Yesterday marked "CEA Day" at the Austin City Council Audit and Finance Committee. Following the Mayor’s proposal for a Comprehensive Efficiency Assessment (CEA), the committee began digging into the operational realities of auditing every city department.
While the spirit of the initiative remains promising, the discussion highlighted several issues …
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Mayor Kirk Watson recently proposed a new Comprehensive Efficiency Assessment (CEA) for the City of Austin. On its face, the proposal has merit. The "comprehensive" designation stems from its focus on department-by-department auditing, offering a chance at genuine insights that yield operational improvements. This is a significantly better approach than …
[MORE]Achieving a 50% sustainable commute mode share requires a boost in local transit operating funding sources and a focus on productivity-enhancing transit capital projects.
A system-wide route productivity summary, courtesy of the Connections 2025 plan.
As part of its 50% sustainable commute-to-work mode share by 2039 objective, The Austin Strategic …
[MORE]My proposal for the City of Austin's 2018 infrastructure bond.
I submitted the following testimony to the Bond Election Advisory Task Force following their November, 29th 2017 "interactive" Town Hall meeting.
I am writing the Task Force to ask that you to recommend an ambitious $825 million bond package to …
[MORE]How to turn the Mayor's $720 million bond proposal into a political winner that actually helps improve mobility.
The Mayor's $720 million mobility bond proposal over-focuses on protecting single-occupant car commutes. As a result, the proposal is ineffective at improving Austin's mobility and household affordability. Its design also undermines the …
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