The sorry state of the corridors
& a right-wing academic misleads on Austin homelessness.
Last week the Urban Transportation Commission got an update on the progress of the corridor improvement program from the 2016 mobility bond.
If you're old enough to remember, the 2016 "Go Big" mobility bond was the big thing for Mayor Steve Adler's first term. Here's a triumphant tweet of his, no doubt authored by his then-comms guy Jason Stanford, after Council voted unanimously to put the $720M package on the ballot:
Last night the Council voted 11-0 for the Smart Corridor bond ballot language. We've got consensus to #GoBigATX. pic.twitter.com/FJKdmUEnAG
— Mayor Adler (@MayorAdler) August 12, 2016
Go Big was made up mostly of run-of-the-mill car infrastructure but it made a bigger gesture towards multi-modal transportation than any previous bond.
