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Planning Commission recommends adoption of Austin Core Transportation Plan with safety, trees and green-infrastructure changes
Summary
The commission voted to recommend adoption of the Austin Core Transportation Plan (ACT) as part of the Austin Strategic Mobility Plan, approving a package of amendments prioritizing pedestrian/cyclist facilities, mandatory street trees, inclusion of green infrastructure costs and several Urban Transportation Commission recommendations.
The Planning Commission voted to recommend City Council adopt the Austin Core Transportation Plan as an attachment to the Austin Strategic Mobility Plan, approving a set of amendments aimed at prioritizing non-auto travel, placing stronger emphasis on trees and green infrastructure, and accepting Urban Transportation Commission guidance.
City planning staff presented the ACT plan and described the station-area, corridor and modal recommendations designed to reallocate right-of-way downtown to transit, protected bike lanes, wider sidewalks and street trees while accounting for constrained curb-to-curb widths. Anna Villareal, principal planner leading the ETOD/station-area work, reviewed the proposed future land-use maps for the North Lamar and South Congress transit center areas and described coordination with CapMetro, Project Connect…
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