Movability Austin, formerly the Downtown Transportation Management Association, announced March 21 its name change and intent to recruit new members.
"This is an organization that is not focused on trying to make sure we are completing an I-35 crossover. This is an organization that is focused on taking advantage of exactly what we have today and finding ways to use it more efficiently," Jim Pledger, chairman of Movability Austin and partner at Jackson Walker LLP, told an audience of city staff and downtown Austin employers at St. David's Episcopal Church on East Eighth Street.
The organization provides transportation consultancy services for employers to help solve transportation problems for employees and set up incentives to remove single-passenger vehicles from the roads during rush hour.
Some of those incentives are pre-tax credit for employees who opt to use public transit, parking cashouts for those willing to give up their downtown parking space certain days of the week, and discount passes for MetroRail and buses. The organization also works with employees to navigate the various options.
