Last night, the City of Austin held its second in a three part series of open houses on the proposed bicycle boulevard on Nueces Street. While city staff maintained publicly that all options were still on the table, a source told A2W that a high level city staffer communicated to cycling advocates that Nueces as [...]
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LOBV releases proposal for Nueces Bike Boulevard
After a contentious first public meeting on the conversion of Nueces Street downtown into a bicycle boulevard, the League of Bicycling Voters got together in mid-December to hammer out a cycling community proposal for this project. Much of the objections from property owners stems from uncertainty of the physical and economic impact this traffic calming [...]
The economics of bike boulevards: Debunking the myth that bike infrastructure will hurt business
Given the overwhelming support for the Austin Master Bike Plan and successful recent implementation of new bicycle infrastructure, it was a bit surprising to hear the vocal opposition to the City of Austin plan to convert Nueces Street to a bicycle boulevard. Time and again both at the meeting and in the press, we heard [...]
Streetfilms video – the Transformation of Madison Square
This Streetfilms video about Madison Square in New York has a lot of footage of citizen feedback, better illustrations of what was actually done to an area of chaotic, wide roads to transform the area into a great space for pedestrians, cyclists and motorists alike. It shows what can be accomplished with a minimal budget [...]
