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Public commenter says Project Connect routing and AMI levels exclude low-income riders; urges CDC to press for transit access and anti-displacement measures
Summary
A community member told the CDC that Project Connect routing, stop amenities and affordable housing income targeting leave Northeast Austin and other low-income neighborhoods disconnected from frequent transit.
Zenobia Joseph, a community commenter, told the Community Development Commission that the proposed Project Connect routing, stop amenities and affordable-housing income targets risk excluding the people the CDC represents.
Joseph said the frequent-network map shows Northeast Austin north of U.S. 183 as "disconnected" and argued that Route 392 changes and the proposed 80% to 120% area median income (AMI) levels for certain affordable housing developments are effectively exclusionary for lower-income Black and Hispanic…
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