ASMP Mission

How should we make smart investments that offer Austinites a full range of real, practical mobility choices that suit their lifestyles and improve their lives? And how do we design a transportation system that not only helps us get around, but also creates jobs and prosperity, protects the environment and neighborhoods and accommodates regional growth?

That's the mission and purpose of the Austin Strategic Mobility Plan, which also includes the city's Urban Rail program, implementation of the 2010 Mobility Bond program and other initiatives of the City of Austin Transportation Department. Working with local and national experts, the City of Austin is focusing on short- and long-term transportation needs and new and improved alternatives to driving alone. The ASMP will also help support and inform the ongoing Imagine Austin comprehensive planning effort.

For additional information, view the ASMP website.

Urban Rail

The City of Austin is studying alternatives for a transit investment to serve key destinations in Central Austin.

Among them is a 16.5 mile Urban Rail system, built in phases, serving Central Austin and improving connections throughout the region. Such a rail system, which could be expanded to additional destinations as desired by citizens, would work in conjunction with the successful MetroRail commuter system and a future Lone Star Rail line connecting Austin and San Antonio. MetroRail carries more than 1,500 monthly riders, according to the Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

For more information, view the Urban Rail website.