Equity Concerns for the Distribution of Funding in the CAMPO Region

We conducted a brief analysis to examine the distribution of funding in the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization’s (CAMPO) proposed 2021-2024 Transportation Improvement Program. First, total funding for each project was aggregated by county. These sums were then divided by the most recent available population counts based on Census data to calculate per capita funding for each respective county. The …

Austin’s awesome Emergency/Transit Vehicle Signal Priority project threatened to be unfunded by CAMPO Policy Board

Two Austin Fire trucks pulling out of a fire station

Quick and safe access for emergency vehicles, prioritizing public transportation vehicles, and improving the overall safety and ease of being on a busy road: All of these are outcomes of the proposed Emergency / Transit Vehicle Signal Priority project that the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (CAMPO) Transportation Policy Board (TPB) funded last year, but which is currently threatened to …