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Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...• The Texas affiliates of the Industrial Areas Foundation held a conference..."

Sept. 15, 2006 News Feature

Austin @ Large: Toll Roadkill

The dead armadillos are on the sides of the highway, not in the middle

"...unable to breed a beast that could defeat the Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority's toll road plan last week...."

July 23, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: For Whom the Road Tolls

The Regional Mobility Authority takes small but necessary steps in the direction of multi-modal transportation

"...the people who will benefit the most from the Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority's $2.2 billion toll road system..."

May 21, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

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News Short

"...are done properly, they've consulted the experts -- us. Texas, that is. The Dallas Morning News reported last week..."

Nov. 2, 2001 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Postmarks

What destroys a neighborhood? How can bikes help? What's wrong with the Julia Roberts/Brad Pitt vehicle THE MEXICAN? A few answers to these questions---and more!---right here, right now.

"...emissions was predictable and consistent with his killing the Texas air quality; his actions on worker safety was predictable..."

March 23, 2001 Column

Then There's This: Highway 45 Revisited

Except for the mayor, Council reaffirms opposition to 'aquifer toll road'

"...reached between Travis and Hays counties, the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization, and the Texas Depart­ment of Transporta­tion. "If..."

May 23, 2014 News Column by Amy Smith

Travis County Commissioner Precinct 2: Toll Roads, Taxes, TYC

With minor opposition, Eckhardt is setting priorities for next term

"...Precinct 2, which covers much of West and North Central Austin. Eckhardt has also worked hard to maintain support..."

Oct. 15, 2010 News Feature by Amy Smith

All Aboard: Shake-Up on the Cap Metro Board

Changes required by the Lege will put more than just new faces on the board

"...has seven members: two appointed by the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (a body of Central Texas elected officials..."

Oct. 30, 2009 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Happenings

June 21-27

"...public for self-guided tours. Get a guidebook at either Central Market location ($13), or order one online ($14); buy..."

June 22, 2007 News Feature

Point Austin: Getting Into Bonds

When the wish lists are written, will the money follow the speeches?

"...later, but the mayor pointed to the regional Envision Central Texas survey completed last year as establishing the guidelines..."

Jan. 28, 2005 News Column by Michael King

Toll Road Plan Remains in Fast Lane

But Gerald Daugherty (of all people) wants to slow road-building down

"...of an irony. Daugherty is the great champion of Central Texas road building, the man who almost single-handedly defeated..."

July 9, 2004 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

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A roundup of local news, rumors, and factoids from around Austin

"...bureau), and County Judge Sam Biscoe appeared before the Texas Commission on Jail Standards Aug. 2 to address the..."

Aug. 10, 2001 News Feature by Michael King

If You Can't Stand the Heat ...

Republican Jill Warren is behind in the polls and going negative on her Democratic opponent Ann Kitchen, in the race for House District 48 in Travis County.

"...better chance for Warren to latch on to the "Texas Proud" movement that has everyone grinning about the prospect..."

Oct. 13, 2000 News Feature by Rob D'Amico

'Chronicle' Missed Story

"...Austin, including the Chron? In June, our local transportation planning agency, the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization, voted to..."

July 27, 2012 Postmarks

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"...Council approved funding for an independent study of the Central Texas toll road plan after the Capital Area Metropolitan..."

March 11, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

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"...but the Rivercityfiesta.com site includes an impact study from Texas Perspectives which speculates that a national-circuit boat racing event..."

Nov. 14, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Public Notice – Code X: The Final Chapter?

What to look for when the new LDC draft comes out tomorrow

"...proposed land development code rewrite this Friday (keep reloading www.austintexas.gov/ldc) and let the spin begin. FWIW, here are the..."

Oct. 4, 2019 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Vision Zero: Remembering Is Not Enough

Friends and family gather for third annual Day of Remembrance Vigil

"...a regional approach to address the dangerous state of Central Texas roads. Austin Police Chaplain Rick Randall, who lost..."

Nov. 24, 2017 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Lee Leffingwell: 'Think Long-Range'

The incumbent mayor defends his record

"...of the Transit Working Group, a CAMPO [Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization] committee that has stakeholders from across the..."

April 27, 2012 News Feature by Michael King

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News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere

"...• New Central Library Hopefuls The city has named three architecture-team finalists..."

Oct. 24, 2008 News Feature

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"...hasn't done enough for Eastsiders, citing a University of Texas Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs study showing..."

Jan. 11, 2008 News Feature

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Headlines

"...called for a cigarette tax to help divert the Texas red-ink flood...."

May 23, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

TxDOT Scuttles SH 45 South -- For Now

For the time being, SH 45 South is off the table.

"...Recently the Texas Turnpike Authority, a division of TxDOT, terminated its agreement,..."

July 12, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

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The City Council puts off plans to approve an appropriation to extend the northern portion of MoPac, buying time to discuss a more controversial project: the proposed expansion of the freeway through several central Austin neighborhoods.

"...indication that a pending vote by the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (CAMPO) board could nix plans to increase..."

May 18, 2001 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Res Publica

"...CAMPO 2035 PLAN REGIONAL WORKSHOP The Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization needs your help developing a mobility plan..."

Feb. 20, 2009 News Feature

Point Austin: The Usual Suspects

On trying my best to be scandalized by the Comptroller's report on the CTRMA

"...on cue last week, delivering an "audit" of the Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority that reads more like a..."

March 18, 2005 News Column by Michael King

Austin @ Large: Recall of the Mild

Want to dump Will Wynn? Be careful what you wish for.

"...road plan as a member of the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization's board? (The fourth council member on CAMPO,..."

Aug. 20, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

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Our readers talk back.

"...readers need to be aware that TxDOT and the Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority's multi-billion dollar toll road plan..."

July 9, 2004 Column

West Lake Follies: Attraction and repulsion

Mayors, guns, and money ... a lot of money

"...corruption aren't necessarily what most people expect a modern Central Texas election to be about, yet the race to..."

May 9, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

More Toll Road Tremors

East Austin activists say toll road plan is unfair

"...of East Austin activists protested the "economic racism" of Central Texas toll roads outside the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning..."

Aug. 18, 2006 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

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