Brian Poteet

The City of Austin is seeking community input on three design alternatives for Sixth Street. Conversion to a two-way street is not among the options.
www.speakupaustin.org/sixthstreet
H/T @kutnathan.bsky.social

University Neighborhood Overlay updates delayed again to November so city staff can continue addressing UT's concerns services.austintexas.gov/edims/docume...

Very glad this isn't happening

After AISD authorized the sale of Rosedale Elementary School this spring, a developer has requested a rezoning to MF-6 so they can build 435 units. A few years ago AISD proposed retaining ownership and single family homes (lol) or a smaller scale apartment building.

That's in addition to these rezonings last year. The Crestview TOD just might finally feel transit oriented in a few years.

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A few properties in the Crestview TOD received final approval for an upzoning from 60' to 160' today

In response to SB840, Plano added multifamily residential as an allowed use in all commercial zones, and also updated all multifamily zones to:
- Remove density, FAR, lot coverage limits
- Increase height limit to 45 ft
- Reduce front yard requirement to 25 ft
- Reduce parking requirement to 1/unit

Cap Metro would be second to last on this chart with 17.6 riders per hour.

They must've realized those are rookie numbers

PUD amendment filed to increase height limit from 160' to 300' @ 1012 Concordia Ave in Hancock. Developer wants to build 400 units on 1.1 acres.

Residents could always grab onto the amtrak as it rolls by so maybe this is TOD after all

8701 N Mopac Expy

Developer just submitted a rezoning to build 750 units with a max height of 180 ft on Mopac. That's fine I guess but maybe we should fix ETOD so building near transit is more lucrative than highway oriented development.

All Aboard Any of the Doors - WayPoint Blog CapMetro is launching a new all-door boarding pilot that's intended to speed up your trips and let our riders take advantage of contactless payment options. Customers using the CapMetro App can board ...

It's confusing because there was an all door boarding pilot on the 20 and 300 in 2020 but they never officially rolled it out to additional routes. So it's unclear if drivers simply don't care or it's actually allowed. waypointblog.com/all-aboard-a...

There's been talk of increasing impervious cover in a future phase of HOME but I've come around to the idea that we should increase height limits instead

SB840 is already having an impact in North Loop. An applicant initially wanted to add MU-V zoning to a commercial lot so they could build a 5 story apartment. SB840 allows the same thing without extra requirements so they dropped the rezoning. www.austintexas.gov/department/c...

Nice find. Need to put UT in charge of project connect lol

UT is building the new 1000-bed Whitis dorm at incredible speed. Looks like they're using prefab panels for all of the floor plates and exterior walls - haven't seen that in Austin before.

Planning Commission reverses city rejection of university-area site plan in an unusual case - Austin Monitor The Planning Commission voted unanimously last week to reverse a decision by city planning staff to reject a site plan for a 142-unit student-oriented development at 2610 Hume Place, on appeal from th...

Project was saved by planning commission a few months ago www.austinmonitor.com/stories/2025...

142 unit project on a 10k sq ft lot broke ground right next to UT campus. It's not pretty but it's nice to see anything this tall break ground these days.

An exceedingly rare 6 unit project was just completed in Highland (700 Denson Dr). Only 1 parking spot per unit!

Wow. For context, MF-5 in Austin only allows 54 dwelling units per acre. Adding this to the list of reasons our MF zoning needs a rework.

Just feels like the type of thing you would want to decide before demolishing multiple blocks, especially given the city's history of keeping valuable land vacant indefinitely

But somehow not too late to stop a new one from getting built (according to Bill Bunch) www.austinunitedpac.com/austin-conve...

Judge upholds Austin vote on plan to redevelop old Statesman site The developer, Endeavor Real Estate, plans to build 1,400 apartments and 1 million square feet of office space.

I was beginning to think the city would never defeat a Save Our Springs lawsuit www.kut.org/austin/2025-...

Riverside PUD gains second-round approval - Austin Monitor Although a neighboring property owner tried to prevent Thursday’s vote by seeking a postponement of the second and third readings on rezoning of a property at 200 E. Riverside Drive, attorney Richard ...

This 500 ft rezoning south of downtown received final approval yesterday
www.austinmonitor.com/stories/2025...

Somehow they're even failing to beat the red line's cost per rider. Not really fair given how much capex the red line has eaten up but still.

Presentation link: services.austintexas.gov/edims/docume...

Staff have pruned their recommendation to funding just two of the caps, which seems reasonable given the trade-offs.

ETOD Phase 2 adoption was just delayed from June to December and the downtown density bonus update was moved from 12-2025 to 12-2026 services.austintexas.gov/edims/docume...

Federal government pulls back $60M grant for Texas high-speed rail More than $60 million in federal funding previously set aside to help connect Texas cities through high-speed rail, is being nixed, according to a news release from Transportation Secretary Sean Du…

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