Point Austin: November Mobility Bond Begins to Take Shape

Consensus on the proposed $720 million bond remains a work in progress

"...Council discussions, any consensus on the proposed $720 million "Mobility Bond" remains a work in progress. Today's Council meeting..."

Aug. 12, 2016 News Column by Michael King

Martinez Endorses Mobility Bond

Mayoral adversaries join on transportation proposition

"...advocates issuing statements of support for the $720 million bond proposal, which has not yet received final approval from..."

Aug. 5, 2016 News Post by Michael King

Implementing the Mobility Bond and Corridor Construction Program, if You Can Wait for It

Going to take a long, long time

"...If you live and drive in Austin, traffic congestion is one of your problems. And no..."

June 8, 2018 News Feature by Jack Craver

Point Austin: Mayor Adler's Superhighway to the Mobility Bond

Speeding toward November

"...the final City Council approval of a November transportation bond proposition – or its slightly more upscale moniker, "mobility..."

July 29, 2016 News Column by Michael King

The Odds on Mayor Adler’s $720 Million Mobility Bond

Is the plan just daring enough to work?

"...Mayor Steve Adler delivered a brief pitch on the mobility bond ballot proposition to a Downtown Demo­crat­ic group. It..."

Oct. 28, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Mapping the Mobility Bond

Track progress with this handy online tool

"...be any curmudgeons claiming that the $720 million transportation bond did nothing, the city of Austin has come up..."

Aug. 11, 2017 News Feature by Jack Craver

Proposition One (City of Austin): $720 Million Mobility Bond

Mobility Bond stumbles after initial, unanimous vote

"...Proposition 1 (City of Austin): $720 Million Mobility Bond..."

Aug. 26, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Mobility Bond: Ready, Set, Go

Roads? Where we're going, we don't need roads.

"...1 supporters celebrated passage of the $90 million transportation bond package – and looked toward the next round of mobility..."

Nov. 5, 2010 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Chronicle Endorsements: Prop. 1 Mobility Bond

Consideration for that congestion

"...Austin traffic problems are many, and it will take more..."

Oct. 21, 2016 News Feature

Council Reaches Consensus on Mobility Bond

Adler's "Go Big" Baby

"...Reporting that City Council has an abundant agenda on..."

Aug. 19, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Point Austin: Getting Mobilized

Arguments (and opponents) against the mobility bond run a little thin

"...in the following pages) will be (for city of Austin voters) a seemingly innocuous proposition. Despite all the headline..."

Oct. 8, 2010 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: How Smart Are We?

Council ponders a bond that voters will swallow

"...discuss and likely vote on whether to place a "mobility" bond proposition on the November ballot. Today's meeting is..."

June 24, 2016 News Column by Michael King

While Austin Slept

City Council passes major bond package – & lots of other stuff

"...regs, and an expanded homestead exemption, his “Go Big!” mobility bond won initial approval...."

June 24, 2016 News Post by Michael King

Austin at Large: Let’s Get Connected Again

What we can do now to prepare for the mobility future

"...I find upon my return but a long-range regional mobility plan, the very bone I've gnawed for so much..."

Dec. 21, 2018 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin at Large: The Train Can’t Be Too Late

It’s going to be sad, so sad, when Mayor Pete’s money comes if Austin’s not ready

"...strangely eventful month or so in the history of Austin mobility, with the public finally realizing how much it..."

March 10, 2023 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

What's Your Mobility Fix?

Community forums continue all week

"...“My Top Mobility Fixes” are being shared around town all week, at..."

Feb. 9, 2010 News Post by Katherine Gregor

Mobility and You

Austin Mobility Forums start Monday

"...and fund first? Which should be in a November bond referendum package? All this week, Feb. 8-11, Austinites can..."

Feb. 6, 2010 News Post by Katherine Gregor

Point Austin: Let Us Begin

The transportation bond represents useful and necessary progress

"...Unlike seemingly every other Austinite, I don't profess to be a traffic engineer. I..."

Oct. 28, 2016 News Column by Michael King

Crowdfunding Austin Music Venues

Mayor Adler announces new mini-bond plan to preserve at-risk venues

"...the dais and announced plans to utilize a new mini-bond program to preserve local live music venues. His hope..."

Sept. 22, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Breaking Down the Bond

The basic numbers of the mayor's mobility bond proposal

"...On May 26, Mayor Steve Adler announced his bond proposal for the November election. Some of the specifics..."

June 3, 2016 News Feature by Amy Kamp

What Austin Can Learn From Other Cities

Seattle, Minneapolis, and Nashville leaders share at RECA Exchange

"...Thursday, Sept. 12, during a panel discussion on what Austin can learn from other cities at this year’s Real..."

Sept. 18, 2019 News Post by Sarah Marloff

Imagine Austin Five Years Later

Progress report details wins, losses, path forward for 30-year plan

"...Imagine Austin, the city’s comprehensive 30-year plan for an inclusive, safe,..."

Oct. 9, 2017 News Post by Sarah Marloff

Point Austin: Unfinished Business

Working Austin's weirding ways to New Year's resolutions

"...contentious matter – the public hearing on the proposed Austin Police Association contract – to its own Wednesday meeting..."

Dec. 15, 2017 News Column by Michael King

Austin: “Strong, Unique, and Special”

“State of the City” emphasizes change, permanence, independence

"...Mayor Steve Adler, and the predictably upbeat speech declared Austin “strong,” “weird,” and “creative.” The capacity crowd was friendly..."

Jan. 30, 2017 News Post by Michael King

Point Austin: Summer Stock Agenda

The heat arrives with a litany of work for Austin and Austinites

"...(another abdicated federal and state obligation), and cities like Austin are increasingly subject to responsibilities for which we're not..."

June 30, 2017 News Column by Michael King

Rebooted City Council Gets a New Chance to Fix Austin

10-1, take two

"...When the brand-new 10-1 Austin City Council took office in 2015 with a grand..."

Jan. 11, 2019 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Climate, Meet Mobility

Copenhagen is all about green transport – and Austin should be, too

"..."Make Austin the leading city in the nation in the effort..."

Nov. 6, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

City Hall Hustle: Bond Bout

New groups spring forth to fight transportation measure

"...on the state races, it's easy to forget about Austin's own down-ballot initiative, our $90 million mobility bond election...."

Oct. 22, 2010 News Column by Wells Dunbar

The Next Austin Bust

Will it be bad? Can we be ready? Or should we not care?

"...Welcome to Austin! It hasn't always been like this. Will it always..."

March 8, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

City Council: Zimmerman, Bond, and Budget

(And a few other things got done)

"...The dust hasn't settled yet from last Thursday's City..."

Aug. 26, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

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