Advocacy
Mobility
Advocating for improved access to and within downtown.
The major infrastructure projects planned for Downtown Austin will not only transform the area but will also provide safer options for people traveling to and within downtown. The Downtown Austin Alliance spearheads and facilitates community engagement initiatives throughout the planning, design and construction process to ensure all voices are heard. Working continually throughout these multi-year and even multi-decade projects, we advocate for the funding and solutions that best meet our city’s future needs.
See Our Full Advocacy Agenda⟶Our Mobility Advocacy Priorities
Project Connect
As a longtime supporter of Project Connect, the Downtown Austin Alliance has taken an ongoing, decisive role in researching and advocating for transit design plans to maximize downtown mobility. After forming an ad hoc working group to review alignments proposed by the Austin Transit Partnership (ATP), we advocated to adopt Wooldridge Station as an additional downtown light rail station. We advocate for securing necessary federal funding for the construction of light rail and protecting usage of local revenue sources to construct light rail at all levels of government.
Learn More⟶Advance Mobility Plans
In partnership with the City of Austin, we helped champion the Congress Avenue Urban Design Initiative (CAUDI), a plan to take Congress Avenue to the next level through urban and human-centric design. We advocate for beginning construction on the preferred design. The ACT Plan considers the entire downtown street network and responds to major mobility projects, helping people get where they need to go. We advocate adopting and implementing the Austin Core Transportation (ACT) Plan.
Our Future 35
We advocate for advancing creative financing strategies to fund the deck and tunnel elements for the Our Future 35 Caps at Cesar Chavez Street to Fourth Street, Fourth Street to Seventh Street, and 11th Street to 12th Street.
Learn More⟶Construction Partnership Program
We advocate to advance and expand the Construction Partnership Program to include the Downtown Austin Alliance as a key stakeholder and implement a community engagement strategy and timeline.
Recent Mobility News
6th Street Safety Stats for the Pilot Program
On Wednesday, January 15, a press conference was held at Parkside to announce the pilot to reopen 6th Street to vehicular traffic during the weekends. The pilot allows us to test new approaches that can have an immediate, positive impact,...
Learn More⟶Issues Over Lunch – Our Future 35: Vision to Reality
On February 4, the Downtown Austin Alliance hosted Issues Over Lunch – Our Future 35: Vision to Reality. Local and statewide industry leaders gathered to discuss the Our Future 35 Cap and Stitch Project and reimagine the I-35 corridor as...
Learn More⟶Our Future 35 Cap & Stitch Program: Downtown Design Recommendations
Austin has the opportunity of a lifetime to transform one of the city’s biggest community barriers into a generational asset, improving mobility and creating new public spaces and community amenities through the Our Future 35 Cap and Stitch Design Program. For...
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