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

The train is here

"...2,000 votes in the same election that brought you Bush vs. Gore, an Austin with about 50% more people..."

March 13, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Cap Met's Five Year Bus Plan: More, Faster, Better

"...but the agency is also trying to move the bus system into modern times. Hence the Five Year Plan..."

Dec. 22, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Bus Stops and Court Benches

On immigration in McAllen

"...A bus turns and brakes, the hydraulic door opens with a..."

Sept. 28, 2018 News Feature by Martín Steinhagen

Get on the Bus

Austin Latinos March on Washington

"...index finger, and the gang's name across the top. Big brown pants hang from his narrow waist and his..."

Oct. 25, 1996 News Feature

The Bus Stops Here: Cap Metro

One-day strike ratchets up tensions between transit agency and union

"...drivers to honk their horns in support and jeering buses passing in and out of the lot. ATU 1091..."

Sept. 30, 2005 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

On the Bus Again

On the eve of turning 80, Willie Nelson's still calling the tune

"...era's iteration of the famed Honeysuckle Rose, his tour bus, and watched a Beatlemania-like scene unfold outside Buffalo Billiards..."

April 12, 2013 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Breaking Down the Costs of Austin's Big Transit Plans

Double your ridership, at a price

"...– all high-capacity transit scenarios, regardless of the mode (bus rapid transit or light rail) or grade (street-level or..."

Jan. 17, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Peruvian-Inspired Food Bus Serves Killa Brunch

East Airport eatery Killa Wasi elevates casual dining

"...restaurants in Austin. Duck inside of a teal school bus parked on the south side of Airport Boulevard to..."

Oct. 27, 2017 Food Column by Emily Beyda

One Big Guitar

The return of the True Believers

"...all were," he laughs. "Really, it's just ... one big guitar."..."

Feb. 22, 2013 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Opinion: Progressive Policies Are Popular. That’s Why Austin Saw Big Wins on Election Night.

When candidates lead courageously, lean in to progressive values, and fight for what's right, they're able to positively impact people's lives and win, says Councilmember Greg Casar

"...already blaming progressive Austin for Texas' failure to turn blue. But no matter the results of the election, they..."

Nov. 13, 2020 Column by Greg Casar

Here Comes MetroRapid

Cap Metro rolls out its big bendy buses, the next mode in multimodal

"...Capital Metro hopes to sell its newest development, MetroRapid buses, to Austin's ever-growing business commuter community...."

Jan. 24, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Julián Castro, Women of Color, and Texas 2020

The path toward turning the state blue

"...has brought its star power and its giant orange-and-pink bus to the Eastside on a national kickoff tour to..."

Oct. 4, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Beto O'Rourke's Long, Hot Road to the Texas Primary

We report from the 2020 Democratic campaign trail on whether all the blue, sweat, and beers are worth it

"...out their signs before the police vans and the big gravel trucks from the highway department block the streets..."

Sept. 27, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Council and Cap Metro Prepare to Hand Transit Plan to Voters

City's big plan is nearing the station

"...But the big bones of the plan remain intact – Orange Line..."

July 31, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin's Props A & B Score Easy Victories

The big engine that did

"...While election night proved a pretty big letdown for a lot of Austin progressives, it started..."

Nov. 6, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Man

Bobby “Blue” Bland (1930-2013) made me one too

"...Bobby “Blue” Bland is The Man. There’s no other way to..."

June 28, 2013 Music Post by Bill Bentley

Travellers & Magicians

Travellers & Magicians feels a bit like Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales as retold by Siddhartha, as this Himalayan beauty gently delivers a very accurate anti-materialistic Buddhist morality lesson.

"...tells the bored Dondup, but having come from "the big city," he’s hardly in a position to appreciate it...."

March 18, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Election 2006: All Their Base Are Belong to Us

Crunching the numbers on the November 2006 election

"...Kay Bailey Hutchison's performance in the same boxes. That big blue streak in the middle is the MoPac corridor,..."

Nov. 17, 2006 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Tailgating Teasips

Mick Vann makes a foray into the curious and often elaborate rite of University of Texas fandom known as "tailgating" and discovers some intriguing practices.

"...football foes, as well as any health departments, substance abuse counselors, and gastroenterologists within viewing range. A scene of..."

Oct. 22, 1999 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Texas Platters

"...subtlety, and depth. On the album's most dramatic song, "Bust Out the Seams," Allen asks, "Wouldn't it be nice..."

Oct. 30, 1998 Music Review

Dancing About Architecture

Mardi Gras Rioting on Sixth Street brands Austin "The Mace, Pepper Spray, and Rubber Bullet Capital of the World"

"...posters on the Austin edition of Antiques Roadshow. The biggest national news from Austin, of course, came via the..."

March 2, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Trains! Tunnels! Billions! Austin Gets First Look at Proposed Transit Plan

Next steps: public input, May Council vote, November election

"...along East Riverside to the airport, underground Downtown stations, bus rapid transit to serve UT and ACC Highland, new..."

March 6, 2020 News Post by Mike Clark-Madison

Doctuh Mistuh's Debbie Does Dallas: The Musical

This send-up of the 1978 blue movie serves up the cheese and camp for a load of giddy fun

"...Tom Kitt), is based on the seminal (tee-hee!) 1978 blue movie of the same name, released by School Day..."

Dec. 25, 2015 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

Weekend at Casey's

Thousands converge in the president's back yard to make a stand with Cindy Sheehan

"...contrast to the rolling fields of Americana and electric blue of the day's clear sky. As the road straightens,..."

Sept. 2, 2005 News Feature by Kate X Messer

Night and Day With Maceo

Still blowin'

"...a live double-disc recorded in Europe with the WDR Big Band. In advance of his Feb. 26 gig at..."

Feb. 19, 2008 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Chapter 1: Before the Beginning

The Austin Chronicle is founded and struggles quite a bit.

"...runs this ship and taught me how to do business. Learning to listen to what Nick was saying was..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Top 10 Police Beat Stories

Shades of Blue

"...Acevedo was sworn in, it was clear his first big test would be handling the June shooting death of..."

Jan. 4, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Light Headed?

What Commuters Want

"...Cap Met have positioned themselves in listening mode, getting big-picture input in focus groups and neighborhood meetings and through..."

July 23, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Moon-Shaped Panties & the Saint of White Trash

The Late Lucinda Williams

"...The first order of business is getting her live-in boyfriend Richard Price to band..."

Oct. 23, 1998 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

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

Diving into the plan

"...of the Downtown Tunnel but does include enhanced MetroRapid bus connections at each end – north to Tech Ridge..."

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

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