The Red Line Parkway Initiative has made it easier for bicyclists, pedestrians, and runners to their way on and around the trail, which will stretch 32 miles from downtown Austin to Leander, following roughly the same route as Capital Metrorail Red Line).
The local nonprofit, working with the city of Austin departments of Transportation and Public Works and Parks and Recreation, installed temporary wayfinding signs along 16-mile section of the path between downtown Austin and Northern Walnut Creek Trail. The signs identify the best available route for parkway users, which can involve pointing the way to existing trail and park segments, on-street bike lanes, sidewalks, shared streets, or the path’s access points to seven Capital Metrorail Red Line. The signs will be updated as the trail grows.
“These wayfinding signs help people young, old, and in between to bike, walk, and run along the existing Red Line Parkway and to learn more about the effort to complete the 32 mile trail and linear park,” said the Red Line Initiative’s Tom Wald.
Grants from local architecture/engineering firm Parkhill and the American Association of Retired Persons, along donations from Red Line Parkway supporters, funded the sign project.
