Help Improve East Oltorf Street

The City of Austin wants your input on how to make East Oltorf Street safer and easier to get around between South Pleasant Valley Road and Montopolis Drive.

As part of street resurfacing planned for 2027, the City is looking at low-cost, short-term improvements that could make the street safer and more comfortable for everyone who drives, walks, bikes, rolls, or rides the bus. 

Your feedback will help shape these potential short-term changes. Share your input in a brief survey! 

The City is also planning a larger corridor study in 2028 to look at long-term needs and opportunities. The study will consider safety, mobility, transit, walking and biking, environmental factors, and future development. The goal is to identify improvements that support the corridor as it grows and make it easier and safer for people to get around.

Project Area Map

Current Conditions

East Oltorf Street between South Pleasant Valley Road and Montopolis Drive is about 1.4 miles long. It connects people who live, work, shop, and travel through southeast Austin.

Public Transit

Two CapMetro bus routes, the 228 and 310, run along this part of East Oltorf Street. There are 12 bus stops total, with six in each direction. Both buses currently arrive about every 30 minutes. On an average weekday, about 86 people get on the bus, and about 72 people get off at these stops.

In the future, CapMetro plans to make Route 310 more frequent, with buses coming about every 15 minutes. There are also plans for light rail on Riverside Drive through Project Connect. The closest planned light rail stations would be about half a mile from East Oltorf Street.

Walking and Biking

There are very few safe places to cross the street along this stretch of East Oltorf Street. In some areas, people must walk between 1,800 and 3,000 feet to reach a designated crossing.

This section of East Oltorf Street currently has painted bike lanes. It is part of the City’s All Ages and Abilities Bicycle Priority Network, which aims to make biking safer and more comfortable for people of all ages and skill levels. This section of Oltorf connects to protected bike lanes on Wickersham Lane and the buffered bike lanes on Pleasant Valley Road.

The Country Club Creek Trail is an important walking and biking route in southeast Austin. It connects to the Ann and Roy Butler Trail through Roy G. Guerrero Metropolitan Park. A project is now underway to complete a missing segment of the trail, and once finished, it will connect directly to East Oltorf Street just east of South Pleasant Valley Road.

Crash Data

This section of East Oltorf Street is part of the City’s High-Injury Network, which identifies streets with a high concentration of serious injury or fatal crashes. 

From 2021 through 2025, 107 crashes were reported on this section of East Oltorf Street. Thirty-four crashes resulted in serious or minor injuries. That means there was an average of about one crash every 17 days.

Vehicle Speeds

The speed limit is 35 mph from South Pleasant Valley Road to Wickersham Lane and 40 mph east of Wickersham Lane.

Speed data collected in fall 2025 show that vehicle speeds generally increase from west to east along East Oltorf Street. The chart below shows the 85th percentile speed, meaning the speed at or below which 85 percent of drivers were traveling. Fewer than 1 percent of drivers near South Pleasant Valley Road and about 7 percent near the eastern end of the corridor were traveling 10 mph or more above the posted speed limits of 35 mph and 40 mph, respectively.

Traffic Volumes

East Oltorf Street currently has five travel lanes: two lanes in each direction and a center turn lane.

In February 2026, the City of Austin added an all-way stop at Alvin Devane Boulevard. The new stop was installed because of traffic volumes at the intersection and to make it easier and safer for people to cross Oltorf Street. The project also added marked crosswalks and pedestrian islands.

Traffic volumes generally increase from east to west along the corridor. 

Data collected in fall 2025 estimated that an average of:

• 8,700 vehicles per day traveled near Montopolis Drive.
• 15,000 vehicles per day traveled near South Pleasant Valley Road.

Bicycle counts collected in winter 2025 showed an average of 11 riders per day near Wickersham Lane and 23 riders per day near Montopolis Drive.

Long-term Planning for East Oltorf Street

The City is working on both near-term safety improvements and a long-term plan for East Oltorf Street.

Austin recently received a planning grant from the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (CAMPO) to study East Oltorf Street from South Lamar Boulevard to Montopolis Drive.

The study will look at:

• Traffic and street safety
• Public transportation
• Walking and biking
• Access to nearby destinations
• Environmental concerns
• Future development and land use

The goal is to identify improvements that will make East Oltorf Street safer, easier to get around, and better connected as the area grows.

Community members will have opportunities to provide input during the planning process. The City will consider several possible approaches before recommending a preferred option and a plan for putting improvements in place.

The study is expected to begin in early 2028.

New Transportation Hub

A new mobility hub is also planned at the intersection of South Pleasant Valley Road, funded by the Climate Pollution Reduction Grant.

The hub will help people connect to different transportation options, including:

• A large, secure CapMetro Bikeshare station
• Parking for shared scooters
• Waiting areas with seating and shade