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July 21, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Commuter Rail: Stuck in the Station Again
The attempt to salvage commuter rail in the San Antonio-Dallas Corridor
"...On Nov. 7, Austin voters killed light rail. On Nov. 28, the Travis County Commissioners Court..."
Dec. 22, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce
Seeing the (Green) Light
Environment, Neighborhoods Set the Tone for Place 2 Race
"...incorporating neighborhood plans into the city's development process, building light rail, purchasing water quality buffers, and creating mixed-use developments..."
April 14, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton
Light and Power
The Future of Seaholm
"...- location, location, location. Between the hike and bike trail which traces directly along Shoal Creek east of the..."
May 8, 1998 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy
Mystery Train
Light Rail's narrow defeat at the polls has probably spared Capital Metro an assault by legislators in January. But the agency is trying to figure out how to keep rail on track while satisfying Republican legislators who want sales tax returned.
"...If Capital Metro is not going to build light rail, what is it going to do?..."
Dec. 22, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Public Notice: The 30% Solution
Capital Metro slow-rolls out the next draft of the rail plan
"...month, focusing on the various segments of their planned light rail lines, Capital Metro has essentially laid out in..."
April 29, 2022 News Column by Nick Barbaro
Postmarks
Mueller re-development is a rip-off and "affordable housing" is a sham.
"...your paper that is devoted to putting a media spotlight on discrediting very smart people who question the AIDS..."
July 7, 2000 Column
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Neighbors relate their own housing crunches in
response to last week's cover story.
"...TV" and "Access Denied" articles [July 14] bring to light what's wrong with cable access television. These two articles..."
Aug. 4, 2000 Column
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I never thought the letters in "Postmarks Forum" were real until this happened to me ...
"...have public transit, people are aware that just building rail doesn't keep people from driving cars. So they're working..."
Aug. 11, 2000 Column
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Puzzled by Oppel
"...John, keep up the good work! And Jesus, Andy, lighten up, man. Get some kava-kava or buy an air-conditioner..."
Aug. 27, 1999 Column
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Wrong John, Wrong Reason
"...and a heavy user of the Town Lake hike-and-bike trail, I can tell you that you don't have to..."
Aug. 13, 1999 Column
Naked City
Council members' feuding bond proposals are sure to set off a major tectonic event at this week's council meeting.
"...If you feel a slight tremor in the ground today, that'll be the tectonic..."
Aug. 18, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton
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More Light Rail hubbub and a few Naderite cries in the wilderness.
"...Recent letter writers say we shouldn't "rush into" a light rail system without considering alternatives, such as unwieldy monorail...."
Oct. 27, 2000 Column
Bondology
How does one schedule a bond? Very carefully, and with a lot of advance planning.
"...bodies fund investments into schools, roads, parks, parking lots, rail lines, and courthouses. But without voter approval, that investment..."
Oct. 27, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
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Gore vs. Bush vs. Nader vs. Ventura vs. Hernandez vs. Simone,
approximately.
"...wanted, and, I'm sure, will hold multiple votes on light rail until it gets what it wants. That's just..."
Nov. 17, 2000 Column
Hitting the Pavement
Building SH 130 is still being considered in terms of costs, routes, and whether it will be a toll road.
"...which is currently doing its own EIS for a light-rail project that will likewise cost a billion in scratch...."
Jan. 21, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
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Don't Cry for Rainey
"...Editor: In response to yet another tiresome powwow on light rail held Saturday last, I would like to offer..."
July 23, 1999 Column
Born to be Reviled
Interstate 35's worst stretch is also its most politically organized -- and that's a problem for TxDOT.
"...bucket, its success dependent on construction of commuter and light rail, the State Highway 130 bypass, and HOV lanes..."
Sept. 20, 2002 News Feature by Dave Mann
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Spare Us
"...Rail Gentrification..."
July 16, 1999 Column
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City Centerpiece
"...required to serve its listeners ... to educate, to enlighten, to entertain, even sometimes to enrage its listeners. That's..."
July 31, 1998 Column
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Recent coverage of light rail and of access-TV personality Alex Jones pushes readers' buttons this week.
"...In "The Road to Light Rail" the quote from an Austin council member at..."
July 28, 2000 Column
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Economic Cleansing
"...forms of transportation, neither is 19th-century technology disguised as light rail. Ask Austin's poor, working poor, students, retired or..."
April 16, 1999 Column
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First, the good news ...
"...then some are willing to spend what has been highlighted as ridiculous amounts of money for this quality urban-housing..."
Nov. 5, 1999 Column
Jam City
Managing Congestion
"...to speed up traffic flow through techniques like signal light synchronization, widening intersections, and designating one-way streets and protected..."
Aug. 11, 1995 News Feature
City Hall's Bumpy Road
Can Austin planners and the City Council ever bring an end to the local transportation wars?
"...his "smoking gun." Larsen's memo, wrote road advocate and light-rail opponent Jim Skaggs, "is just another example of planners..."
May 23, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple
The Hightower Report
Light rail – it's not just for lefties anymore; and parks officials are forced to be Bush spokesmen
"...centers. Rather, I'm focused today on the promise of rail travel within our great metro areas. I've ridden these..."
July 16, 2004 News Column by Jim Hightower
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Our readers talk back.
"...that have traditionally not had much transit service. New rail systems opened in San Diego, San Jose, Sacramento, Portland,..."
Nov. 5, 2004 Column
A Long Time Coming
Why Now?
"...Power Plant is where the proposed Austin-San Antonio commuter rail line intersects the proposed Capital Metro Austin light rail,..."
Feb. 5, 1999 News Feature by Jenny Staff
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Brown Right To Fight
"...Madrina Luz Santos (yes, that was her real name, "Light Saints") and my Abuelita Carmen Rivera...."
Sept. 19, 1997 Column
10 Reasons to Love a Streetcar
The 'streetcar effect' – offering Austinites far more than a free ride
"...move people from point A to point B. As fixed-rail transit, they uniquely shape urban land-use, development, and growth..."
July 20, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor
The White Horse
