Response to Nueces Bicycle Boulevard Plan

Now that the plan has been released we are in the process of reviewing the tools put forth and will reserve opinion until we are confident that what is being published is actually what will happen.

Response to Nueces Bicycle Boulevard Plan Response to Nueces Bicycle Boulevard Plan

City Vetted Bicycle Boulevard Plan With Cyclists First

"We’ve been negotiating with them all along and saying this is not acceptable,” D’Amico said. “They vetted it with us and the reaction was not positive. I haven’t met anyone in my circle that likes the idea."

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Update from KeepAustinMoving.org

Thank you to everyone for your increased interest in the Nueces Bicycle Boulevard issue. As you all know, the businesses along Nueces were not notified of the plans to 'calm' traffic until late last year so we are certainly playing catch-up.

Update from KeepAustinMoving.org Update from KeepAustinMoving.org

‘Bicycle boulevard’ will lead to wasteful spending and hinder mobility

The concept of a bicycle boulevard is to severely limit vehicular traffic capacity to create a calm streetscape where cyclists have priority on and unrestricted use of the road. That type of conversion project is termed a road diet. In the case of Nueces, city staff members have proposed a 70 percent to 90 percent reduction in vehicular traffic capacity.

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Citizen Groups Unite to Oppose Austin Bond Vote

For more information, contact: Carole Keeton Strayhorn AustinitesForAction (512) 415-3939 Bond package… [more]

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The City of Austin’s Plan to Change Your Habits

This recently received memo written in 1994 by City planner Katie Larsen has raised extreme concerns about the City of Austin's plans to social engineer us out of our cars.  In fact it is clear that, for over a decade, the City's plan has been to make it more difficult and more frustrating to drive downtown instead of fixing the problems we encounter on a daily basis.

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3rd Project Discussion and Project Design Open House

January 19, 2010
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February 24, 2010 6 to 8 p.m. the third Nueces Bicycle Boulevard Open House series will take place at the Pease Elementary School, at 1106 Rio Grande Street. Representatives from the Public Works and Transportation Departments will be on hand to provide information on the project. Attendees are asked to provide input on their vision [...]

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Proposed Route of Nueces Bike Boulevard

January 14, 2010
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2nd Project Discussion and Public Design Open House

January 13, 2010

January 13, 2010 from 6-8 p.m. at the Pease Elementary School, at 1106 Rio Grande Street. Representatives from the Public Works and Transportation Departments will be on hand to provide information on the project. Attendees are asked to provide input on their vision for the street.

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Austin Chronicle Reports on Dec 9 Meeting

December 15, 2009

“While there didn’t seem to be a lot of hardened opposition to the proposed Nueces Street Bicycle Boulevard project, there was passionate discussion and disagreement over how it might affect area businesses, whether stakeholders were being adequately included, and even whether it ought to actually be on Nueces.”
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Project Discussion and Public Design

December 9, 2009

December 9, 2009 at Pease Elementary School, at 1106 Rio Grande Street. Representatives from the Public Works and Transportation Departments will be on hand to provide information on the project. Attendees are asked to provide input on their vision for the street.
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