/tags/trails Trails en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Mon, 31 Mar 2025 10:01:00 GMT /transportation/2025-03-31/austin-tx-wishbone-bridge-east-lady-bird-lake-progress-pleasant-valley-road-longhorn-dam Once complete, the bridge will connect the city's most popular trail at a long-overlooked corner of the lake. A nearby pedestrian tunnel under Pleasant Valley Road is already tunneled through. Mon, 31 Mar 2025 10:01:00 GMT /transportation/2025-03-31/austin-tx-wishbone-bridge-east-lady-bird-lake-progress-pleasant-valley-road-longhorn-dam Nathan Bernier /transportation/2025-02-04/bergstrom-spur-trail-railroad-line-pedestrians-cyclists-federal-funding The city is hoping for D.C. dollars to avoid digging deeply into its own pockets and delaying other trail plans. But the Trump administration has local officials uncertain about what will happen next. Tue, 04 Feb 2025 11:01:00 GMT /transportation/2025-02-04/bergstrom-spur-trail-railroad-line-pedestrians-cyclists-federal-funding Nathan Bernier /austin/2024-10-16/why-are-people-dropping-flour-in-weird-patterns-around-austin An East Austin resident noticed someone dropping flour on the sidewalks and parks around the Boggy Creek Greenbelt. The markings were just plain dots of flour, but every once in a while, there'd be an X or an arrow or some other symbol. Wed, 16 Oct 2024 22:48:16 GMT /austin/2024-10-16/why-are-people-dropping-flour-in-weird-patterns-around-austin Sean Saldana /transportation/2024-08-22/austin-to-manor-trail-now-complete-linking-suburb-to-citywide-trail-network The 3-mile section took a decade and millions of dollars to complete. Thu, 22 Aug 2024 10:01:00 GMT /transportation/2024-08-22/austin-to-manor-trail-now-complete-linking-suburb-to-citywide-trail-network Nathan Bernier /transportation/2023-07-31/austin-trail-hike-bicycle-great-springs-project-san-antonio-texas It’s a transformative project stretching from Austin to San Antonio. But it won’t be powered by gasoline or run on rails, and for visitors to traverse it, their feet will do most of the work. Mon, 31 Jul 2023 17:19:43 GMT /transportation/2023-07-31/austin-trail-hike-bicycle-great-springs-project-san-antonio-texas Jack Morgan /transportation/2023-07-27/violet-crown-austin-missing-trail-link-complete-sunset-valley-home-depot-boulevard The new mile-long segment in Sunset Valley connects the trail from Barton Springs Pool to Slaughter Creek near MoPac. Thu, 27 Jul 2023 21:20:48 GMT /transportation/2023-07-27/violet-crown-austin-missing-trail-link-complete-sunset-valley-home-depot-boulevard Nathan Bernier /energy-environment/2023-07-12/to-rid-austin-trails-of-poison-ivy-this-solution-is-the-goat The Butler Trail off Lady Bird Lake will host 150 goats for the next three to four weeks. They'll be eating up poison ivy and other invasive plant species. Wed, 12 Jul 2023 19:18:40 GMT /energy-environment/2023-07-12/to-rid-austin-trails-of-poison-ivy-this-solution-is-the-goat Haya Panjwani /transportation/2023-04-13/txdot-could-put-a-four-lane-road-where-austin-is-building-a-trail The agency is studying whether to build a road for testing autonomous vehicles on the MoKan Corridor, despite Austin's plans to start building the Northern Walnut Creek Trail there next year. Thu, 13 Apr 2023 10:01:00 GMT /transportation/2023-04-13/txdot-could-put-a-four-lane-road-where-austin-is-building-a-trail Nathan Bernier /austin/2023-02-27/austin-misses-goal-of-having-direction-signs-on-all-urban-trails The City Council's far-reaching transportation plan called for all urban trails to have "wayfinding" signs by 2022. The city is not even close. Mon, 27 Feb 2023 11:01:00 GMT /austin/2023-02-27/austin-misses-goal-of-having-direction-signs-on-all-urban-trails Nathan Bernier /energy-environment/2023-02-07/some-austin-trails-blocked-by-debris-might-not-be-cleared-for-a-while The rugged unpaved trails that give people access to nature are taking a back seat to clearing more heavily used pathways. Tue, 07 Feb 2023 14:09:08 GMT /energy-environment/2023-02-07/some-austin-trails-blocked-by-debris-might-not-be-cleared-for-a-while Nathan Bernier