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.
Published on January 26, 2021 at 12:43 am
Capital Metro, in partnership with Austin Transportation, has installed a pilot bus stop that extends the curb to the bus with a ramp to protect pedestrians on Guadalupe Street in the hopes of improving speed of service, safety and traffic congestion.
The bus stop, which is made out of recycled materials, will take over the two existing stops at the intersection of Dean Keeton Street and Guadalupe Street, and will be in place for six months to test its speed, reliability and safety, said Caitlin D’Alton, the City of Austin’s transit enhancement program manager.
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Project Connect, the board oversees funding, designing, and implementing the mass transit overhaul.
First the Pork Chop, Then Mobility: The
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North Lamar and
Morrow, which include removing the
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