INVESTMENTS SHAPING DOWNTOWN’S FUTURE

38 INVESTMENTS SHAPING

DOWNTOWN’S FUTURE

Project Connect, Austin’s largest and most ambitious comprehensive transit plan yet, is en route to implementation and will bring a transformative light rail system to Austin that will connect downtown to much of the city. The Blue Line will provide a much-needed downtown connection to the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, and the Orange Line will connect north and south Austin with downtown at its center.

GOVERNMENT CENTER / CAPITOL WEST STATION

PROJECT CONNECT

CYPRESS & SHOAL PUBLIC SPACE IMPROVEMENTS CONGRESS AVENUE RECONSTRUCTION

REPUBLIC SQUARE STATION

Lady Bird Lake

These major investments will culminate in two new underground stations that will support the existing downtown/convention center station, creating a mobility corridor crossing on Congress Avenue between the Austin Convention Center and Republic Square.

TxDOT’s I-35 Capital Express Central $4.9 billion project will change how I-35 runs through central Austin and how it connects downtown to the greater region. Improvements to the corridor are essential to enhance safety, address congestion, and increase access. As downtown Austin continues to grow, improvements around mobility and safety will be necessary to support the increased number of people that go to and through downtown daily. This investment will also maintain and strengthen connectivity between downtown and East Austin through caps and stitches co-created with community input.

WATERLOO GREENWAY

I-35 CAPITAL EXPRESS CENTRAL

CONVENTION CENTER EXPANSION

CONVENTION CENTER / BRUSH SQUARE STATION

CONGRESS AVENUE STATION

MACC/RAINEY STATION POTENTIAL CAP & STITCH LOCAL ENHANCEMENTS

AUDITORIUM STATION WATERFRONT STATION