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WEBDelayed CapMetro Rapid routes to launch next year with slower service and diesel buses. Capital Metro’s newest high-frequency bus routes have been delayed, and now the transit agency says the Expo Center and Pleasant Valley routes will launch next year with reduced frequency and diesel-powered buses instead of the promised electric ones.
Here’s what Austin’s subway stations could look like - Austin …
WEBJul 8, 2022 · Two subway stations would be on the Blue Line, an 8.2-mile route from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Republic Square Park. Each station would have highly visible entryways, minimal blind spots and natural light where possible. Stations could have amenities like stores, public restrooms, bike pumps and USB charging stations.
Over 200 affordable homes planned on city-owned property in …
WEBMar 11, 2022 · An affordable housing project called the Libertad is set to bring over 200 affordable homes to city-owned property in East Austin. The project at 900 Gardner Road will be built on a vacant, 8.5-acre slice of a larger property that is home to the Austin Animal Center, among other city organizations, as well as nonprofit Emancipet.. The project came before the Planning Commission Tuesday to ask ...
TxDOT halts tree-clearing in Oak Hill, pending court hearing
WEBMonday, August 2, 2021 by Amy Smith. In light of a federal judge’s concerns over the state’s planned removal of nearly 200 trees to make way for a 12-lane road project through Oak Hill, the Texas Department of Transportation last week agreed to temporarily halt its tree-clearing work in southwest Austin.
ECHO says permanent supportive housing is the only way out of …
WEBJun 26, 2023 · Austin’s Ending Community Homelessness Coalition joined City Council’s Public Health Committee this month to break down the nonprofit’s latest point-in-time count, which in late January found 2,374 Austinites experiencing some degree of homelessness.While that figure is down from 2020, Executive Director Matt Mollica said it will take years of sustained effort to truly address the crisis.
Austin’s village of tiny homes for formerly homeless folks to triple …
WEBApr 15, 2021 · The nonprofit that runs Austin’s Community First Village has acquired land and plans to build out more tiny homes to house Austinites transitioning out of homelessness. The far East Austin development of tiny homes and trailers, managed by Mobile Loaves…
Austin Resource Recovery reworking Zero Waste Master Plan
WEBApr 22, 2021 · When City Council unanimously adopted the Austin Resource Recovery Master Plan in 2011, it was a bold step toward making Austin “the most livable city in the country.” At more than 300 pages, the plan laid out a number of environmental sustainability goals for the city over the next three decades, but the primary objective was zero waste.. Zero waste puts a greater emphasis on reducing ...
ECHO has a new leader - Austin MonitorAustin Monitor
WEBAug 5, 2019 · ECHO’s new leader, Matthew Mollica, comes to Austin from Denver, where he served as the vice president of housing assistance for the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless. He previously worked as housing coordinator for the Brilliant Corners nonprofit in San Francisco. Mollica starts his position the same day ECHO and other organizations ...
What would remote work mean for Travis County? - Austin Monitor
WEBMonday, November 29, 2021 by Seth Smalley. In September, Travis County announced its goal to transition 75 percent of its employees to work from home permanently, tasking Deloitte Consulting to smooth the process. On Nov. 18, commissioners convened a special session to examine the findings of Deloitte’s 14-week study on remote work in the county.
Commissioners take next step toward permanent telework
WEBNov 18, 2020 · Commissioners take next step toward permanent telework. The Travis County Commissioners Court voted unanimously Tuesday to move forward with a scope of services for a consultant to advise them on a plan to have 75 percent of eligible employees to do their jobs by teleworking on a permanent basis. As a result of the coronavirus, commissioners ...