Friday, March 23, 2007

CAMPO wants to make Austin more mass transit friendly

For the past 40 years, the population of Austin has grown by 50 percent every decade. That growth is expected to continue, meaning about 3.75 million people will live here by the year 2035.

Monday, the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization laid out its latest transportation plan to handle the needs of such a population boom.

One of the things CAMPO envisions is redesigned roads that are more bike, bus, and pedestrian friendly.

With a commuter rail line going online next year, and an HOV lane on MoPac in the works, CAMPO would also like to..... read more here


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