Project Connect: Central Corridor Options

Last public workshop considers the future of high-capacity transit

"...Midway Field House on East Riverside, the Project Connect Central Corridor study team hosted the last public workshop before..."

April 18, 2014 News Feature by Mac McCann

Planning South Shore Central: The ROMA Report

2000 study of redeveloping the South Shore was a good first effort

"...In 2000, ROMA Design Group worked with a citizen task force, the Town Lake..."

Jan. 19, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

CCAG Recommends Rail Plan

Task force forwards 'Central Corridor' project to Council, Cap Metro

"...Friday afternoon, the Central Corridor Advisory Group, a 14-member committee appointed to review..."

June 13, 2014 News Post by Michael King

Project Connect: Phases and Stages

Advisory group gets closer to official Council recommendation

"...official recommendation to City Council. On March 21, the Central Corridor Advisory Group discussed the latest work-in-progress, followed up..."

April 4, 2014 News Feature by Mac McCann

Project Connect: It’s East Riverside and Highland

Recommendation to CCAG chooses initial corridors for rail

"...Connect made its official recommendation to Mayor Lee Leffingwell’s Central Corridor Advisory Group (CCAG), regarding the next high-capacity transit..."

Nov. 15, 2013 News Post by Mac McCann

Urban Rail: Which Way to Connect?

Project Connect recommends a rail corridor – and transit advocates board opposing trains

"...On Friday, Dec. 6, the Central Corridor Advisory Group, appointed by Mayor Lee Leffingwell to..."

Dec. 13, 2013 News Feature by Mac McCann

Can Project Connect Connect?

Advisory group receives preferred corridor recommendation

"...Alternative” recommendation for urban rail to Mayor Lee Leffingwell’s Central Corridor Advisory Group. It runs from Highland on the..."

May 6, 2014 News Post by Michael King

Project Connect Accelerates

As decisions near, controversy dogs urban rail plan

"...On Friday, June 13, the Central Corridor Advisory Group, a 16-member city advisory group on..."

June 13, 2014 News Feature by Mac McCann

Point Austin: More Connected Than Thou

Multimodal objections to a multimodal project

"...about where we were at this time for the Central Health district tax vote in 2012, and that won..."

Aug. 8, 2014 News Column by Michael King

A Great Big Bundle of Rail and Roads

Council moves transportation bonds toward a November vote

"...little less than half of Project Connect's $1.38 billion Central Corridor Urban Rail project (aka the "Locally Preferred Alternative")...."

Aug. 8, 2014 News Feature by Mac McCann

Bedfellows Getting Strange

Urban rail project slammed from opposite wings

"...came from the Coalition on Sustainable Transportation, a conservative group of local highway advocates who have traditionally opposed all..."

June 9, 2014 News Post by Michael King

November Calling: PACs Form on Rail Vote

Groups organizing for and against potential bond proposition

"...a transportation bond nears, Austinites are beginning to form groups and taking positions on mass transit. Two groups have..."

April 8, 2014 News Post by Mac McCann

Point Austin: Dis Connect

Urban rail may be going off the tracks

"...the project are yet to be made. The appointed Central Corridor Advisory Group will make a recommendation Friday that..."

June 13, 2014 News Column by Michael King

How Do You Get From Here ... to Here?

The Austin transit system plan has vision but little consensus

"...to plan, the future course of mass transit in Central Texas will be decided within the next two weeks...."

Nov. 1, 2013 News Feature by Nick Barbaro

Council on Transportation: Pondering the Bond

On Aug. 7, Council will discuss putting a $1 billion bond proposal on the Nov. 4 ballot

"...by the Project Connect team and recommended by the Central Corridor Advisory Group and then endorsed by Council and..."

Aug. 1, 2014 News Feature by Mac McCann

Votes Pending: The Case for Connect

Cap Metro board endorses initial rail route

"...Metro board member John Lang­more, who served on the Central Corridor Advisory Group, says he's also very confident in..."

June 27, 2014 News Feature by Mac McCann

Project Connect Nears Rail Route Decision

Recommendation first step toward next year's bond election

"...will present its first formal recommendation for which Austin sub-corridor to prioritize to receive light rail. In due course,..."

Nov. 15, 2013 News Feature by Mac McCann

Catching Up with City Council

Council enters holiday break bearing a handful of presents

"...that the cost falls a little under appraisal. Environmental groups and the city had opposed the development because of..."

Dec. 17, 2013 News Post by Michael King

Project Connect Draws a Line

Group makes official recommendation to Mayor Leffingwell

"...– made its official recommendation to Mayor Lee Leffingwell's Central Corridor Advis­ory Group regarding the proposed next high-capacity transit..."

Nov. 22, 2013 News Feature by Mac McCann

AURA Begs to Differ

Rail advocates insist they don’t advocate ‘Guadalupe/Lamar’ Only

"...Project Connect “Locally Preferred Option” recommendations to last Friday’s Central Corridor Advisory Group meeting, followed by reactions from the..."

May 6, 2014 News Post by Michael King

Council: Work Done and Happy Holidays!

After 2013 arose such a clatter, Council is settling their brains for a long winter's nap

"...$18 million deal brokered by the Nature Conservancy. Environ­ment­al groups and the city had opposed the development because of..."

Dec. 20, 2013 News Feature by Michael King

Council: Dem Ol' Railroad Blues

City takes on Project Connect but punts on Auditorium Shores

"...1 recommendations that came out of the PC working group and the Central Corridor Advisory Group, although here appearing..."

Dec. 13, 2013 News Feature by Michael King

Can Project Connect Connect?

Advisory group receives preferred corridor recommendation

"...Alternative recommendation for urban rail to Mayor Lee Leffingwell's Central Corridor Advisory Group (CCAG). It would run from Highland..."

May 9, 2014 News Feature by Michael King

Project Connect: Three Rail Plans Mulled for CCAG

Advisory Group looks at three options, plus costs

"...At the May 16 meeting of the Central Cor­ridor Advisory Group, the Project Connect team was expected..."

May 23, 2014 News Feature by Mac McCann

Whither Rail Route?

Transportation officials move toward a finalized route

"...make a new bridge a more likely option. The Central Corridor Advisory Group meets again in May to vote..."

Feb. 28, 2014 News Feature by Amy Smith

The Best Transit Plan for Austin's Future Is …

"...recent coverage of urban rail planning currently underway in Central Texas [“Urban Rail: Which Way to Connect?” News, Dec...."

Dec. 16, 2013 Postmarks

Headlines

"...initiative made its initial urban rail recommendation to the Central Corridor Advisory Group, and advocated – surprise! – the..."

Nov. 22, 2013 News Feature

Transportation Planning Briefs

"...to present to Council. They'll present it to the Central Corridor Advisory Group this Friday, April 11, 1:30-3:30pm, at..."

April 11, 2014 News Feature by Nick Barbaro

Three Project Options

"...At the May 16 meeting of the Central Corridor Advisory Group (a committee of elected officials and..."

June 13, 2014 News Feature by Mac McCann

Headlines

"..."locally preferred alternative" initial urban rail route to the Central Corridor Advisory Group. And surprise: It's the route everyone..."

May 9, 2014 News Feature

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