Post by Logan on May 9, 2016 3:57:34 GMT -6
Travis County considers ambitious bicycle and pedestrian proposals
The Travis County Commissioners Court has flung itself into the ongoing conversation about funding bicycle infrastructure in Central Texas.
On Tuesday, the court-appointed Bicycle Safety Task Force presented a long list of detailed proposals to enhance multimodal alternatives in unincorporated parts of the county.
That list included a $3.3 million slate of specific projects to be funded with bond money approved by voters in 2011. Among the projects were a pedestrian hybrid beacon near Steiner Ranch Elementary School, a 4-foot bike lane on Howard Lane and a new slurry seal on Southwest Parkway.
The task force also identified a longer list of potential projects that could be candidates for future bond funding, including a $6 million, 2.9-mile stretch of bike trail that might end up connecting Austin to Manor.
Read more: www.austinmonitor.com/stories/2016/05/travis-county-considers-ambitious-bicycle-pedestrian-proposals/
The Travis County Commissioners Court has flung itself into the ongoing conversation about funding bicycle infrastructure in Central Texas.
On Tuesday, the court-appointed Bicycle Safety Task Force presented a long list of detailed proposals to enhance multimodal alternatives in unincorporated parts of the county.
That list included a $3.3 million slate of specific projects to be funded with bond money approved by voters in 2011. Among the projects were a pedestrian hybrid beacon near Steiner Ranch Elementary School, a 4-foot bike lane on Howard Lane and a new slurry seal on Southwest Parkway.
The task force also identified a longer list of potential projects that could be candidates for future bond funding, including a $6 million, 2.9-mile stretch of bike trail that might end up connecting Austin to Manor.
Read more: www.austinmonitor.com/stories/2016/05/travis-county-considers-ambitious-bicycle-pedestrian-proposals/