City Council: How Big Is Just Right?

Council moves forward on Mobility Bond, “Smart Corridors”

"...for the Mobility Bond, after some amendments covering the central package (adding Slaughter Lane and/or William Cannon Blvd. to..."

Aug. 15, 2016 News Post by Michael King

Point Austin: November Mobility Bond Begins to Take Shape

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

"...bulk of the $720 million will be spent on "corridor" roads and on highways. Even allowing for the multimodal..."

Aug. 12, 2016 News Column by Michael King

What Would $720 Million for Transportation Buy?

City Council mulls the "Go Big" bond in preparation for the November ballot

"...by Mayor Steve Adler – are the seven "smart corridor" projects highlighted here, which have (or will soon have)..."

Aug. 5, 2016 News Feature by Nick Barbaro

The Power of Art in Austin’s Overlooked Objects

Defining the city's personality from the moonlight towers to the railroad bridge

"...The storied moonlight towers rise from Central Austin like bulbous dandelions of light, extending upward like..."

Aug. 5, 2016 Arts Feature by Sam Anderson-Ramos

Going Big

How to spend $720 million on mobility

"...elements, but with its primary focus on seven major "corridors" (Airport, North and South Lamar, Burnet Road, Riverside, Guadalupe,..."

July 1, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Council: Getting Moving?

City Council's continued transportation debate may backlog zoning cases on agenda

"...package (Item 27) whose main focus would be existing "corridor plans" – long-term workups of projects needed on seven..."

June 17, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Public Notice: Only Two Episodes Left

Plot twists and cliffhangers as Council approaches season finale

"...his bond proposal's focus on turning Austin's overburdened transit corridors into "Smart Corridors," noting that almost half of Austin's..."

June 17, 2016 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Nonconsensual

City Council wrestles with itself over bonds, spending

"...would return to future agendas. That included both some central library equipment and materials funding and all of $100,000..."

June 15, 2016 News Post by Michael King

Dueling Bondage

Mayor and council members consider transportation packages

"...would include funding for “regional mobility” projects ($100 million), “corridor mobility” projects ($500 million, the heart of the proposal),..."

June 13, 2016 News Post by Michael King

Working the Budget

Council and staff review the preliminary numbers, with crossed fingers all around

"...budget, arguing that improving transportation choices (especially along transit corridors, the subject of already approved but not executed corridor..."

June 10, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Council: Burning Daylight

Passing the hot bond potato

"...questioned whether priorities determined by previous Councils or previous corridor studies needed reconsideration; a few asked for specific benefits..."

June 10, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Council: Meet Your Waterloo

"...soils are poorer, thinner, and retain less moisture than central city or Eastside lands, but Troxclair's plangent defense of..."

May 13, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Public Notice: Think Globally, Vote Locally

Why your country is depending on you to vote no on Prop 1

"...The Guadalupe Street Corridor Improvement Program is an Austin Transportation Department initiative to..."

May 6, 2016 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Zach Theatre’s Ann

Holland Taylor captures every nuance of Ann Richards in this magnificent production

"...I'd gleefully continue for seven years after Dad retired. Central Texas was always "home base," though; a month or..."

April 29, 2016 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

Fighting to Stay

As Austin's housing market booms, its poorest residents fight to exist

"...exemption permit for its property on the Riverside Drive corridor, the first step in scrapping the Lakeview apartments to..."

April 15, 2016 News Feature by Joseph Caterine

AISD Explores Its Options

AISD has at least 10 properties it could be making better use of

"...Baker Junior High (now a teacher training facility), the central offices at the Carruth Center, and the Millett. Then..."

April 8, 2016 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Point Austin: Still Waiting for the Train

Will Austin ever get a proper light rail system?

"...– when it was already clear that the Highland corridor plan was in trouble – the "progressive" opponents remained..."

Dec. 18, 2015 News Column by Michael King

Public Notice: Plans for the Future

The CodeNEXT process is upon us

"...Austin Com­pre­hensive Plan. Small area plans (e.g. neighborhood plans, corridor plans, station area plans, etc.) provide more detailed visions..."

Oct. 16, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

News Roundup: Cops, Church, and Council

Six arrested Saturday during a Black Lives Matter rally

"...block is currently a parking lot, and is zoned Central Business District with a potential of more than 600,000..."

Sept. 21, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

Public Notice: Be a Good Citizen

County commissioners brief businesses on environmental upgrade program for buildings

"...Flood Aid TX, a benefit concert supporting Central Texas disaster relief efforts, is this Sunday; tickets are..."

June 26, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Council Preview

Zimmerman off to East Texas to "investigate" city biomass contract

"...Waller Creek Tunnel Inlet Facil­ity (obscuring a "Capitol view corridor" actually viewable by virtually no one; see "More Poor..."

June 19, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

Playback: Holy Mountain and Red 7 in Danger of Losing Leases

Could the Red River Cultural District be losing two of its landmark live music venues?

"...The platinum value of property in our central business district doesn't bode well for music venues in..."

May 15, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Sustainable Transit Solutions

"...to the more than 130,000 vehicles that travel the corridor daily – one of the most congested corridors in..."

May 13, 2015 Postmarks

News Roundup: Covering the Waterfront

Council, more Council, and more

"...increasing both the overall residential supply in the Burnet Corridor as well as the number of affordable units in..."

April 27, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

Public Notice: Get Your Meeting On

A roundup of civic events to start the year off right

"...The Guadalupe Corridor Improvement Program survey deadline has been extended to Feb...."

Jan. 9, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

News Roundup: Endings and Beginnings

Out with the old City Council, in with the new

"...get free help with your enrollment application at Insure Central Texas, among other places...."

Dec. 15, 2014 News Post by the News Staff

All Life's Cracked Up to Be

The last days of Tobias Pecans

"...pecan warehouse has been keeping folks along the Austin–Houston corridor deep in Texas tree nuts. Launched in 1980 by..."

Dec. 12, 2014 Food Feature by Kate X Messer

Council: Turn Out the Lights ...

It's the very last meeting of Council, and it's stuffed to the gills

"...for the northeast area of Downtown, in collaboration with Central Health, and to start moving toward land planning...."

Dec. 12, 2014 News Feature by Michael King

Austin City Election

Endorsements for mayor and Council

"...a policymaker at the state Insurance Commission and the Central Health District. Mays has also been very active in..."

Oct. 17, 2014 News Feature by The Chronicle Editorial Board

The Mayor's Story

Three contenders try to write a personal tale that will convince the voters

"...true that the Council makeup will be determined by central-city voters, most of them homeowners heavily influenced by neighborhood..."

Oct. 10, 2014 News Feature by Michael King

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