{"id":253205,"date":"2026-04-16T21:23:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T21:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/253205\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T21:23:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T21:23:07","slug":"safety-mobility-improvements-on-cesar-chavez-street-and-red-bluff-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/253205\/","title":{"rendered":"Safety &#038; Mobility Improvements on Cesar Chavez Street and Red Bluff Road"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Motor vehicle congestion typically occurs at\u00a0traffic signals\u00a0because each direction of traffic must stop while the other directions\u00a0move. In contrast, a\u00a0lane between\u00a0signals\u00a0can carry about three times\u00a0as many vehicles\u00a0as a lane\u00a0that must pass\u00a0through a signal.\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2FPn81UlZ7UnY&amp;data=05%7C02%7CNoelle.Corcoran%40austintexas.gov%7C093360d1f4264acf20a908de890a0084%7C5c5e19f6a6ab4b45b1d0be4608a9a67f%7C0%7C0%7C639098873206961558%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=OfEPTZ4N57pbp8wBWFUueiuxJ7A2y0Fr64XBLVBT4lg%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Watch a video<\/a>\u00a0about how streets can become safer while\u00a0still\u00a0supporting existing motor vehicle traffic.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p paraid=\"2005918059\" paraeid=\"{0e21294f-222f-45bb-bb6d-7d913819e98d}{46}\">In the proposed design,\u00a0the number of vehicle lanes at the Pleasant Valley and Shady Lane intersections would remain the same as they are\u00a0today.\u00a0These intersections\u00a0determine\u00a0how many vehicles Cesar Chavez Street can carry, since traffic signals control how many can move through the intersection at once.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p paraid=\"1169823936\" paraeid=\"{0e21294f-222f-45bb-bb6d-7d913819e98d}{94}\">Traffic analysis shows\u00a0the proposed changes would have only minor impacts\u00a0on travel\u00a0times\u00a0along the corridor.\u00a0Travel times\u00a0are expected to increase\u00a0by\u00a0only five to 15 seconds during the morning and afternoon peak periods. Lines\u00a0of vehicles waiting at the Tillery Street and Springdale Road signals may increase slightly, by five to 10 vehicles in peak periods, but\u00a0they are expected to clear with\u00a0each signal\u00a0cycle, as they do today.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p paraid=\"1591680868\" paraeid=\"{0e21294f-222f-45bb-bb6d-7d913819e98d}{160}\">The analysis also considered potential new development and\u00a0additional\u00a0traffic\u00a0along\u00a0the corridor. Because the proposed changes\u00a0maintain\u00a0the existing vehicle lanes at\u00a0the\u00a0Pleasant Valley Road and Shady Lane\u00a0intersections, the corridor&#8217;s overall vehicle capacity would remain the\u00a0same. This means the\u00a0corridor would be able to\u00a0handle potential future\u00a0traffic\u00a0from redevelopment while\u00a0providing safer options for\u00a0people\u00a0traveling along the\u00a0street.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Motor vehicle congestion typically occurs at\u00a0traffic signals\u00a0because each direction of traffic must stop while the other directions\u00a0move. In&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":253206,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":{"0":"post-253205","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-austin","8":"tag-austin","9":"tag-austin-headlines","10":"tag-austin-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253205\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/253206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}