Austin Transportation and Public Works Department
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The Transportation and Public Works Department provides safe, reliable and accessible mobility services for all Austinites. |
- Active Transportation and Street Design
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The Active Transportation and Street Design Division improves city streets to help people of all ages and abilities drive, walk, bike, and take transit around Austin safely, comfortably and conveniently.
- Arterial Management
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The Arterial Management Division manages mobility and safety for all modes of travel on Austin's arterial roadways. Arterials are roadways that carry higher amounts of traffic at a higher speed than neighborhood streets.
- Transportation Development Services
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The Transportation Development Services Division provides review services to developers and recommends improvements and transportation demand strategies to improve mobility as development occurs.
- Parking Enterprise
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The Parking Enterprise Division manages on-street parking to balance mobility and access needs for residents, businesses, and visitors. Austin Transportation Department does not manage private off-street parking lots and garages.
- Right of Way
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The Right of Way Management Division maintains the safety of activities occurring in and mobility through public-owned land, including streets, sidewalks, and grassy areas between pavement and property lines.
- Signs and Markings
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The Signs & Markings Division is responsible for installing and maintaining signs and street markings to guide, warn, and regulate traffic to ensure safe and efficient movement of goods and services.
- Smart Mobility
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Smart Mobility facilitates the deployment of new technology to move people and goods through the city in faster, safer, cleaner, more affordable and more equitable ways.
- Transportation Engineering
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The Transportation Engineering Division (TED) prioritizes, designs and coordinates projects for multimodal improvements with our Speed Management, Vision Zero Implementation, Transit Enhancement, TIA Fiscal, and Roadway Safety and Design Programs.
- Transportation Systems Development
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The Transportation Systems Development team is responsible for long-term transportation planning, as well as coordinating long-term planning efforts with other municipal jurisdictions and agencies.
- Vision Zero
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Vision Zero implements street improvements, policy changes and education to achieve the community's goal to reduce people hurt or killed by crashes to zero.
