{"id":360849,"date":"2026-07-04T09:44:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T09:44:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/360849\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T09:44:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T09:44:21","slug":"austin-tackles-mobility-in-next-round-of-conversation-corps-austin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/360849\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin tackles mobility in next round of Conversation Corps | Austin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Residents are invited to provide feedback on a variety of transportation issues throughout April during the city\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.atxtalks.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Conversation Corps<\/a>.&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nConversation Corps began last May to engage residents on a variety of topics, such as the city\u2019s budget, recycling, parking and transit. Trained facilitators lead groups through discussion, Leadership Austin Program Manager Julie Smith <a href=\"http:\/\/communityimpact.com\/austin\/northwest-austin\/economic-development\/2015\/05\/19\/conversation-corps-asks-for-input-on-budget-priorities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">told Community Impact Newspaper<\/a>.&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nIn April the topic is mobility, and residents will be asked about which transportation system they would like City Council to prioritize as well as what mobility improvements they would like to see. The discussions are also part of the city\u2019s Mobility Talks program running through May 8. Leadership Austin is a partner in Conversation Corps, which also includes a collaboration with Austin ISD and Capital Metro.&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nThe city is also hosting two upcoming <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mobilitytalks.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Mobility Talks Live<\/a> open house events. Feedback from both the Conversation Corp and Mobility Talks events will be presented to the City Council Mobility Committee on June 8.&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nThese events are come-and-go, and refreshments will be provided. Residents may also take the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.surveymonkey.com\/r\/mobilitytalks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Mobility Talks survey<\/a> or find more information at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mobilitytalks.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">www.mobilitytalks.org<\/a>.&#13;<br \/>\n\u2022 April 20: 6-9 p.m., David Crockett High School cafeteria, 5601 Manchaca Road, Austin&#13;<br \/>\n\u2022 April 23: 2-5 p.m., Northwest Recreation Center gymnasium, 2913 Northland Drive, Austin&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>April 12<br \/>\n\u2022 12:30 p.m., Cafe Ruckus, 409 W. Second St., Austin<br \/>\n\u2022 7 p.m., Cafe Java, 11900 Metric Blvd., Austin<\/p>\n<p>April 17<br \/>\n\u2022 1 p.m., University Presbyterian Church, 2203 San Antonio St., Austin<\/p>\n<p>April 18<br \/>\n\u2022 4p.m., KOOP radio station, 3823 Airport Blvd., Austin<\/p>\n<p>April 19<br \/>\n\u2022 8 a.m., Palm Elementary School library, 7601 Dixie Drive, Austin<br \/>\n\u2022 9 a.m., Lyndon B. Johnson High School library, 7309 Lazy Creek Drive, Austin<br \/>\n\u2022 7:30 p.m., Spicewood Springs Library, 8637 Spicewood Springs Road, Austin<\/p>\n<p>April 21<br \/>\n\u2022 8 a.m., Oak Hill Elementary School cafeteria, 6101 Patton Ranch Road, Austin<br \/>\n\u2022 8 a.m., Barrington Elementary School Portable No. 11, 400 Cooper Drive, Austin (conversations in Spanish)<br \/>\n\u2022 7:30 p.m., Orange Coworking, 2110 W. Slaughter Lane, Ste. 160, Austin<br \/>\n\u2022 7:30 p.m., Xiang Yun Temple, 6720 N. Capital of Texas Hwy., Austin<\/p>\n<p>April 24<br \/>\n\u2022 1 p.m., Dove Springs Recreation Center, 5801 Ainez Drive, Austin<\/p>\n<p>April 26<br \/>\n\u2022 8:30 a.m., Bennu Coffee, 2001 E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Austin<\/p>\n<p>April 27<br \/>\n\u2022 4 p.m., The University of Texas Student Activity Center, 2201 Speedway, Austin<\/p>\n<p>April 30<br \/>\n\u2022 4 p.m., Genuine Joe\u2019s Coffeehouse, 2001 W. Anderson Lane, Austin<\/p>\n<p>For more information visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.atxtalks.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">www.atxtalks.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Residents are invited to provide feedback on a variety of transportation issues throughout April during the city\u2019s Conversation&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":357789,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,128138],"class_list":["post-360849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-austin-tackles-mobility-in-next-round-of-conversation-corps"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360849","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=360849"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360849\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/357789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=360849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=360849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=360849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}