Austin
TRAFFIC
Get ready for six months of backups on South Lamar Boulevard
Drivers on South Lamar Boulevard should prepare for months of backups and bottlenecks as Austin Energy embarks on a six-month plan to replace utility poles and upgrade wires along a stretch of the corridor. The "reconductoring" project will cause portions of South Lamar’s northbound traffic to be reduced to one...
TxDOT Adds Nearly $1M in Tech Projects to Unified Transportation Program
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) has released a draft of the 2025 Unified Transportation Program (UTP) plan for public comment. TxDOT’s website describes UTP as “an intermediate programming and development ‘road map’ that is used to define, prioritize and assign available funding to thousands of Texas transportation projects over a continuous 10-year period.”
NSTA Announces Winners of School Bus Driver International Safety Competition
The National School Transportation Association announced the winners of its 50th annual School Bus Driver International Safety Competition (SBDISC), presented by Beacon Mobility in Austin, Texas. The SBDISC consisted of a hands-on competition class, followed by a knowledge written test on June 29. The skills competition was held at the...
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