ASMP Planning Programs

The Austin Strategic Mobility Plan includes a number of initiatives by the City of Austin to develop mobility solutions that respond to Central Texas' needs and values. In addition to the various studies currently being conducted on Austin's proposed Urban Rail system, the ASMP's planning phases include:

• Gap analysis and project prioritization to identify near-term transportation projects, from sidewalks to bike lanes to turn lanes to highway ramps, that will address current challenges, and
• Corridor planning to focus future investments so they can best connect people, routes and destinations in Austin and throughout Central Texas.

In addition, the ASMP helps guide the transportation elements of other City of Austin planning initiatives and the City's participation in regional partnership projects, including:

• Imagine Austin Comprehensive Plan

• CAMPO 2035 Long Range Transportation Plan

• MoPac Improvement Project (CTRMA/TxDOT)

• Lone Star Rail District
   

Mobility Corridor Development Programs

City of Austin voters approved funds in November 2010 for corridor studies to identify short-, medium- and long-term transportation improvements to improve safety; increase mobility and accessibility for drivers, pedestrians, bicycles and transit users; and improve quality of life for the users and neighbors of these corridors. Learn more about the corridor projects.

ASMP Project Prioritization Process (PPP)

As part of the Austin Strategic Mobility Plan, the City Council in April adopted a new Project Prioritization Process (PPP) for the city's mobility investments. This model includes a number of criteria — known as "measures of effectiveness" or MOEs — that score potential projects based on how well they fulfill key community objectives, including:

• Efficiency
• Regional coordination
• Mobility choices
• Sustainable growth
• Investment and economic development
• Safety
• Environmental stewardship
• Neighborhood connectivity

These objectives, and the MOEs that go with them, are weighted in the PPP based on community feedback received from the people of Austin during the ASMP process — including at Austin Mobility Forums and via the first ASMP online survey.  The PPP was used this spring to evaluate 474 projects — derived from a list of more than 2,000 gaps in the Austin mobility network, as identified by citizens, city staff, and Austin's partner agencies in Central Texas. This evaluation was then used to develop the City's 2010 Mobility Priorities, to be considered for inclusion in a proposed 2010 mobility bond election.

Going forward, the city of Austin as well as other transportation planners in Central Texas can use the ASMP PPP to help guide mobility investments as we tackle the long-term transportation challenges facing our growing region.

Below you'll find supporting documents and information about the ASMP PPP and how it was developed and used. All documents are in .PDF format unless otherwise noted.

Full report

Austin City Council presentation

ASMP 2010 Project Prioritization Results

Complete 2010 project list (474 projects)

Project scoring matrix

Complete Mobility Gap list (2000+ items)

ASMP Community Input Report

Austin Mobility Forums

Presentation materials: Community Objectives • Toolbox