New Austin, Texas Plan Would Make Cars Illegal

Austin, Texas is heavily considering some massive new ideas for the future of the capitol of the Lone Star State. Most people in Texas are continually seeking less laws and less governmental control over their lives, but I am happy to say that there is nothing bad about new laws that make sense, as long as we are also repealing old laws, or allowing them to expire, that no longer serve the public.

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Before I tell you why I am all in and maybe even a little willing to go overboard for this new idea, I will share with you one piece of my traveled past. I once lived in Madison, Wisconsin, and if this idea is implemented in any fashion similar to the Wisconsin capitol, then we are in for a real treat.

I am not even close to standing alone by naming my favorite part of Madison is State Street that connects the heart of the University of Wisconsin to the Capitol square, and civilian cars are banned. Pedestrian malls like you see in the picture above, or a 'Pedestrian Plaza" as the Austin plan is being referred, are nothing knew, especially in capitol cities around the country.

New Austin, Texas Plan Would Make Cars Illegal

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If the plan for a pedestrian plaza on a large portion of Congress Avenue moves forward, cars would be illegal to operate within its boundaries, and if they can limit other motor vehicles to being just bicycles and rikshaws, then they could turn it into a pretty great place.

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It would be pretty great to add some kind of trolley for the longer jaunts through the plaza, but having a safe space for jaywalkers to enjoy zigzagging from spot to spot sure would alleviate a lot of those BAC battles.