Trails

An East Austin resident noticed someone dropping flour on the sidewalks and parks around the Boggy Creek Greenbelt. The markings were just plain dots of flour, but every once in a while, there'd be an X or an arrow or some other symbol.

The 3-mile section took a decade and millions of dollars to complete.

It’s a transformative project stretching from Austin to San Antonio. But it won’t be powered by gasoline or run on rails, and for visitors to traverse it, their feet will do most of the work.

The new mile-long segment in Sunset Valley connects the trail from Barton Springs Pool to Slaughter Creek near MoPac.

The Butler Trail off Lady Bird Lake will host 150 goats for the next three to four weeks. They'll be eating up poison ivy and other invasive plant species.

The agency is studying whether to build a road for testing autonomous vehicles on the MoKan Corridor, despite Austin's plans to start building the Northern Walnut Creek Trail there next year.

The City Council's far-reaching transportation plan called for all urban trails to have "wayfinding" signs by 2022. The city is not even close.

The rugged unpaved trails that give people access to nature are taking a back seat to clearing more heavily used pathways.

By next year, the trail is expected to be complete from Barton Springs Pool in Zilker Park to the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center.

With more than $300 million in voter-approved bonds for pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure, the city is asking for public feedback on plans that will guide how to spend the money.