A new survey asks Austin's entertainment industry about downtown parking challenges.
Multiple organizations combined efforts to release a joint survey July 30 that asks bartenders, waitstaff, musicians and other downtown Austin service industry employees to provide feedback about their experiences parking for work. Transportation advocacy group ATX Safer Streets, which seeks added alternative transit options and a reformed overnight parking system, teamed up with nonprofit group Austin Music People and a working group assembled by the Austin Music Commission to release the survey, which will be open two weeks, according to an ATX Safer Streets spokesman.
The survey breaks down Austin's entertainment districts into five zones before asking participants what shift they work, typical means of transportation, whether they pay to park and, if so, approximately how much money is spent on parking each month.
The survey can be found here.
Joe Lanane’s career is rooted in community journalism, having worked for a variety of Midwest-area publications before landing south of the Mason-Dixon line in 2011 as the Stillwater News-Press news editor. He arrived at Community Impact Newspaper in 2012, gaining experience as editor of the company’s second-oldest publication in Leander/Cedar Park. He eventually became Central Austin editor, covering City Hall and the urban core of the city.
Lanane leveraged that experience to become Austin managing editor in 2016. He managed eight Central Texas editions from Georgetown to San Marcos. Working from company headquarters, Lanane also became heavily involved in enacting corporate-wide editorial improvements. In 2017, Lanane was promoted to executive editor, overseeing editorial operations throughout the company. The Illinois native received his bachelor’s degree from Western Illinois University and his journalism master’s degree from Ball State University.
