ACA Debuts Creative Infrastructure Initiative

New $100K initiative will aid displaced arts and music venues

"...ACA is rolling out what it's calling a Creative Infrastructure Initiative, funded by a $100K gift from financial services..."

Nov. 22, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Green Stormwater Infrastructure

Green Stormwater Infrastructure: only half the battle

"...the city's Imagine Austin goal of an Integrated Green Infrastructure Plan. "Green" stormwater mitigation uses vegetation and other natural..."

June 30, 2017 News Feature by Joseph Caterine

Meanwhile, Inside the Wired-Out Infrastructure of SXSW …

Austin’s most tenacious tech teams tackle the annual tumult

"...of physical cable, adding it to the city’s existing infrastructure. So, excuse my ignorance here, is this on the..."

March 1, 2013 SXSW Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

AISD's Largest Bond Ever to Fix Infrastructure Comes to the Polls

ACC adds campuses

"...November 8 – $2.44 billion worth of equity-focused critical infrastructure improvements that will require a 1-cent property tax increase..."

Aug. 26, 2022 News Feature by Lina Fisher

A Call for Separate Cycling Infrastructure

"...Dear Editor, Austin's current cycling infrastructure (or real lack thereof) is a dangerous Frankenstein's monster..."

June 19, 2013 Postmarks

Wynn on Wind

Austin mayor to talk energy reform to presidential campaigns next week.

"...the McCain and Obama camps. They'll be discussing energy infrastructure, and how a future administration could develop some big..."

Aug. 13, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Seeks Federal Funds for Safer Streets

The $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill presents an opportunity

"...November 2021 President Joe Biden signed the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (the "bipartisan infrastructure bill") into..."

Sept. 23, 2022 News Feature by Benton Graham

Austin Mobility Gets a Federal Funding Boost

Cap Metro, city both draw millions from bipartisan infrastructure package

"...Doggett noted that 2021's bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act has led to a 31%..."

Feb. 10, 2023 News Feature by Benton Graham

Austin Creative Alliance's Summit Report

The service organization moves beyond talk with four ideas on how the city can expand its cultural infrastructure

"...the report details four projects that could provide critical infrastructure for the creative sector in the years to come...."

April 15, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Mayo-Tary Pete Takes The Train to Saltillo, SXSW

Buttigieg tips his cap to Austin's massive mobility investments

"...a big SXSW crowd to talk about the bipartisan infrastructure bill, the future of mobility, and our city's massive..."

March 17, 2022 SXSW Post by Mike Clark-Madison

Proposition B: Getting Behind Active Transportation

Voters also have the chance to approve a record investment in pedestrian, bike infrastructure, and traffic safety improvements

"...to approve a record investment in pedestrian and bike infrastructure and traffic safety improvements via Proposition B...."

Sept. 25, 2020 News Feature by Jack Craver

The Hummingbird Project

Who knew you could tell a character story about laying fiber-optic cable?

"...a drama about the economics and morality of commercial infrastructure investment this deep since Wall Street, and the dearth..."

March 29, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Road Movie

The ultimate POV rush with Russian dash-cam compilation

"...incidents on Russian roads, be proud of America's fading-yet-vastly-superior infrastructure. Ours might not be perfect by a long shot,..."

Feb. 23, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story

The engineering secrets of a Hollywood great

"...engineering lore, her pivotal role in laying the first infrastructure for wireless and Bluetooth. That was a byproduct of..."

Dec. 22, 2017 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Salesman

Gripping drama from the director of A Separation

"...abandon their home after a construction bulldozer compromises the infrastructure of their Tehran apartment building. Suddenly homeless, they unload..."

Feb. 3, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Votes Flood in for Prop 6 Water Cash

$2 billion and a new water infrastructure bank get voter approval

"...the plan to establish a new $2 billion water infrastructure bank is cruising to an early and easy victory...."

Nov. 5, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Olympus Has Fallen

It''s Die Hard at the White House as a lone man battles the terrorists who take the building with diabolical force.

"...no, not just pieces of legislation, but the brick-and-mortar infrastructure in Olympus Has Fallen – which basically follows the..."

March 22, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Live Free or Die Hard

As John McClane, Bruce Willis once more brings the noise and blows the bejesus out of the bad guys.

"...net some fast cash by shutting down the entire infrastructure of the United States, leaving its citizens discombobulated and..."

June 29, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade

"...instead by Hitler's slope-helmeted thugs), the political and military infrastructure of the country is faltering. Roving bands of agent..."

July 20, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Ladro Di Bambini (Stolen Children), Il

"...seems, is falling apart, the families along with the infrastructure, and Amelio drives the point home again and again...."

April 16, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Austin at Large: Making Good Trouble on I-35

America’s infrastructure systems are broken, but TxDOT has gone the extra mile

"...it was for Congress to pass even its bipartisan infrastructure framework, rewriting the National Environ­mental Policy Act is a..."

Jan. 28, 2022 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Point Austin: If You Build It, They Will Come

Arguments over infrastructure reflect community visions

"...even adding a few more for underserved neighborhoods). An infrastructure bond package is indeed in development for November –..."

Feb. 2, 2018 News Column by Michael King

Invasive Zebra Mussels Found in Lake Travis

Highly invasive mollusks started showing up in Lake Travis

"...can prevent potential recreational impacts or costly impacts to infrastructure."..."

June 30, 2017 News Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

News Roundup: Buehler, Bikes, & Uber

Uber hates City Council; bicyclists love it

"...are dropped (again); Austin wins recognition for its bike-friendly infrastructure; and more ......"

Nov. 16, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

Driving on Thin Ice

Bad weather exposes bad road design

"...blame bad drivers. To misquote James Carville, it's the infrastructure, stupid...."

Feb. 14, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Bill of the Week: Laying Pipe Across the State

Texas spending money on infrastructure? Not impossible.

"...Texas Republican is not only spending money on new infrastructure investment, but he's suggesting that the state use the..."

Jan. 19, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

City Opens Emergency Storm Shelter

Parque Zaragoza Recreation Center to take in citizens without electricity

"...news: there's been no major damage to any pivotal infrastructure, but the smaller-scale damage is so extensive that it..."

May 15, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

City Budget Breakdown

The final presentation of the city's $525.3 million proposed budget for fiscal year 2007 is Friday, Aug. 31; the focus: Major Utilities and Infrastructure and Growth Management – yea haw!

"...for quiet housekeeping today's focus on Major Utilities and Infrastructure and Growth Management – but as Austin continues its..."

Sept. 1, 2006 News Column by Wells Dunbar

The Revolution Will Not Be Motorized

Will the city create a path to give bicyclists a little respect?

"...reforms to that end. How should staff apply new infrastructure ideas cherry-picked from other bike-friendly cities, and how can..."

May 9, 2008 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Notes on Kamp: Our Transportation Crisis

We can't afford to keep ignoring our infrastructure

"...The city's infrastructure simply is not what it needs to be to..."

May 20, 2016 News Column by Amy Kamp

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