Traffic

Interstate 35 from Ben White Boulevard to U.S. 290 East in Austin will get two high-occupancy vehicle lanes in each direction along with a raft of other changes under the state's preferred plan.

The agency's preferred design would result in less land seized and fewer people pushed out than a competing proposal, but it would still expropriate almost 42 acres and displace 107 homes and businesses.

Construction is scheduled to start early next year on an I-35 expansion project stretching from Ben White Boulevard almost to the Hays County line.

The changes are a relatively low-cost tactic aimed at the most aggressive speeders.

Work starts this summer on a street reconfiguration paving the way for a light-rail megaproject.

Officials say they don't expect more tax hikes, but the higher cost could delay a full rollout of the transit expansion.

More than a year after opening, 183 South has no posted speed limits. But that doesn't mean you can drive as fast as you want.

A new push for improvements following a traffic jam at the Rolling Stones concert is moving ahead, but a major road leading to COTA isn't scheduled to be widened until the next decade.

The northbound and southbound frontage roads would run on the same side of the highway from about Cesar Chavez Street to Dean Keeton Street as part of TxDOT's latest revisions to the $4.9 billion highway widening.

Longer stretches of the highway would be lowered, downtown frontage roads could shift entirely to the west side and pedestrian crossings would increase under a proposal TxDOT developed in collaboration with the city.