Austin City Council releases new proposed light rail map

[Austin97]

Originally Posted by Need4Camaro

https://www.kut.org/transportation/2...e-federal-cash

I can't help but feel that the UT station will still be a decent walk from UT. I guess along the N.Lamar Rd section it's aligned but they really needed a line that would have went up Guadalupe St more than N.Lamar IMO... or atleast not the section between 5th/6th St and Guadalupe.

It also saddens me to see that it looks as though they anihalated the subway plans. They kept the line to the airport atleast which is an important link.

I am for more transit and was initially a strong supporter of the expansion but after realizing the costs vs what Austin will actually receive, it is feeling as though Austin is getting the short end of the stick. I can't remember if the plan included the Green Line expansion or not. If it does then that would be a bit more justifiable as far as costs go.

you are reading it wrong. You see where it jogs to the right right around 45th street that is at the triangle where lamar splits into guadalupe. The right hand path is guadalupe even though it looks like it is still lamar.

[Need4Camaro]

Originally Posted by Austin97

you are reading it wrong. You see where it jogs to the right right around 45th street that is at the triangle where lamar splits into guadalupe. The right hand path is guadalupe even though it looks like it is still lamar.

That makes more sense. I was trying to figure out why they would choose N.Lamar over Guadalupe.. It originally looked like the entire path was N.Lamar but it curves off N.Lamar onto Guadalupe and that is the better path for the light rail.. ..but unfortunately I guess that means Dirty's gets snuffed.. guess I better go there and try it before they tear it down.

Originally Posted by whereiend

The initial implementation is less than $5B. Half the rail may be somewhat true, double the costs not so much. But yeah, the inflation since the pandemic is a *****. Hard to get around that.

I was originally under the impression this was going to cost $10B.

[whereiend]

Originally Posted by Need4Camaro

I was originally under the impression this was going to cost $10B.

"Costs for the first phase have been estimated by Austin Transit Partnership to total $4.5 to 4.8 billion."

Obviously it's TBD what it actually gets built for, but that is any project.