Photo courtesy Project ConnectKicking off what will be an 18- to 24-month study, transportation leaders are asking for public input to identify the biggest mobility problems from Georgetown to Lady Bird Lake between MoPac and extending east of I-35.
Project Connect, a collaboration between the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization, a regional transportation policymaking body; the City of Austin; Capital Metro; and the Lone Star Rail District, is holding an open house June 21 at the Austin Energy assembly room, 721 Barton Springs Road, from 11 a.m.–1 p.m.
The open house will not include a presentation, and people are invited to come and go at their convenience.
The study will consider several solutions to improve congestion and increase travel capacity in the corridor. According to officials, an option already rising to the top is adding an additional lane to I-35 that would likely be reserved for rapid-transit buses and could potentially be tolled, much like the managed lane that will be constructed on MoPac. Capital Metro will roll out a rapid-transit bus service, MetroRapid, on North Lamar Boulevard and Burnet Road in 2014.
