TxDOT to add two lanes to 35 through downtown

[ScoPro]

Blahblahblahblah....

In the meantime I-35 still sucks. Won't matter if all thru traffic is diverted to 130 - the stretch between Georgetown & Buda with still be stop & go with locals at rush hours, and it is only going to get worse.

More lanes are needed - and not just ONE in both directions. Back in the '80s when the 3rd lane was being added in north Austin, I said that was not enough THEN.

Also it would be smart to add TWO lanes in each direction on 130 RIGHT NOW.

[10scoachrick]

Originally Posted by Novacek

Why would we be talking about coming in on Parmer? We were talking about the Robinson area. You know, the area that has the Howard station in the middle of it.

You mean the Robinson area that FreeScale/PayPal campus sits on...ON Parmer...or McNeil High School?
Howard Station is on the easternmost edge of that property...still got to get to it! Those quarries aren't going to disappear.

[Novacek]

Originally Posted by 10scoachrick

You mean the Robinson area that FreeScale/PayPal campus sits on...ON Parmer...or McNeil High School?
Howard Station is on the easternmost edge of that property...still got to get to it!

No, the context of the conversation was the mixed us/transit PUD that is (eventually) going to go into the 6000 acre Robinson property.

Originally Posted by Novacek

Case in point, the eventual development at Robinson Ranch (10 times the size of Mueller).

Or any of the other 20 or so "centers" in the Campo plan.

City Bets the Farm on Robinson Ranch: Austin prepares to enable a new city on a huge chunk of Williamson County - News - The Austin Chronicle

Compared to that, the Freescale campus us nothing.

Originally Posted by 10scoachrick

Those quarries aren't going to disappear.

Uh, that's exactly what's going to happen. Those quarries are eventually going to play out, and development is going to occur in that huge space.

[ScoPro]

Originally Posted by Novacek

No, the context of the conversation was the mixed us/transit PUD that is (eventually) going to go into the 6000 acre Robinson property.



City Bets the Farm on Robinson Ranch: Austin prepares to enable a new city on a huge chunk of Williamson County - News - The Austin Chronicle

Compared to that, the Freescale campus us nothing.



Uh, that's exactly what's going to happen. Those quarries are eventually going to play out, and development is going to occur in that huge space.

You are correct - consider the former quarry at Stone Lake on Braker Lane:



...or the former 1950s quarry site in Northwest Hills, now the long time location for...

[Austin97]

Originally Posted by SmartGXL

You dont need an abandoned airport to build a subdivision...

Agreed, colony park is a new mixed use going up at johnny morris rd and loyola

the city is heavily involved which means they will probably screw it up trying to make it affordable.

https://austintexas.gov/department/about-colony-park

agave is just along 969 and there are lots of large tracts as you go east.

Mixed use subdivisions would be awesome. This is one area where the city can make things happen that the free market couldnt.

[Aquitaine]

[quote]This is one area where the city can make things happen that the free market couldnt./quote]

Uh, what?

The biggest impediment to mixed use IS the city in the form of local zoning ordinances.

The free market would build according to demand. Plenty of people would happily pay for it (and do in the places where the city has allowed or encouraged it)

[sojourner77]

the 1500 acre Easton Park development, as well.

[10scoachrick]

Originally Posted by Novacek

No, the context of the conversation was the mixed us/transit PUD that is (eventually) going to go into the 6000 acre Robinson property.

Yes, the Robinson Ranch that is bound by Parmer...the Howard Station is on the very EDGE(eastern) of that large tract of land. That little thing called IH-35 is within spittin' distance.

City Bets the Farm on Robinson Ranch: Austin prepares to enable a new city on a huge chunk of Williamson County - News - The Austin Chronicle

Compared to that, the Freescale campus us nothing.
Yep...but it's one heck of a drive to the Howard Station that was described as "in the middle" of the Robinson property. Not exactly walkable.


Uh, that's exactly what's going to happen. Those quarries are eventually going to play out, and development is going to occur in that huge space.

One can see those quarries from outer space. They aren't going to 'play out' in my lifetime.
"Quarry Lake" is a speck in comparison.

[SmartGXL]

Here is an article that describes the "Public Transit Renaissance" taking place in large cities around the country. Allegedly, public transit use is at the highest it has been since the 1950's:

My Way News - Many options, no single solution to nation's traffic snarls