Citing serious crashes, Austin is considering winnowing down the road that runs between Zilker Park and Barton Springs Pool from four lanes to two.
Barton Springs Road could be slimming down just in time for swim season.winnowing down the thoroughfare that runs between Zilker Park and Barton Springs Pool from four lanes to two. The city could reduce lanes for a year, then reevaluate whether it effectively reduces crashes.Thursday, ATD said there were 240 crashes on the stretch of road between Stratford Drive and Lamar Boulevard and that, despite efforts to reduce speeding, vehicles typically drive 15 mph over the speed limit.
An incident in which a driver plowed into a crowd near a food truck last April pushed the department to look into reducing lanes, the memo said.The proposed revamp is similar to the city's efforts to reduce crashes along Pleasant Valley Road on the Longhorn Dam. The city winnowed that stretch of road and added protected bike lanes in 2021. Since then, ATD says, it has seen an 82% reduction in injuries and fatal crashes., a strategy the city first adopted in 2015 to eliminate traffic deaths.
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