Sustainable Neighborhoods of North Central Austin (SNAustin.org) has submitted a number of ideas for outdoor amenities to the Allandale Neighborhood Association for consideration and possible recommendation to the City. These projects would improve the safety and access of pedestrians and bicyclists to nearby destinations. The projects are intended to improve quality of life, and to offer alternative ways to get places that don’t add cars to area streets.
Neighbors can provide feedback on the projects at the Allandale Neighborhood Association executive committee meeting on October 22, or as comments to this article. Additional projects can also be proposed. If you suggest new projects, please define the project as a need. We can certainly offer ideas on how to solve the need, but any concrete solution will require detailed analysis from City engineers.
The Allandale Neighborhood Association Executive Committee at its meeting on Thursday October 22 will make revisions to the project list, and decide whether to endorse the list.
Similar projects are being defined for the Brentwood, Crestview, Highland, North Shoal Creek and Wooten neighborhood associations. SN and representatives of the neighborhood associations will present the combined list to City staff in November for consideration as Capital Improvement Projects to be funded in an upcoming bond package. SN and the neighborhoods will push for the projects as part of the Comprehensive Planning Process, and will also be pushing for reform of zoning ordinances so that developers contribute public open space as well. Please review each of the proposed projects by clicking on an image above and leaving a comment for that respective project. You can leave a general comment about all of them by clicking on the comment link below. Your input will help guide the ANA Executive Committee.
Steven Zettner [Email address: %20szettner #AT# austin.rr.com - replace #AT# with @ ]
Mid-Town Trail
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Anderson Urban Trail
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Pocket Parks and transit plazas on Burnet and
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Pedestrian Safety Improvements on Burnet,
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A quick clarification – the graphic showing Mid-Town Trail improvements shows a red line cutting through the cemetery to the rear of NW Rec Center. This is from an original concept proposal and is not part of the proposal SN is submitting to ANA.
This is all wonderful stuff. When might we start seeing improvements?
Re Midtown Trails…
Here’s a bike path improvement that would provide better access to NW Park, as well as a non-intrusive route for cyclists to travel between SCB and the neighborhoods east of NW Park.
Consider the segment at the north edge of the tennis courts. Here, there is a well-worn footpath leading up from the main park road to the sidewalk above the west edge of the courts. What if that segment was graded or paved or otherwise made bike-able, with a cut in the curb for access? Then you could cruise down the road, up the slope, down the sidewalk, and across the bridge. A confident cyclist could do all this without stopping, and even a novice could do it with only a pause at the turn onto the bridge. Same goes for a trip in reverse.
All of this would avoid high-traffic pedestrian areas. Moreover, it’s a great route to pedal to the pool from SCB. And it’s not an expensive piece of work.