Starting Tuesday, Austin’s streets will get busier and more unpredictable as the largest school district in Central Texas welcomes tens of thousands of students back to class.
The Austin Independent School District serves more than 70,000 students and employs 5,000 teachers along with almost 4,000 support staff like custodians, bus drivers, cooks and teacher assistants.
During last year’s back-to-school week, travel times along major roads increased by as much as 10% in the morning compared to the week immediately prior, according to the transportation data company INRIX. But that’s just an average…