Traffic safety and speed limits

Thursday, August 27, 2026 · item 35 Passed 11-0

Authorize a contract for the purchase of anti-vehicle mobile barriers and associated equipment, to enhance pedestrian safety during downtown activities, special events, and emergency operations, for Austin Police with Meridian Rapid Defense Group LLC d/b/a Meridian Rapid Defense Group Sales, LLC, for an initial term…

Thursday, August 27, 2026 · item 38 Passed 11-0

Authorize a contract for the rental of anti-vehicle barriers used to enhance pedestrian safety during downtown activities, special events, and emergency operations, staff training, and associated services, for Austin Police with Meridian Rapid Defense Group LLC d/b/a Meridian Rapid Defense Group Sales, LLC, for an…

Thursday, May 28, 2026 · item 21 Passed 9-0

Authorize a contract for construction services for the Burleson/Stassney High Crash Intersection Improvements project for Austin Transportation and Public Works with Rucoba and Maya Construction, LLC, in the amount of $2,095,275, plus a $209,528 contingency, for a total contract amount not to exceed $2,304,803…

Thursday, May 21, 2026 · item 43 Passed 9-0

Approve a resolution in support and concurrence of Travis County’s grant application to the United States Department of Transportation for the Fiscal Year 2026 Safe Streets and Roads for All discretionary grant program for road safety improvement projects; and authorizing the submittal of City of Austin projects, as…

Thursday, March 26, 2026 · item 35 Passed 10-0

Approve an ordinance amending City Code Section 12-4-64(D) (Table of Speed Limits) to establish a maximum speed limit of 20 miles per hour on segments of Elkhorn Mountain Trail from 57 feet north of Buckshot Trail to 37 feet south of Tantara Court, 20 miles per hour on Oro Valley Trail from 33 feet north of Modena…

Thursday, January 22, 2026 · item 42 Passed 11-0

Approve an ordinance amending City Code Section 12-4-64 (Speed Limits) to establish a maximum speed limit of 15 miles per hour on a segment of Wilderness Drive from Walsh Tarlton Lane to Old Walsh Tarlton during certain times for students attending Cedar Creek Elementary School and Hill Country Middle School…

Thursday, December 11, 2025 · item 75 Passed 11-0

Approve negotiation and execution of an agreement with Meta Platforms, Inc. in the amount of $145,000 for digital advertising services in support of public outreach campaigns including Vision Zero, Living Streets, Get There ATX, and the Climate Pollution Reduction Grant initiative for a period of one year. Funding…

Thursday, December 11, 2025 · item 76 Passed 11-0

Approve an ordinance amending City Code Section 12-4-41 (Temporary Construction Zone Speed Limits) to modify the duration of reduced speed limits from a 90-day maximum to an indefinite period, based on a determination by the City Traffic Engineer, or designee, that a special hazard exists requiring a reduced speed…

Thursday, October 23, 2025 · item 52 Passed 10-0

Approve an ordinance amending City Code Section 12-4-64(D) (Table of Speed Limits) in order to establish a maximum speed limit of 20 miles per hour during certain times on a segment of Scofield Farms Drive and install a crosswalk on Scofield Farms Drive in front of River Oaks Elementary School. Funding: $500 is…

Thursday, August 28, 2025 · item 89 Passed 10-0

Approve an ordinance amending City Code Section 12-4-64 (Speed Limits) to establish a maximum speed limit of 20 miles per hour on a section of Farmhaven Road from Kirkwynd Drive to 70 feet east of Winterborne Court. Funding: $500 is available in the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Transportation and Public Works Department's…

Thursday, July 24, 2025 · item 112 Passed 11-0

Approve an ordinance authorizing negotiation and execution of a grant agreement with the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration to accept $10,456,068 from the 2024 Safe Streets and Roads for All grant program for safer transportation routes; amending the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Transportation…

Thursday, June 5, 2025 · item 74 Passed 11-0

Approve a resolution authorizing the submittal of a grant application to the United States Department of Transportation for the Fiscal Year 2025 Safe Streets and Roads for all discretionary grant program for an implementation grant to improve road safety. This item has no fiscal impact.

Thursday, May 22, 2025 · item 47 No final action

Authorize negotiation and execution a Local On-System Project Improvement agreement with the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) for the construction of safety and mobility improvements at the Seventh Street at Shady Lane intersection for the segment within TxDOT jurisdiction east of the Shady Lane…

Thursday, May 22, 2025 · item 57 Passed 11-0

Approve a resolution reaffirming the City of Austin’s commitment to ensuring safe routes to school, supporting community school zone requests, and directing the City Manager to complete or update certain Safe Routes to School Infrastructure Reports, explore incorporating high schools into the Safe Routes to Schools…

Thursday, May 22, 2025 · item 104 Passed 11-0

Approve a resolution authorizing the negotiation and execution a Local On-System Project Improvement agreement with the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) for the construction of safety and mobility improvements at the Seventh Street at Shady Lane intersection for the segment within TxDOT’s jurisdiction east…

Thursday, May 8, 2025 · item 34 Passed 11-0

Approve an ordinance amending City Code Section 12-4-64(D) (Speed Limits) to establish a maximum speed limit of 35 miles per hour on a section of Stassney Lane (East) from Interstate Highway 35 (South) East Frontage Road to Teri Road. Funding: Available in the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Transportation and Public Works…

Thursday, May 8, 2025 · item 35 Passed 11-0

Approve an ordinance amending City Code Section 12-4-64 (Speed Limits) to establish a maximum speed limit of 20 miles per hour on a segment of Wolftrap Drive, from 160 feet south of West Slaughter Lane to 933 feet south of West Slaughter Lane, for students attending Bowie High School. Funding is available from the…

Thursday, April 10, 2025 · item 29 Passed 11-0

Approve a resolution authorizing negotiation and execution of an Advance Funding Agreement with the Texas Department of Transportation for the Highway Safety Improvement Program traffic signal project at the South First Street and Ralph Ablanedo Drive intersection for a total estimated project cost of $933,649, with…

Thursday, March 27, 2025 · item 31 Passed 11-0

Authorize execution of a contract for construction services for the Safe Streets and Roads For All (SS4A) Construction Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract for Transportation and Public Works Department with DeNucci Constructors, LLC, in the amount of $2,000,000 for an initial one-year term, with four…

Thursday, March 27, 2025 · item 32 Passed 11-0

Authorize execution of a contract for construction services for the Safe Streets and Roads For All Concrete Construction Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract for Transportation and Public Works with Alpha Paving Industries, LLC, in the amount of $4,000,000 for an initial one-year term, with four one-year…

Thursday, November 7, 2024 · item 30 Passed 11-0

Approve an ordinance amending the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Transportation and Public Works Department Special Revenue Fund (Ordinance No. 20240814-007) to accept and appropriate $288,000 in grant funds from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Safe Streets and Roads for All program and amending the Fiscal Year…

Thursday, October 24, 2024 · item 40 Passed 11-0

Approve an ordinance amending City Code Section 12-4-64 (Speed Limits) to establish a maximum speed limit of 55 miles per hour on a segment of FM 974 (Parmer Lane).

Thursday, September 26, 2024 · item 65 Passed 10-0

Approve an ordinance amending City Code Section 12-4-64 (Speed Limits) to establish a maximum speed limit of 15 miles per hour on a segment of Vertex Boulevard and 15 miles per hour on a segment of Baythorne Drive for students attending Blazier Intermediate School; and declaring an emergency.

Thursday, May 2, 2024 · item 59 Passed 11-0

Approve a resolution authorizing the submittal of an application to the U.S. Department of Transportation for the Fiscal Year 2024 Safe Streets and Roads for All discretionary grant program for an implementation grant to improve road safety.

Thursday, March 7, 2024 · item 8 Passed 11-0

Authorize additional contingency for the construction contract for the 2018 Bond Stassney Lane/South Congress Avenue Intersection Safety Improvements project with Austin Underground, Inc., in the amount of $795,620 for a revised total contract amount not to exceed $3,978,102. [Note: This request is for additional…

Thursday, February 29, 2024 · item 55 Passed 11-0

Approve an ordinance amending City Code Section 12-4-64 (Table of Speed Limits) to remove a defunct school zone on Toomey Road.

Thursday, November 30, 2023 · item 67 Passed 10-0

Approve an ordinance amending City Code Section 12-4-64 (Table of Speed Limits) to modify the speed limit on Farm to Market Road 734 (Parmer Lane) and provide for emergency passage.

Thursday, November 30, 2023 · item 68 Passed 10-0

Approve an ordinance amending City Code Section 12-4-64 (Table of Speed Limits) to establish a maximum speed limit of 50 MPH on a segment of East Howard Lane.

Thursday, September 14, 2023 · item 76 Passed 8-0

Approve an ordinance amending the Fiscal Year 2022-2023 Transportation and Public Works Department Operating Budget Special Revenue Fund (Ordinance No. 20220817-004) to accept $22,866,400 from the United States Department of Transportation's Safe Streets and Roads for All; and amend the Fiscal Year 2022-2023…

Thursday, July 20, 2023 · item 118 Passed 11-0

Approve an ordinance amending City Code Section 12-4-64 (Speed Limits) to establish a maximum speed limit of 20 miles per hour on a segment of Pecan Brook Drive, during certain times, for students attending Magnolia Montessori for All; and provide for emergency passage.

Thursday, July 20, 2023 · item 119 Passed 11-0

Approve an ordinance amending City Code Section 12-4-64 (Speed Limits) to establish a maximum speed limit of 15 miles per hour on segments of Escarpment Boulevard, Trissino Drive, and Bernia Drive for students attending Bear Creek Elementary School; and provide for emergency passage.

Thursday, July 20, 2023 · item 120 Passed 11-0

Approve an ordinance amending City Code Section 12-4-64 (Speed Limits) to establish a maximum speed limit of 15 miles per hour on a segment of Tilley Street, 20 miles per hour on a segment of East 51st Street, and 20 miles per hour on a segment of Manor Road during certain times, for students attending Marshall…

Thursday, June 1, 2023 · item 21 Passed 10-0

Authorize execution of a contract for the Pedestrian Safety and Transit Connections project with EAR Telecommunications, LLC, for a total contract amount not to exceed $1,021,933. [Note: This contract will be awarded in compliance with the requirements of 49 CFR Part 26 (Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program) and…

Thursday, June 1, 2023 · item 42 Passed 10-0

Approve a resolution authorizing the submittal of an application to the United States Department of Transportation for the Fiscal Year 2023 Safe Streets and Roads for All Implementation Grant Program to address road safety.

Thursday, May 18, 2023 · item 37 Passed 11-0

Approve an ordinance amending City Code Section 12-4-64 (Table of Speed Limits) to modify speed limits on segments of North Lamar Boulevard.

Thursday, May 18, 2023 · item 39 Passed 11-0

Approve a resolution authorizing the submission of a grant application to the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) 2023 Transportation Alternatives Set-Aside Program to fund projects to fill in small- to medium-sized sidewalk, bikeway, and shared-used path gaps, remove Americans with Disability Act barriers…

Thursday, February 9, 2023 · item 9 Passed 11-0

Authorize execution of a construction contract for the 2018 Bond Stassney Lane/South Congress Avenue Intersection Safety Improvement project, with Austin Underground, Inc. in the amount of $3,182,482 plus a $318,249 contingency for a total contract amount not to exceed $3,500,730. [Note: This contract will be awarded…