A starting point
East Riverside/Oltorf is one of the densest and most populous neighborhoods in Austin.
QUESTION: Should there be sections for neighborhoods or does that make it too difficult?
Active Transportation
- It has an existing car-free spine in the Country Club Creek Trail
- It has car-free spurs to other parts of the city - The Hike and Bike Trail, Colorado River Dam, Monotopolis Truss Bridge, and Bergstrom Spur
- It has dense housing with a large car-free or car-light population
Coming soon
- Completion of the Country Club Creek Trail between Oltorf and East Riverside with an underpass under Riverside.
Questions
- How do we connect East/West to the spur?
- How do we better cross Oltorf and Riverside?
- How do we get better protected facilities?
- How do we start taking lanes?
- How do we start closing neighborhood streets to only local automotive traffic?
Next Steps
- With the current plan for IH-35 Woodland will no longer go under the freeway and there will only be a pedestrian and bike connection. This will drastically reduce automobile traffic on Woodland and creates a situation for Woodland to become the primary bicycle East/West connection to the Country Club Creek Trail. Although it will need to somehow connect with the Country Club Creek Trail.
Transit
- It’s served well by transit today, and will have the light rail and the Pleasant Valley Metro Rapid line in the future
Suburban Connections
- Gateway to Del Valle
- McKinney Falls
- Goodnight Ranch
- Easton Park
Parks
- Guerrero Park
- Mabel Davis Regional Park
Park Connections
Regional Connections
- Connections to Dallas, Houston, the Valley, Oklahoma, and Mexico via the Eastside Plaza Greyhound Bus Station