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Buyer Beware: Austin bond to eliminate auto lanes & convert others to bus only
Adler's $720 million bond to convert auto lanes to bus only and eliminate car lanes
By Vince May
August 17, 2016

Mayor Adler's $720 million transportation bond never made sense. Sure, a majority of the council members are enamored with bike lanes, sidewalks and beautification. But the work could have been done for a lot less. (With matching state and federal funds the total is ~$1.2 billion.)

Cut to the chase: This bond package is really about implementing the closure of street lanes on virtually all of the major arteries into downtown Austin. More precisely, the conversion of existing lanes to bus-only lanes. This is already authorized by CAMPO. (Adler, Kitchen, Garza and Gallo were on the CAMPO Board in June 2015 when the conversion of 7 arterials were adopted into the 2040 Plan. The plan called for making the switch in 2020.) Please see the 2040 Plan project description for "South Lamar-Burnet" below. This "BRT enhancement" is lane reduction from Ben White to 183 via Burnet Rd. Six other projects in the plan get lane reductions too. (Riverside, N Lamar etc)