What's Behind the Delays at Austin's Airport and What's Being Done to Help

Lots of turbulence as airport rebounds from COVID lows

"...On Thursday, June 23, travelers to and from our city were delayed at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport..."

July 8, 2022 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin Airport Agrees to a Massive Settlement to Get Its Expansion Underway

Bye bye South Terminal

"...that operates the South Terminal at the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS) just won a massive $88 million settlement from..."

June 1, 2023 News Post by Maggie Quinlan

Can the Airport Keep Up With Austin’s Boom?

AUS (aka ABIA) keeps making headlines whether it wants to or not

"...Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, which would like us to call it AUS and..."

April 22, 2022 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Can the Austin Airport Speed Up Its Sorely Needed Expansion?

Explosive growth and understaffing lead to long lines and near-misses

"...2020 to 2022, the Austin metro area, including Georgetown and Round Rock, grew at the fastest rate in the..."

May 24, 2024 News Feature by Lina Fisher

City Hall Visits Sin City and Musk’s Boring Co.

Will what the Development Services Department learned in Vegas stay in Vegas?

"...Ten employees with the city's Development Services Department flew out to Las Vegas earlier this..."

April 15, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Austin's Airport Art Program Makes Every Flight a Trip to the Gallery

Got some time at AUS? There's many distractions in plane sight.

"...know what there’s a lot of at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport? Art. In diversity of form, in sheer amount, in..."

Sept. 2, 2022 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Comp Plan Combo Platter

The comp plan process reaches critical density

"...After a year of public outreach, the city's comprehensive planning effort has now entered the third round of community..."

Oct. 1, 2010 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Signed and Sealed

With Bradley Out of the Way, Council Turns Attention to Stratus

"...expeditious. The room was packed for the public hearings, and the City Council voted to give each side one..."

March 31, 2000 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

Austin Hunkers Down and Waits as the Pandemic Grows

It’s closing time

"...of Austin's spring festival season – Mayor Steve Adler and Travis County Judge Sarah Eckhardt ordered that all bars..."

March 20, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

City Council Grants Early OK to Statesman Property Plan

Batcave begins

"...real estate that formerly housed the Austin American-Statesman's newsroom and printing press inched closer toward redevelopment last week, as..."

April 15, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Big, Bold, and Costly: Austin’s Makes a Third Try at Rail Transit

The train is here

"...the narrow defeat of Capital Metro's first light rail plan by fewer than 2,000 votes in the same election..."

March 13, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

A Great Big Bundle of Rail and Roads

Council moves transportation bonds toward a November vote

"...The train is about to leave the station, and the rubber is meeting the road...."

Aug. 8, 2014 News Feature by Mac McCann

Next at AUS: South Terminal Suit

Terminal operator Lonestar prepares for lift off

"...its early summer of public relations turbulence, Austin-Bergstrom International Airport saw less chaos in recent weeks, not counting the..."

Sept. 2, 2022 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

City Staffers in Vegas’ Tesla Tunnels: Still Not Clear Why!

Neither Project Connect nor AUS needs the Boring Co.'s services yet

"...Austin Development Services Director Denise Lucas authorized 10 of her staff..."

April 22, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

South Terminal Saga: City Says Sorry, That Flight’s Departed

The city responds to a federal lawsuit

"...responses to the federal lawsuit filed against the Austin airport by Lone Star Holdings, operators of the South Terminal..."

Oct. 7, 2022 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Born to be Reviled

Interstate 35's worst stretch is also its most politically organized -- and that's a problem for TxDOT.

"...Given the controversy surrounding the plan to expand and revamp Interstate 35 through downtown Austin,..."

Sept. 20, 2002 News Feature by Dave Mann

From Light Rail to a Downtown Tunnel: The Parts of Project Connect

Diving into the plan

"...The Project Connect system plan and "initial investment" – the latter being the $7..."

Sept. 25, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Council Watch

Council shrinks Champion development at Loop 360 and RM 2222; taxi drivers want to raise fares, Gary Bradley development agreement doesn't provide enough information.

"...a neighborhood group's recommendation on the proposed Champion Tract development, giving the Champion sisters, the owners of the property,..."

Dec. 10, 1999 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

On the Edges of Gentrification, Planning a Different East Riverside Drive

City’s declared goals for the corridor and those of private developers do not necessarily coincide

"...six-lane boulevard flanked by strip malls, fast food joints, and enormous parking lots. Hit it at the wrong time,..."

Feb. 15, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Developing Stories: The State Eyes an Eastern Campus

And about that regional plan …?

"...square feet, at more than $30 million a year) and instead build itself a dream home, which Johnson says..."

May 15, 2009 News Column by Katherine Gregor

How Do You Formulate a Grand Prix?

The race to nail down an F1 deal involves multiple entities

"...council vote scheduled for Nov. 18, the developers, partners, and local government are beginning to tackle the complicated and..."

Nov. 19, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Changing Face of Mueller

A burst of development marks the latest phase of the central city neighborhood

"...the neighborhood has entered a new phase of rapid expansion and infill. The most readily visible development is the..."

May 10, 2013 News Feature by Michael King

Austin's Transportation Future: What Will It Look Like in 2033?

Highways, headless horsemen, and high-speed trains: The ghost of our transportation future

"...A bike ride down Airport Boulevard protected from traffic. A train traveling over 200..."

Nov. 10, 2023 News Feature by Benton Graham

CSC: Take Two

Political Push Ups

"...Then came item 57, a proposed Community Development Block Grant in the form of a deferred-payment, forgivable..."

March 12, 1999 News Column by Jenny Staff

Crestview at the Crossroads

Near north neighborhood faces redevelopment transformation

"...case study for the accelerating transition between old Austin and new, it is Crestview...."

Oct. 6, 2006 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Prairie Fires

Dessau Road Burns With New Boom Fever

"...at Jourdans Crossing up toward its confluences with I-35 and Pflugerville's FM1825, Dessau Road is for the most part..."

Nov. 3, 1995 News Feature

Postmarks

A point-counterpoint on Long Park development; Austin Music Network's bad move; and a call for a car-free council member.

"...Walter E. Long Park. The statement "visited by few and loved by fewer" is in error. Attendance at the..."

April 7, 2000 Column

Road Show

watson goes to washington to talk transportation; city backs off of terrace pud money, no settlement yet with gary bradley, city may step in to stop expansion of hyde park baptist church, council to consider retail space at csc.

"...in council has brought more questions than answers. Juicy developments on a variety of fronts have had City Hall..."

Jan. 28, 2000 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

Council Watch

City plots downtown's retail future

"...It was a lot of hurry up and wait at the Austin City Council this week. The..."

Feb. 4, 2000 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

Postmarks

A plethora of environmental concerns are argued in this week's letters to the editor.

"...almost every Circle C story, both in the Chronicle and the Austin RealEstateMan, are grossly inaccurate. Take the map..."

March 31, 2000 Column

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