBTnUANm6ns-Mi4PkDoaHnTVicd9vD3xi1ljxre0-nm2gYVkshVwUIO3XY6-oRaXG9iezzUTogtUYElHbjwqRWiGlojqALKw65qPFwWrmBujEEha15o5cMEN95bObwkglShf5AhFuG4Bjxy6sxmh6wGjXtSJFpyvOIicshFrZIeTWprXDxgTeuGSuIvgEgIiAR9Ql10kw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Living Streets organizers and city staff told the Mobility Committee on Jan. 23 that the temporary street-activation program has expanded its reach and is testing new equipment and pilot layouts to improve safety, equity and neighborhood buy-in.

The presentation showed the program now combines neighborhood block parties, healthy streets and play streets under the Living Streets banner, and city staff said quarterly rollout and renewal cycles let them scale installations while supporting application processing.

\"There is less traffic, and it is slower,\" said Kate Ainsworth, organizer of the South Austin expansion, describing resident perceptions of the program and citing increased participation at neighborhood events. \"People feel safer.\" The presentation included a recorded child comment played for the committee that said, in part, \"I like the healthy streets because it's a lot safer for us to cross the street.\" The recording and resident surveys are part of staff outreach to people who cannot attend meetings in person.

Matt Majaj, a presenter for the Living Streets program, walked the committee through recent program metrics and operational changes. Staff said the program launched about 18 activations in an initial round and has since moved to quarterly activations; recent rounds brought the program to 37 activations beginning in February. Staff reported progress expanding applications from historically underrepresented areas: the share of applications from medium-high and most-vulnerable communities rose from about 18% in the first round to roughly 37% in later rounds.

Staff described operational lessons from play streets: long street lengths and multiple control points reduced resident ability to supervise activity and increased staffing burdens for volunteers. Majaj said one closure example was \"a 1,000 linear feet, just slightly under a quarter mile\" where control points prevented monitors from seeing the whole block. The program is testing shorter activity zones and a chicane-style design that slows vehicles without fully closing the street.

The program also won a Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) grant from the Federal Highway Administration. Majaj said the grant allows the city to flex about $1,500,000 for demonstration techniques to test more inviting, crashworthy closure equipment and support a two-and-a-half-year behavior-change pilot. \"The end goal is to create the behavior change over 2 and a half years where we can have a different style of living street,\" Majaj said.

Staff said Living Streets remain temporary by design (\"temporary. It lasts 6 months,\" Majaj said) with an option to renew; those neighborhoods that pursue permanence will be considered for shared-street conversions that add curb extensions, pinch points and other low-infrastructure treatments. A South Austin installation is already moving from a temporary activation to a planned shared-street design, staff said.

Committee members raised equity and outreach questions. Vice Chair Zoe Caudrey and newly seated Council Member Krista Lane urged targeted outreach to districts with low participation (districts 2 and 6 were singled out in staff comments). Majaj said the program has been deliberately advertising citywide with extra emphasis on equity zones to increase participation from vulnerable communities.

The committee asked staff to continue refining play-street designs, to share results from the SS4A-funded demonstrations and to coordinate with Transportation and Public Works on possible durable treatments. Staff also said they will look at procurement and bond opportunities to finance conversions from temporary activations to shared-street or complete-street infrastructure.

The presentation included operational cautions: Majaj noted that the orange-cone closures can be perceived as construction, invoking the Texas Uniform Code for Transportation, and that equipment clutter and volunteer staffing requirements affected renewal decisions on some streets. The committee asked staff to pursue closure equipment that better balances safety and neighborhood aesthetics.

The committee did not take a formal vote on the Living Streets program at the meeting. Staff said they will return with follow-up details and next steps.","City staff and neighborhood organizers reported increased participation and equity-focused outreach for the Living Streets program, described plans to test less-disruptive activity zones and seek federal SS4A funding for demonstration equipment that could support permanent shared-street conversions.","actionData","errors"]

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