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July 20, 2007 News Feature
Streetcars Downtown – Then and Now
Aug. 29, 2006 Postmarks
Public Notice: Transit, Then and Now
A lingering desire for streetcars
"...of these solutions will be as efficient as the streetcars that ran in Austin from 1875 to 1940...."
Dec. 7, 2018 News Column by Nick Barbaro
Lightning in a Bottle
Ostensibly a record of one mighty blues show, this film goes beyond the tag of concert film and achieves something more: a living history lesson, tracing the evolving sound of the blues.
"...Natalie Cole as they belt out "Men Are Like Streetcars") to Austinites Jimmie Vaughan and Kim Wilson. Ostensibly a..."
Nov. 12, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
10 Reasons to Love a Streetcar
The 'streetcar effect' – offering Austinites far more than a free ride
"...answers, we turned to the recently published Street Smart: Streetcars and Cities in the 21st Century. Rich in well-documented..."
July 20, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor
End of the Line
The Short and Troubled History of Austin's Streetcar System
"...M.M. Shipe wasn't necessarily interested in streetcars; he was a developer. His Austin Rapid Transit Railway..."
July 21, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce
Streetcar Plan Takes Shape
Rail advocates hope a downtown circulator will help boost usage of the new commuter rail
"...Streetcars, trollies, light rail, and downtown circulators, all serving the..."
Aug. 18, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola
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Interfaith's Socialist Agenda
"...Like many American cities, Austin used to have streetcars, but got rid of them in 1940. This was..."
April 23, 1999 Column
Streetcar Desires
The Austin streetcar has a consensus – it still needs champions
"...said. "In looking at how other cities have built streetcars, it's clear that all the work cannot fall on..."
July 20, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor
Streetcar Plan as Misguided as Invasion of Iraq
"...less money? "Why, it's obvious," reply the self-declared experts. "Streetcars stimulate high-density development, and we all know that 'real'..."
July 22, 2007 Postmarks
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Neighbors relate their own housing crunches in
response to last week's cover story.
"...Robert Bryce's article about Austin's streetcars leaves out some historical context. In the 1930s transit..."
Aug. 4, 2000 Column
Expand Dillo Program
"...[“Streetcar Desires,” News, July 20]: All the benefits of streetcars are listed around the article … frequent service …..."
July 23, 2007 Postmarks
Developing Stories
Plans unveiled for rail transit
"...mile, or $550 million to $614 million overall. Electric-powered streetcars would run every 10 minutes from about 6am to..."
Aug. 1, 2008 News Column by Katherine Gregor
Shared Lanes vs. Reserved Lanes
July 24, 2008 Postmarks
Streetcar Plans Unveiled
Capital Metro unveiled its streetcar circulator route for Downtown and Mueller at its recent board meeting, but the agency still managed to see that announcement upstaged by a proposal to double current bus fares and a likely impending labor squabble.
"...Capitol Market Research will present a report on the streetcars' impact on Downtown at Thursday's council meeting...."
Nov. 3, 2006 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves
Seaholm: The railroad conundrum
Two pieces of long-neglected and barely salvageable railroad track along and on the Seaholm Power Plant site could hold the key to whether the city has a commuter rail system limited to North and Central Austin or one that spans the entire city.
"...under Congress Avenue. Capital Metro's solution is to offer streetcars that will run, with cars, in transit lanes between..."
Oct. 27, 2006 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves
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Our readers talk back.
"...a door open for cheaper, more flexible alternatives to streetcars, formerly known as light rail. Bus rapid transit has..."
Sept. 1, 2006 Column
A Desire Named 'Streetcar'
Civic coalition forms to add downtown trolleys to the
Capital Metro rail plan
"...expensive and disruptive than a light- or heavy-rail link. Streetcars, as envisioned by Connect Austin, would be ultra-light rail..."
July 30, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Gardens of Eden
Entertainment has always been a keystone of Austin's identity, Cuisines writer Rachel Feit observes. And among Austin's numerous diversions were German beer gardens.
"...in 1885, they performed at Scholz Garten, where the streetcars made special stops to carry the audience to and..."
Jan. 26, 2001 Food Feature by Rachel Feit
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Sucking Us Dry
"...the stores, restaurants, and theatres, and to drive the streetcars. Such jobs are not usually highly paid. It would..."
May 21, 1999 Column
Postscripts
Shuttle Carnage Looms
"...always has money for cars, but not for sidewalks, streetcars, and bike lanes...."
Aug. 22, 1997 Column
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Can't Handle Scamming
"...always has money for cars, but not for sidewalks, streetcars, and bike lanes...."
Aug. 15, 1997 Column
Review: Hello, Dolly!
One of the last great Golden Age musicals revived with panache
"...in top hats and tailcoats. They rode in horse-drawn streetcars and went to elegant restaurants like the Harmonia Gardens..."
Jan. 22, 2020 Arts Post by Paul Beutel
The Hightower Report
What happened to America's train system?
"...buy out more than 100 of America's networks of streetcars and interurban train systems. Not to run them, but..."
May 6, 2016 News Column by Jim Hightower
Day Trips
New Orleans traditions begin at the historic Columns Hotel
"...yard like sparkling Christmas decorations. The red-and-green St. Charles streetcars (currently closed for track maintenance) clang past the front..."
May 23, 2014 Column by Gerald E. McLeod
Reconnect Austin: Part Two
It's a beautiful vision, but could it work?
"...CAMPO 2035 plan – commuter rail, bus rapid transit, streetcars, and intercity rail – would be operational. And every..."
Jan. 31, 2014 News Feature by Robyn Ross
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
"...Paris used its last horse-drawn streetcars 100 years ago this week...."
Jan. 11, 2013 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants
Dreaming Big With Lady Bird
Design team makes preliminary recommendations for lakeside redevelopment
"...plot of land, and a transportation system that includes streetcars, with Congress Avenue operating as that network's "spine."..."
June 15, 2012 News Feature by Monica Riese
Dreaming Big With Lady Bird
Team's preliminary recommendations for Lady Bird Lake's south shore
"...host a hotel, and a transportation system that includes streetcars, with Congress Avenue operating as that network's "spine."..."
June 7, 2012 News Post by Monica Riese
FTA 'New Start' Funds MetroRapid Buses
Federal grant covers 80% of $47.6 million bus rapid transit program
"...technical issues like rerouting utilities to make way for streetcars. Rogoff said, "You gather them all round the table,..."
