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ACT downtown plan heads to City Council after UTC briefing on one-way/ two-way trade-offs
Summary
Transportation Officer Michelle Marks briefed the Urban Transportation Commission on the Austin Core Transportation (ACT) Plan, describing recommendations to reallocate space on downtown one‑way corridors for transit and bike facilities, planned 6th Street engineering, and upcoming action at City Council next Thursday.
Michelle Marks, Transportation Officer for Austin Transportation and Public Works, told the Urban Transportation Commission the ACT plan is a small-area transportation plan that will be amended to the Austin Strategic Mobility Plan and is scheduled for consideration at City Council next Thursday. She said the plan updates a prior downtown mobility plan, incorporates extensive community engagement (engaging "80 some odd groups"), and recommends priority capital projects, supporting projects and programmatic improvements across downtown corridors.
Marks walked commissioners through key recommendations and trade-offs. The ACT plan identifies a small number of remaining one‑way corridors downtown that are critical east–west connectors…
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