Austin to downsize $1.3bn bond wish-list before urban rail vote

Primarily for urban rail

Jay Blazek Crossley, Dec 20, 11.

The City of Austin Council expects that they will have to cut many of the proposed projects totaling $1.3 billion that have been proposed by city departments to attach to a bond referendum that will go to voters primarily to fund urban rail plans, according to the Austin American Statesman.

The City of Austin has been pursuing an “urban rail” plan that mirrors Houston’s strategy of investing in rail transit connecting dense areas of population and jobs. The city has conducted a series of planning initiatives to prepare for the planned system including a complete streets treatment for East Riverside.