Walk on over!

Here is our fancy new pedestrian mall that extends from the state capitol to the museum district.
We enjoyed using our feet to go see a show the other day.
(This has been under construction for quite a while.)

Yep, that's Austin

A lot of the locals' attitude.

IH35 the right way...on foot

Interstate 35 through downtown Austin is famous for traffic tie-ups. But pedestrians on this walkway rarely experience delays. That's FFP walking along and consulting his phone. We were going from the Lady Bird Lake South Shore boardwalk to the Rainey Street area.

Austin Street Scene, 1948

The theme today is "People on the Street." Here you see my parents carrying me down Congress Avenue, the main downtown Austin thoroughfare, in 1948. I was about 1 1/2 years old at that point. The shot was taken by what was called a street photographer. They were guys who set up their cameras on a tripod, snapped shots, and then sold prints to people. I have kept this one in my files. Such a different era -- people really dressed up to go downtown back then. Click here to see how other members of City Daily Photo interpreted the theme.

Unsafe at any speed.

I wonder what part of "Emergency Use Only" these people don't understand.  Several million taxpayer dollars were spent building a fine pedestrian bridge just to the east of this narrow raised path along the Lamar Bridge, after a pedestrian got hit and killed. Makes me angry to see blatant disregard for the rules. It also scares the heck out of me when I am driving my car over this bridge and someone is teetering inches from my right side.

Convergence

Where Mopac intersects with the Hike and Bike trail we have the Crenshaw pedestrian bridge (crowded here with foot traffic from the kite festival last month) that spans Lady Bird Lake below the roaring lanes of the highway.

Pedestrians Crossing

These three were crossing Nueces at Third yesterday. They took a little shortcut from the crosswalk. Click here for many interpretations of the City Daily Photo theme of  "Pedestrians Crossing."