East Riverside Drive to receive transit priority lanes
Austin American-Statesman
to get transit lanes
New interim transit priority lanes will be installed on East Riverside Drive through a partnership with the Austin Transportation Department to improve on-time transit performance and efficiency of Capital Metro buses.
Installation is scheduled to begin in late February, with the project anticipated to open by early April.
An outbound and inbound transit lane will stretch for two miles between Grove Boulevard and Summit Street. The project will help organize traffic flow with cars and buses in distinct lanes. New signage and updated road markings will establish the transit lanes. Other vehicles can enter the transit priority lanes to make a right turn.