Evolve Austin champions the Imagine Austin comprehensive plan, crafted by the people of Austin to create a more affordable, mobile + sustainable city #EvolveATX
Austin, TX
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NEW: Dallas-Fort Worth has surpassed Austin as the Texas metro with the highest average rents.
It's the first time since at least 2015 that Austin has not held the top spot: kut.org/housing/2025-01-23/a…
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Ready to dive into housing? Join us as we talk shop with the candidates for Mayor and Districts 2, 4, 6, 7, and 10!
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Ever wondered why you don't see buildings like this in Austin? One reason is our building code doesn't allow "single-stair" buildings, forcing builders into massive, inefficient designs. Staff is currently working to change this, but we need 5 big amendments to make it work 🏤 1/
ALT A photo of a lovely townhouse in Amsterdam, with 5 occupied floors, bikes parked in front of it, and green tramway tracks on the street in the foreground. The building is taller than it is wide, and the two entrances lead to spaces with access to a single means of egress each. If the building maintained access to two means of egress on each floor, the hallways would leave almost no space for rooms on a thin, shallow lot like this.
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i’ve never seen all light rail & rapid bus lines coming to Austin on a single map (with stations) so i made one:
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it’s wild that coastal cities have spent years debating if YIMBY policies will lower rents, and Austin just… did it
they streamlined permitting, upzoned most of the city, and eliminated parking mandates. Tons of housing is going up and rents are plummeting.
YIMBY policies work
How duplexes made room for more neighbors and cut the tax rate for everyone in this suburban community nytimes.com/2024/03/25/opini… @YIMBYLAND
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We're making childcare WAY more accessible (🧵)
For decades, building childcare facilities hasn't been allowed in most of Austin (yellow/red). My first item of 2023 is changing this. Now, nearly our entire city will be zoned for childcare development (green).
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in west downtown, these two buildings are quietly trying to show us a better way
austin.towers.net/wanna-unlo…
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I made a new Project Connect map to show Phase I of Austin's upcoming light rail project, keeping the original line colors.
“If regional stakeholders hope to increase #housing near #transit, a diversity of reforms scaled to community needs is necessary. We find that 3 types of reforms could be most effective:
•Multiply
•Missing Middle
•Plexify”
urban.org/research/publicati… #urbanplanning #planning
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ATTENTION! We've just hit 100 signatures on our petition!
RESTART Lone Star Rail District wants to establish a fast, frequent, and reliable passenger rail service between #SATX and #ATX. Can you retweet our petition?
actionnetwork.org/petitions/…
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May 2 is the last day for #AustinLightRail community engagement. Don't miss this opportunity to let your voice be heard.
📢*REMINDER!* 📢One more day to share your feedback on #AustinLightRail!
👉 Learn about #ProjectConnect + share your feedback: atptx.org/about/light-rail 1/
Evolve Austin retweeted
Have YOU weighed in yet? @ATP_org is asking: 1) how far N, S, E to go for the 1st decade, 2) which river crossing, 3) how much to go⬆️or⬇️ground (if it means fewer stations).
DEADLINE - MAY 2ND:
English | lnkd.in/g2FUYuYM
Spanish | lnkd.in/gn2UYGtJ
#projectconnect
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Thank you everyone for speaking up--it worked! TxDOT has requested that the item be removed from CAMPO's Mon 4/10 agenda.
"This agenda item will be removed at the request of the TxDOT-Austin District so a full public engagement process can occur."
campotexas.org/wp-content/up…
CAMPO is set to take action on Monday 4/10 to turn the Southern Walnut Creek Trail corridor into an autonomous vehicle corridor.
See item #10 on p. 77 of 171 of the agenda packet:
campotexas.org/wp-content/up…
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Join us at the #AustinTransitPartnership open house for updates on Austin Light Rail. Come and go on Tuesday, March 21 between 4 – 7 p.m. at the Austin Central Library (710 W Cesar Chavez Street). We hope to see you there!
Go to ProjectConnect.com/Get-Invol… for more information!
ALT Rendering artwork of a light rail train running next to UT on Guadalupe, with pedestrians and cyclists
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Did you know that #ATXPublicWorks has TWELVE active urban trail projects underway right now? 😮 These wide, paved trails are built to link neighborhoods and green spaces across Austin.
Learn more about the Urban Trails Program's goals for 2023 👉 bit.ly/3v6VmFC
ALT A photo of an active urban trail project.
ALT A photo of an active urban trail project.
ALT A photo of an active urban trail project.
ALT A photo of an active urban trail project.