Mr. Tim Brown, Chair of the I-35 Corridor Advisory Committee: “Connectivity is a huge issue. Again, one of the weaknesses in the original concept is that it bypassed our communities rather than connect them. One of the strengths in the interstate system was it connected our major urban areas when it was conceived 50 years ago. One of the weaknesses in the TTC concept was that it bypassed our major urban areas and didn’t really address the issue of connectivity. We think in order for any transportation system to function, it’s got to integrate into the existing grid on the ground and allow traffic to reach the destination that they’re intending to go to… There was a fear early on that if we went out and built some new parallel corridors or parallel segments somewhere that there would be a diversion of funds and that we would begin to move away from an emphasis on maintaining our existing highway infrastructure. Regardless of what we build, the existing system that we have on the ground today will continue to serve a vast majority of the traveling public in these major communities that exist on Interstate 35… We think that public-private partnerships should share some of the cost in providing connectivity.”
I. Integrating Land Use/Economic Considerations
II. TxDOT’s Value Extraction Activities (VEAs)
III. Transportation Reinvestment Zones
IV. Miscellaneous Links
Austin District Congestion Management Projects
Rights-of-Way and Eminent Domain
Innovating Financing/Debt Management Division
Local Government Project Procedures
Introducing Smart Growth to Texas
Promoting Smart Growth Texas Style
Developing Sustainable Transportation Performance Measures for TxDOT’s Strategic Plan
CTR’s Getting the Parking Right for Transit-Oriented Development
CTR’s Trip Internalization and Mixed-Use Development: A Case Study of Austin, Texas
CTR’s Multimodal Network Models for Robust Transportation Systems
CTR’s Can Transit Oriented Developments Reduce Austin’s Traffic Congestion?
A New Approach to Aesthetics Design Decision Making for Texas Highways
Creating Partnerships with Local Communities to Manage and Preserve Corridors
Integrating Regional Multimodal and Public Transportation Planning
CTR’s Opportunities and Challenges for High-Speed Rail Corridors in Texas
Transportation and the Texas Economy
Transportation, Economic and Social Impacts of Light and Commuter Rail
The TxDOT Public-Private Feasibility Analysis Model
Utility Accommodation Options for Congestion in TxDOT Right-of-Way
TXDOT’s Design Summary Report for IH-635 managed lanes project
CTR’s Comprehensive Evaluation of Transportation Projects: A Toolkit for Sketch Planning
Reconnect Austin 