Austin Metric

Last week, Project Connect (PC) held several community workshops to gather input on evaluation criteria and sub-corridor priorities. This is part of the public input process leading up to City Council selecting a ‘locally-preferred alternative’ for the initial sequence of urban rail.  This process is intended to inform the recommendation …

Project Connect (PC) created an online survey to gather community feedback on Central Austin high capacity transit evaluation criteria and sub-corridor priorities.  I am grateful that staff heard requests from Austinites for Urban Rail Action (AURA) – a group I am affiliated with – for such tools.  The existence of the survey …

Here's a map of the areas covered in the Tovo ordinance's pilot year.

The Spelman version is focused on 'repeat offenders' anywhere they might be in the city.  Perhaps the majority of existing violations are included in the Tovo target areas.  But if that is the case, then Tovo's targeting …

Chris Bradford made an important point in the comments of my earlier post on rental registration.  Both the Tovo and Spelman ordinances require the filing of a form to permit leasing of vacant units.  Because a registration may be revoked or suspended, it elevates the ordinances to rental permitting policies …

Austin’s City Council will be voting on adoption of a rental registration regime this week. Two reports by of the University of Texas Law School Community Development Clinic are the key documents driving the policy case in favor of rental registration. So, are the Clinic’s arguments compelling?

First …