A potential vision for the new Blue Line Bridge, accommodating pedestrians and cyclists, Capital Metro buses, and the Blue Line light rail heading toward the East Riverside corridor. This vantage point is from the South Central Waterfront near the old Statesman building. (Courtesy of Austin Transit Partnership) (headline h/t the Rev. James Cleveland) This has been a strangely eventful month or so in the history of Austin mobility, with the public finally realizing how much it hates the state's plans to rebuild I-35 (public comment closed Tuesday, March 7); the big boss at Austin's airport getting fired as part of last week's Watson/Garza II housecleaning; and a whole bunch of news and, just as importantly, speculation about the future of Project Connect, the transit system overhaul approved by the voters (in the form of a tax rate election) in 2020.

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