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Transit Enhancement Program Update Urban Transportation Commission February 9, 2021 • Transit Enhancement Program Overview • Recent Project Examples • Upcoming Project Agenda 2 Transit Enhancement Program Overview • Transit Priority Working Group • Program within Austin Transportation Department • 2018 Interlocal Agreement - $3M • 2020 Mobility Bond (Proposition B) - $19M • Improve transit speed, reliability and safety • Enhance rider comfort and access to transit • History • Funding • Focus 3 Recent Project Examples • Spot Improvements • North Lamar Blvd at West Powell Ln • Corridor Improvements • Guadalupe & Lavaca Red Lanes • Design Support • ACC Riverside Transit Hub 4 Spot Improvement: North Lamar Blvd at West Powell Ln 5 Corridor Improvement: Guadalupe & Lavaca Red Pavement Markings 6 Design Support: ACC Riverside Transit Hub 7 East Riverside Drive Transit Priority Lanes East Riverside Drive Transit Priority Lanes This February, the Austin Transportation Department and Capital Metro are partnering to install transit priority lanes on East Riverside Drive from Grove Boulevard to Summit Street. EAST RIVERSIDE DRIVE TRANSIT PRIORITY LANES East Riverside Drive Transit Priority Lanes: Grove Boulevard to Summit Street • 2-mile stretch between Grove and Summit • Install complete by April 2021 • Right-most, curbside travel lane will be marked with a solid white line and “BUS LANE ONLY” • Also includes new signage • Other vehicles permitted to enter the transit priority lanes for right-turn only. EAST RIVERSIDE DRIVE TRANSIT PRIORITY LANES Why Transit Priority Lanes on East Riverside Drive? • Responds to community demand for better transportation options • Interim improvement in advance of Project Connect Blue Line work • Major transit corridor with high ridership and heavy peak delay • Nine routes carry almost 20% of daily transit • Transit service improvements benefit all riders riders on these routes • Supports City’s multimodal goals • 50/50 mode share • Supports job access, economic recovery and equity EAST RIVERSIDE DRIVE TRANSIT PRIORITY LANES Project Timeline Learn more: austintexas.gov/transit capmetro.org/majorprojects EAST RIVERSIDE DRIVE TRANSIT PRIORITY LANES Thank You! Caitlin D’Alton Transit Enhancement Program Austin Transportation Caitlin.D’Alton@austintexas.gov Nadia Barrera-Ramirez Transit Speed & Reliability Program Capital Metro Nadia.Barrera-Ramirez@capmetro.org