Walk Austin, Bike Austin, and Vision Zero ATX have merged to form Safe Streets Austin. Follow us @safestreetsatx. https://teapawt.net/t.co/TL0b8ANiwc
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Streets should be places to spend time in, not just to pass through.
Please support the City's new proposed "Streets as Places" policy and help make Living Streets and more Healthy Streets possible in 2022!
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City of Austin staff have just 8 days remaining to report back to City Council with proposals for the Living Streets program. Time's getting tight y'all!
@austintexasgov @austinmobility @PaigeForAustin @juliamontgomery
Find out more about the Austin Living Streets proposal that we helped lead in 2021: austinlivingstreets.com/
Let's bring life, beauty, and community back to the streets!
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Parking reform freaks, join @CNU_CTX TODAY at noon for its virtual parking-focused annual event.
Featuring the one and only @DonaldShoup!
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If you support parking reform in Austin, don't forget to donate to the Austin Parking Reform Coalition's campaign!
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Walk Austin's proud to support an emerging campaign to remove costly parking mandates citywide. Help support this important campaign by donating today!
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Today is the last day to submit your parking-related photo for the Sea of Parking contest.
See details below or just post your craziest/most interesting parking-related photo with the #SeaOfParkingContest hashtag.
@AURAatx @NewUrbanism @CNU_CTX @ActiveTowns
We're looking for images to be featured in our Sea of Parking photo contest on December 8th as part of our forum: registration.socio.events/e/…
To submit, post on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook with #SeaOfParkingContest or email us at [email protected].
Celebrate the approval of Living Streets with us next Tuesday 11/9 7pm on Zoom!
Find out about the exciting possibilities ahead for shared streets and community in Austin and meet some of those behind the Living Streets campaign.
Details & registration: mailchi.mp/8d3b2025f58e/livi…
“The Living Streets initiative may have been born out of social distancing but its adoption can deliver really inspiring social connectedness.” - Austin resident Brittany Platt
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Play, exercise, and more coming to an Austin neighborhood street near you soon!
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@KUT reports on Living Streets:
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Celebrate Living Streets with this press release from Council Member Paige Ellis. 🥳
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"Living Streets would be a profound step forward for Austin. By allowing communities to reshape their own streets, our city will become safer and more beautiful and socially connected than ever before." - Adam Greenfield, Walk Austin
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Early voting is open now until 10/29. Voting day is 11/2.
GO VOTE!
As of last night, only 2.25 percent of registered voters have voted in Travis County. There's no waiting, voting locations around the county. Pick one and go: countyclerk.traviscountytx.g…
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Here are some scenes we might expect to see from Austin Living Streets in the near future.
Excited yet? 😄
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And mega-props to @juliamontgomery who invested significant elbow grease in getting the essential details right for Living Streets. Thank you Julie! 😊
And special thanks to @juliamontgomery my Policy Director for her diligent work on the resolution, and @WalkAustin & @bikeaustin for their community leadership!
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BIG thanks too to the other Council Members who co-sponsored the Living Streets resolution.
Read that resolution here: austintexas.gov/edims/docume…. It's inspiring! 🙌
Much appreciation to my cosponsors for their collaboration @NatashaD1atx, @GregCasar, @LesliePoolATX, @kathietovo, @MayorAdler, and @CM_Renteria.
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Austin City Council has approved Living Streets! 🎉
A huge thanks and congrats to @PaigeForAustin and to all of y'all who supported this! Look out for more news on Living Streets in the near future.
We're taking neighborhood streets to the next level! Thanks to #ATXCouncil for unanimously passing our #ATXLivingStreets resolution (Item 27) today, which will: Activate Play Streets, Streamline Block Parties, & Improve Neighborhood Safety. See the vision: austinlivingstreets.com/
If you've not signed this petition yet, do it now! Help the people of Austin shape their own streets!
One final push! Have you signed the Living Streets petition yet? 😊
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Support updating the Austin Strategic Mobility Plan to include "Streets As Places" as a core transportation policy! 👍
Take the City's survey and support this exciting step forward for Austin: mailchi.mp/austintexas/asmp2… @austinmobility
Sign! Sign! Sign the I-35 petition NOW! 🚶🏾🚴♀️🧑🏽🦽✌️
The I-35 comment period ends TODAY. Tell @TxDOT "NO I-35 expansion! Study the community alternatives!" @rethink35 @ReconnectAustin
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The deadline to apply to join the City of Austin Pedestrian Advisory Council (PAC) is 9/19.
We strongly recommend applying. This is a powerful way to make Austin a more walkable, livable place.
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