IH-35 RESIGN: RECONNECTING AUSTIN
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East Avenue, 1940 BLACK+VERNOOY ARCHITECTURE
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Downtown, 1952 BLACK+VERNOOY ARCHITECTURE
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DOWNTOWN
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Present-day IH-35 ROW highlighted BLACK+VERNOOY ARCHITECTURE
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IH-35 traffic, 2015 BLACK+VERNOOY ARCHITECTURE
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Downtown, 2015 BLACK+VERNOOY ARCHITECTURE
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Reconnect Austin Proposal Phase 1: Cut BLACK+VERNOOY ARCHITECTURE
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Reconnect Austin Proposal Phase 2: Cap BLACK+VERNOOY ARCHITECTURE
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Walkshed BLACK+VERNOOY ARCHITECTURE
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Excess ROW in sloping walls BLACK+VERNOOY ARCHITECTURE
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Reconnect Austin with Great Streets and bridges BLACK+VERNOOY ARCHITECTURE
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Reconnect Austin Cut and Cap proposal BLACK+VERNOOY ARCHITECTURE
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Passage de Gracia BLACK+VERNOOY ARCHITECTURE
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Reconnect Austin Cut and Cap proposal BLACK+VERNOOY ARCHITECTURE
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5th Street: IH-35 is a bar rier BLACK+VERNOOY ARCHITECTURE
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5th Street: proposal to Cut the highway BLACK+VERNOOY ARCHITECTURE
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5th Street: proposal to Cap the highway BLACK+VERNOOY ARCHITECTURE
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6th Street: IH-35 is a bar rier BLACK+VERNOOY ARCHITECTURE
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6th Street: illustration of Cut and Cap proposal BLACK+VERNOOY ARCHITECTURE
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The proposal... TxDOT is conducting and approving its own Federal Environmental review of IH-35 design concepts. This process will finish late 2018. TxDOT is scheduled to begin constr uction in 2020.
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Does the TxDOT proposal adhere to local policy? • • • • • • • • •
Imagine Austin Downtown Plan Urban Design Guidelines Great Streets Master Plan Complete Streets Policies Vizion Zero Action Plan Sidewalk Master Plan Bicycle & Urban Trails Master Plan Austin Strategic Mobility Plan (in process) BLACK+VERNOOY ARCHITECTURE
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TxDOT proposal. Find video at: austin.towers.net/from-inspired-to-hor ror-movie-these-are-possible-i-35-configurations-from-txdot/ BLACK+VERNOOY ARCHITECTURE
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RECONNECT AUSTIN Reconnect Austin Cut and Cap proposal BLACK+VERNOOY ARCHITECTURE
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