Downtown Development
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Ongoing Studies
The City of Austin and their consultants ROMA are working with the community to define the 25-year vision for downtown Austin and to develop a strategy for implementing the community's vision. Various aspects of the plan include transportation and urban rail, density bonus, affordable housing, and district planning.
Downtown Austin Parks & Open Space Master Plan (scroll down)
The City of Austin and their consultants ROMA are working with the community to create a vision for great public spaces and to develop a strategy for implementing the community's vision. Components of the plan include park and open space inventory and assessment, short- and long-term improvements, programs and elements each space should support, how public spaces work as a system, researching best practices, and a funding strategy to achieve the goals.
Waller Creek District Master Plan
The City of Austin and their consultants ROMA are working with the community to create a vision the Waller Creek District and to develop a strategy for implementing the community's vision. The redevelopment of the Waller Creek area will be made possible by a flood-control tunnel that will be completed in 2014.
Previous Studies
R/UDAT (Regional/Urban Design Assistance Team)
R/UDAT Austin, January 1990
R/UDAT Austin: A Call to Action, May 1992
R/UDAT Revisited: A Call to Finish, October 1997
R/UDAT Review: Creating a Great Downtown, December 2000
Downtown Access and Mobility Plan, February 2001
Heritage Austin: A Community-based Vision, July 2002
Retail Development Strategy (9.4M PDF)
Second Street District Streetscape Improvement Project
Downtown Austin Comprehensive Parking Study
Presentations
Downtown Austin (7.2M PPT) updated 05/06/09