Streetcar Desires

The Austin streetcar has a consensus – it still needs champions

"...What will it take to get a streetcar system up and running in Austin?..."

July 20, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

10 Reasons to Love a Streetcar

The 'streetcar effect' – offering Austinites far more than a free ride

"...Before Austin digs deep for an expensive streetcar system, it's sensible to ask, "Why not just run..."

July 20, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Luis Buñuel's "Illusion Travels by Streetcar" by Dick Price

Songwriter Dick Price riffs on Illusion Travels by Streetcar

"...good? That's what I said about Illusion Travels by Streetcar when writing a preview piece a few weeks ago..."

Dec. 13, 2010 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Streetcar Named Desire

Brando reprised his Broadway role in this 1951 multi-Oscar winner. His (and playwright Tennessee Williams') Stanley Kowalski has become a certifiable American icon.

"...Williams argued 40 years ago that it should be, Streetcar is always a wonderful screen drama and now, also,..."

Nov. 12, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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

Where's the Streetcar?

"...Is a November voter referendum for a Central Austin streetcar still a realistic goal?..."

April 11, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Streetcar Blow-Up

Splitting rails over the latest transit plan

"...Austin has not in fact abandoned plans for a streetcar, nor has it finalized a proposal for a light-rail..."

May 2, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Streetcar Plan as Misguided as Invasion of Iraq

"...Dear Editor, The streetcar boosterism detailed in the July 20 Chronicle [“Streetcar Desires,”..."

July 22, 2007 Postmarks

Austin Streetcar Proposal: A Play in Two Acts?

Plans unveiled for rail transit

"...Here's the latest political drama for the Austin streetcar project: In how many acts should a city of..."

Aug. 1, 2008 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Students Weigh In on Streetcar

Don't let Austin be shown up by Dallas and Houston, say students who advocate rail

"...Will UT students organize as vocal Austin streetcar advocates? At a campus meeting recently, the UT student..."

July 25, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

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.

"...Capital Metro unveiled its streetcar circulator route for Down-town and Mueller at its board..."

Nov. 3, 2006 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

A Desire Named 'Streetcar'

Civic coalition forms to add downtown trolleys to the Capital Metro rail plan

"...to ask Cap Met to bring back a downtown streetcar system as part of that plan...."

July 30, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin Shakespeare's A Streetcar Named Desire

This thoughtful take on Tennessee Williams' classic subtly pits the Old South against the New North

"...and now comes Austin Shakespeare with Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire ('48). Unlike the well-executed museum production just..."

Nov. 27, 2015 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

UT Students Ignite Streetcar Passions

A UT forum on light rail got heavy last week

"...faculty, and others heard an overview of the Austin streetcar system recommended by the city's ROMA consultant team, followed..."

Sept. 19, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Streetcar: The Work Plan

The wheels are in motion for an urban rail system

"...for developing a full proposal for an urban rail streetcar system. The work plan is based on the system..."

Aug. 15, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Streetcar Dreams Deferred

Now what?

"...commuter rail system," suggested Transit Working Group member (and streetcar advocate) Mike Krusee...."

May 23, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Austin Streetcar Financing Study

"...Capital Metro has just released the "Austin Streetcar Financing Study." Download a PDF of the full study..."

July 20, 2007 News Feature

Sexy Beast

With a bold new take on Andre Previn's operatic adaptation of A Streetcar Named Desire, Austin Lyric Opera has a remarkable opportunity to lead the operatic pack and show the world the stuff it's made of.

"...Brad Dalton talking about the operatic version of A Streetcar Named Desire and pretty soon you're listening to an..."

Jan. 18, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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

Developing Stories: Wynn Calls for 2008 Rail Vote

Will Austin get a streetcar at last?

"...and fellow proponent Brewster McCracken envision the modern ultra-light-rail streetcar system, its route would take riders Downtown, to multiple..."

Oct. 26, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Developing Stories

Plans unveiled for rail transit

"...long last, real systems planning for a Central Austin streetcar has arrived at the City Hall station. At the..."

Aug. 1, 2008 News Column by Katherine Gregor

The Reader

Stephen Daldry, working from a superior script by David Hare, has crafted a film about guilt, love, and history which stars Ralph Fiennes, Kate Winslet, and newcomer David Kross.

"...May-December romance which blossoms between a weary-looking, sexually rapacious streetcar ticket-taker in postwar Berlin and the sickly young schoolboy..."

Dec. 26, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Learning From Portland

"...Portland, Ore.'s U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer, a leading national streetcar advocate. "It's always been about shaping growth."..."

July 20, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Postmarks

Duke Still Had It

"...and replacing road and parking space for cars with streetcar lines and other rail lines. This means using our..."

May 14, 1999 Column

New Rail Plan Rolled Out

The latest line on streetcars

"...citizen input on the details of designing a new streetcar system – also called ultralight rail transit – to..."

April 25, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Working on the Railroad

The regional Transit Working Group is poised to make progress on passenger rail

"...are most focused on getting under way a modern streetcar (ultralight rail) urban circulator, with service out to the..."

Feb. 22, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

More Places at the Table

The Austin Critics Table is about to hand out its annual awards for achievement in the arts for the 10th year, and the list of nominees is longer than ever.

"...Michael Yeargan, A Streetcar Named DesireCostume DesignDawn Allee, Oliver!..."

May 24, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Method Gun

The Rude Mechs' latest pays at times comic, at times touching tribute to the strange craft of acting and its practitioners

"...last stab at performing their guru's version of A Streetcar Named Desire?..."

April 11, 2008 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Streetcars: Fast facts

"...• Streetcar systems run on fixed steel rails. Most often laid..."

July 20, 2007 News Feature

A Streetcar Named Desire

In Austin Lyric Opera's production of the opera A Streetcar Named Desire, director Brad Dalton and his design team translate the unsettled mental state of Blanche Dubois into literal elements of the setting, creating a distorted, exaggerated, haunted work.

"...A Streetcar Named Desire: Woman on the Verge of a Nervous..."

Jan. 25, 2002 Arts Review by Robert Faires

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