Major Transit Expansions Coming To Austin Texas

The Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Light Rail in Austin just came out (It was 16,000 pages! On this episode we start to break down the more important and interesting pieces of what is inside the document.

From station locations, to the exact alignment, capacity, frequencies and more, we cover it in this two part episode! Part II will be out here next week, or you can watch it now on Patreon (Link Below).

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Links to Articles, People, and Organizations in this Episode:

River Park Development at Pleasant Valley: https://www.riverpark-atx.com/

Additional Development at Pleasant Valley: https://austin.towers.net/demolition-...

Country Club Creek Trail Expansion: https://data.austintexas.gov/stories/...

The Grove City of Austin Affordable Housing Info: https://www.kvue.com/article/money/ec...

https://www.austintexas.gov/news/aust...

South Central Waterfront District Info: https://asakurarobinson.com/projects/...

More on the Draft EIS in General: https://www.kut.org/transportation/20...

Link to Full DEIS: https://www.atptx.org/milestones/aust...

00:00 - Introduction
01:18 - Yellowjacket Station Area
02:48- Grove Station Area
04:12- Pleasant Valley Station
07:02- Lakeshore Station and I-35 Crossing
09:14 - South Central Waterfront
11:39 - Downtown Stations
14:59 - Downtown Roadway Impacts
18:11 - Woolridge and 15th Stations
20:01 - UT Area Stations and The Drag
24:18 - How to Watch Part II

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