By Mike Heiligenstein
2013 will bring a lot more people to Travis and Williamson Counties, and the Mobility Authority will work hard to connect those folks—and all of us—to our jobs, homes and the...
Mar 18, 2013
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The Manor Expressway opens a new gateway for the north and northeast quadrants of our region and will continue to have a positive impact on our economy.
Drivers – automobile and freight truck – i...
Jan 09, 2013
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By Mike Heiligenstein
Earlier this year in a downtown Austin office building, I spoke to a group of area chamber of commerce leaders about the state of roadway project planning and development in our ...
Aug 03, 2012
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By Mike Heiligenstein
I’ve used the expression “connecting our community” a lot recently, and I usually mean physical connections—modes of transportation that allow a traveler to reliably get ...
Jun 29, 2012
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By Mike Heiligenstein
Central Texas drivers have really embraced the 183A Extension. On April 6th, the Mobility Authority opened the five-mile-long extension to carry traffic from RM 1431 (Whitestone ...
Jun 13, 2012
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Just about every major city in the industrialized world has bad traffic. It’s an unfortunate side effect of economic prosperity. Nowhere is that fact more evident than here in Central Texas. In the ...
Mar 26, 2012
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Every once in a while an idea really takes off, and the results exceed expectations. When that happens, you know the idea has connected with people, and that you’ve planted a seed in fertile ground....
Feb 08, 2012
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We all have our favorite tools we use to help us get where we want to go, whether it is across town or across the country. Some of us use high-tech gadgets like GPS with the bossy lady in the box. Oth...
Dec 13, 2011
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Biking along the 183A Extension’s newly opened shared-use path last week gave me some time to ponder an important question – what is mobility?
On a recent mid-day observation, I saw an older man w...
Oct 20, 2011
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One of the joys of leading an organization like the Mobility Authority is the opportunity to plant seeds and watch good things happen. There are no magic seeds that sprout additional traffic lanes, bu...
Sep 22, 2011
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Mike Heiligenstein is the Executive
Director of the Central Texas
Regional Mobility Authority, a
multimodal transportation agency.
Mike has served the Mobility
Authority since 2003, overseeing
its growth from a startup transportation agency
to a nationally recognized leader in toll road operations.
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