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Austin, TX

Mobility Committee · 1:00 PM · Austin City Hall

The agenda featured discussion of the Austin Core Transportation Plan and Downtown Street Design, a Project Connect briefing, a Missing Middle and Mixed-Use Zoning Study memo, and a proposed City Code change concerning vehicle engine noise. It also included regional mobility-program updates and an FHWA pavement-markings memorandum, tying land-use policy to transit and street operations.
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Analysis based on the published agenda — official vote outcomes not yet available.

Analysis

Governance & Oversight

The agenda included routine committee administration and future-agenda planning, alongside a policy memorandum proposing a City Code 12-1 change on vehicle engine noise.[#1][#6][#19]

Infrastructure & Facilities

The agenda featured transit, roadway, and regional mobility updates, including Austin Light Rail Phase 1 and ongoing construction and service reporting.[#3][#4][#18]

Zoning

The agenda included a memorandum on the Missing Middle and Mixed-Use Zoning Study, placing housing-density and mixed-use policy before the Mobility Committee.[#5]

Insights by Role

Journalist

HighHigh significance — major decision, large financial impact, or broad community effectThe agenda presents a transit-and-street-design reporting opportunity: the committee was scheduled to hear about the Austin Light Rail Phase 1 federal record of decision while also considering the Austin Core Transportation Plan and Downtown Street Design. Questions to pursue include how the regional construction and service updates align with those plans and what the proposed vehicle-engine-noise code change would alter.

Developer

MediumMedium significance — notable action worth trackingDevelopers with projects affected by downtown street design, transit access, or mixed-use standards should track the Austin Core Transportation Plan discussion and the Missing Middle and Mixed-Use Zoning Study memo before finalizing site circulation, frontage, and use assumptions. The Project Connect briefing is also relevant to projects near the proposed Austin Light Rail Phase 1 system.

Lobbyist

MediumMedium significance — notable action worth trackingMobility-policy advocates should track the scheduled Austin Core Transportation Plan and Downtown Street Design discussion alongside the proposed City Code 12-1 vehicle-engine-noise memorandum. The future-items agenda entry provides a separate opportunity to monitor which mobility topics may return to the committee.

Resident

MediumMedium significance — notable action worth trackingResidents interested in housing and neighborhood-scale zoning should track the Missing Middle and Mixed-Use Zoning Study memo and later Mobility Committee agendas. The agenda’s general public-communication period was limited to concerns not posted on the agenda, with up to five speakers allotted three minutes each.

16 items(4 procedural hidden)

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#2A quorum of the City Council may be present at this meeting. Action will only be taken by the members of the committee. The committee may go into a closed session under the Open Meetings Act, Section

#4Public Communication: General

#5Speakers signed up prior to the meeting being called to order will each be allowed three minutes to address their concerns regarding items not posted on the agenda. This section is limited to 5 speake

#1Approves the minutes of the February 12, 2026 Mobility Committee meeting.

#8Discussion and Possible Action

#2Discuss and potentially take action on the Austin Core Transportation Plan and Downtown Street Design.

Austin Core Transportation PlanDowntown Street Design

#10Briefings

#3Receive a briefing on Project Connect and the Federal Transit Administration's record of decision for Austin Light Rail Phase 1.

Liane ConteFederal Transit AdministrationProject Connect OfficeAustin Light Rail+1

#4Briefing on ongoing Central Texas mobility programs and projects, including construction, service, and critical infrastructure operations updates.

Richard MendozaAustin Transportation and Public Works

#13Briefings by Memorandum

#5Provides a January 30, 2026 memo briefing on the Missing Middle and Mixed-Use Zoning Study.

Missing Middle and Mixed-Use Zoning Study

#15Future Items

#6Identifies items for discussion at future meetings.

#17Previously Distributed Memos to Mayor and Council (Information only; not for discussion)

#18Provides a February 18, 2026 memorandum updating Council on FHWA pavement markings.

FHWA

#19Proposes a change to City Code 12-1 concerning vehicle engine noise.

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