From Austin to Travis County -- With $$$$$$

Travis County's upcoming bond election asks mostly urban voters to fund suburban sprawl.

"...the reason some political groups, such as the South Austin Democrats, are opposing the package in its entirety, advocating..."

Oct. 19, 2001 News Feature by Amy Smith

Why Portland Doesn't Look Like Austin

Rose (City)-Colored Glasses

"...for the Albina district, which is not unlike East Austin. The city expects these plans to remain current for..."

Dec. 15, 1995 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

St. David's Named Austin FC's First Corporate Sponsor

Also zoning change for McKalla Place moves forward

"...Austin FC announced St. David's HealthCare as the first founding..."

May 24, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

SXSW Brings the Cosmos to Austin

Keynote brings unseen images from the James Webb telescope

"...across a diverse range of industries, including healthcare, technology, transportation, food and the arts.”..."

Jan. 10, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Charts New Territory With Project Connect Anti-Displacement Fund

Bringing transit home

"...When Austin voters approved financing for the Project Connect transit plan..."

May 21, 2021 News Feature by Benton Graham

How Austin Is Tackling Homelessness on the Street and at City Hall

More shelters, more beds, and more fights about ordinances ahead

"...Page was at an appointment with a medic from Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services' Community Health team when the..."

Aug. 2, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Point Austin: Finding the Right Ratio

Budget debate considers best approach to police staffing

"...But there was no mistaking Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo, not only because of the..."

Aug. 23, 2013 News Column by Michael King

Austin in a Winter Wonderland

Three recommended books and a couple of holiday wishes

"...Weird City: Sense of Place and Creative Resistance in Austin, Texasby Joshua Long University of Texas Press, 221 pp.,..."

Dec. 3, 2010 News Feature

Austin Comp Planning: A Brief History

Moving forward sometimes requires looking back

"...bumps and grinds, it lends perspective to realize that Austin's impulse to do a grand city plan – a..."

Feb. 5, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Austin Climate Protection Plan

The five components

"...2) Austin Energy..."

March 9, 2007 News Feature

Well-Intentioned People Wrong on Transportation; I Alone Was Right!

"...most of the staff of the Chronicle, advised central Austinites to hold their nose and vote "yes" on the..."

Nov. 17, 2005 Postmarks

Point Austin: Beside the Point

What's up on this week's Council agenda

"...and Mayor Will Wynn are proposing a traffic calming study for the Guadalupe neighborhood (near Eastside, roughly between Seventh..."

July 29, 2005 News Column by Michael King

Happy Trails to All at Austin Confab

National Trails Symposium comes to Convention Center

"...Trails Symposium, a biennial conference kicking off at the Austin Convention Center Thursday, Oct. 21...."

Oct. 22, 2004 News Feature by Dan Oko

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

Another Austin boom is pointless unless it improves the quality of life.

"...that have defined the New Economy, even more in Austin than elsewhere -- globalization, the assault on free quality..."

Aug. 1, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin Music: A $616 Million Industry

"...A 2001 study by Texas Perspectives found that Austin's music industry generates..."

March 14, 2003 News Feature

Austin City Council Election Endorsements

Mayor: Kirk Watson

"...create a joint agency environmental justice task force to study the cause and effect of environmental racism, which was..."

April 18, 1997 News Feature by The Chronicle Editorial Board

Breaking Away

Austin's Newest Bike Plan May Finally Pull Ahead

"...his body on the line daily to commute throughout Austin despite the lack of safe bicycle routes. photograph by..."

Oct. 17, 1997 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Light Headed?

What Commuters Want

"...that, were surveyed as part of the first-phase market study that undergirds AIM, and of that number the vast..."

July 23, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Fast Track

The Capital Area Metropolitan Organization approved Capital Metro's light rail plans; now it's up to voters.

"...(MPO), which every five years produces a long-range (25-year) transportation plan for the area and authorizes the spending of..."

Nov. 12, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

What's My Line?

Tracking the Freight Rail vs.Commuter Rail Debate

"...about old-fashioned locomotives and railroads. And while the average Austinite may not give much thought to railroads, Union Pacific..."

May 22, 1998 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Postmarks

Contradictions Exposed

"...Have the Christians on the Austin City Council not read Matthew 6:5-6?..."

Jan. 10, 1997 Column

On the Rails

Bungling Bureaucrats, or Best Hope?

"...the negative headlines," began a recent editorial in the Austin American-Statesman. Local transit advocate David Dobbs would change that..."

June 14, 1996 News Feature

Tunnel Vision

TxDOT Sees No Evil in Williamson Creek Tunnel

"...to Williamson Creek. But while the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) views the tunnel project as progress, since last..."

Oct. 3, 1997 News Feature by Nate Blakeslee

No One Way About It

Which Way for Our Downtown Streets?

"...for downtown? After nearly a decade of debate over Austin's downtown streets, urban planners say it's coming down to..."

Aug. 2, 1996 News Feature

The Road to Ruin

US290: We Built It, and Dammit, They're Coming

"...Some Austinites can- not view the towering freeway ramps under construction..."

Jan. 19, 1996 News Feature

Naked City

"...Nelson England. BRADLEY ISD IN THE YEAR 2000?: The Austin Independent School District Citizens' Bond Advisory Committee, which has..."

June 23, 1995 News Feature

Naked City

CAMPO undergoes the peer review study sought by anti-light rail activists, but the results turn out quite differently than the road warriors expected.

"...After months of bitter wrangling, our local arbiter of transportation planning, the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (CAMPO), was..."

Oct. 27, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks

Letter to Isaac

"...Winburne Trust, care of Jim Crosby, PO Box 1868, Austin, TX 78767.] We Will Tear Down Landmarks..."

Feb. 19, 1999 Column

Postmarks

Texas Our Texas loves Texas; Neighbors for Neighbors hate strip-mining; Justin B. Andrews returns; and other delighted and dismayed letters from readers.

"...at this Milam County plant, and the city of Austin must get involved so they can reach allowable levels..."

Sept. 17, 1999 Column

Collision Course

Competing Visions

"...Wherever it's routed, SH130 will likely remain unpopular with Austin residents who thought the point was to get rid..."

June 11, 1999 News Feature by Bryan Mealer

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