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30.62% of Travis County voters have cast ballots.
Good morning, Austin.
The Briefing
30.62% of Travis County voters have cast ballots.
Through Monday, Oct. 26, 290,432 people had voted, 30.62% of the county's 948,575 registered voters, according to the county's unofficial daily totals. That count is 275,318 in-person early votes, 955 limited ballots and 14,159 mail ballots received. Monday brought 34,210 voters, up from 18,733 on Sunday.
Polls are open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. through Friday, Oct. 30. Any county site works. Hours and locations.
What's next: Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 3.
Sources: Travis County unofficial early voting totals through Oct. 26 (PDF), Vote Travis election page
City Desk
Growth & infrastructure
2 a.m. Sunday: clocks fall back, evenings get darker.
Daylight saving time ends at 2 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 1, when clocks go back an hour, so evening commutes start getting darker. The City's transportation department is asking drivers to slow down in neighborhoods and school zones and near bus stops. Halloween falls the night before, with sunset at 6:44 p.m. and popular trick-or-treating hours of 6 to 10 p.m., the department says.
Nov 1 Clocks go back an hour at 2 a.m. Sunday. Sunset the night before is 6:44 p.m. Austin Mobility News.
Austin Mobility News, Oct. 265 safety changes finished at South First and Radam Lane.
The City finished safety work at South First Street and Radam Lane, an intersection it had flagged as a high-crash location. It added wider sidewalk corners, high-visibility crosswalks, new ADA curb ramps, upgraded signals and timing, and wider sidewalks between Clifford Drive and Normandy Street. The 2020 Mobility Bonds paid for it. The City's Vision Zero analysis links similar major-intersection projects in Austin to a 38% drop in serious-injury and fatal crashes.
Two CapMetro stops were moved closer to safe crossings, and some business driveways were shortened, moved or closed. City of Austin.
Austin Mobility News, Oct. 26 City of AustinCity Hall & county
93%: Sunday crowds at Randalls Brodie nearly matched weekdays.
Every early-voting site keeps the same 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. hours seven days a week, but Sunday turnout varied. Sunday's 18,612 in-person voters were 47% of the average weekday from Oct. 19-23. Randalls Brodie drew 835 Sunday voters, 93% of its weekday average of about 900. The Civil and Family Courts Facility had 59, 13% of its weekday average of 465. Bulletin calculation from the county's daily totals through Oct. 26.
Oct 30 On Thursday and Friday, Oct. 29-30, seven sites stay open until 10 p.m.: Ben Hur Shrine Center, Lakeway Activity Center, Millennium Youth Entertainment Complex, PfISD Rock Gym, Randalls Brodie, the Travis County Clerk's office on Airport Boulevard and the UT Texas Union. County site list.
Travis CountyBusiness & street life
1-mile bike parade anchors Cyclovia ATX on Nov. 7.
Cyclovia ATX, a free street festival with a one-mile bike parade, runs 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, at Windsor Park Branch Library, 5833 Westminster Drive. Organizer Ghisallo Cycling Initiative is signing up volunteers ages 16 and up, or 11 to 15 with an adult.
Nov 7 Westminster Drive will be closed from Gaston Place to Rogge Lane during the event. Austin Mobility News.
Austin Mobility News, Oct. 26The Back Page
Early voting runs through Friday, Oct. 30.
One Good Thing: The street festival at Windsor Park Branch Library is free. Austin Mobility News, Oct. 26