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

Diving into the plan

"...were considered too ambitious back then (like going underground Downtown) but seem worth the effort now, and a $300..."

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

Downtown Trolley Proposal Makes Sense

"...Dear Editor, Margot Clarke's downtown trolley proposal is right on track for Austin taxpayers...."

June 8, 2005 Postmarks

Will Wynn: Downtown's Fabulous

Fabulous, we tell you!

"...Mayor Will Wynn's speech to his supporters at the Downtown Austin Alliance today was a call for a November..."

Oct. 25, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Seaholm Powers Ahead, Amid Questions About the 'Public Interest'

Oft-delayed development getting serious at City Council

"...posted, before council approves rezoning of the site to Downtown Mixed-Use, Central Urban Redevelopment overlay. DMU-CURe allows building heights..."

Dec. 12, 2007 News Post by Katherine Gregor

Streetcar Desires

The Austin streetcar has a consensus – it still needs champions

"..."Solving circulator transit Downtown – call it a trolley or a..."

July 20, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Working on the Railroad

The regional Transit Working Group is poised to make progress on passenger rail

"...the Austin Neighborhoods Council, the city of Aus­tin, the Downtown Austin Alliance, Clean Wat­er Action – he stressed: "We've..."

Feb. 22, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Streetcar Plan Takes Shape

Rail advocates hope a downtown circulator will help boost usage of the new commuter rail

"...Streetcars, trollies, light rail, and downtown circulators, all serving the same purpose, are hallmarks of..."

Aug. 18, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Beside The Point

As the bond election nears, council takes up a light agenda

"...the scant agenda is the 2pm presentation of the downtown circulator study by land-development savant Charles Heimsath. The presentation..."

Nov. 3, 2006 News Column by Wells Dunbar

The Towers of Power

Are high-rises the key to a middle-class Downtown?

"...trend – or, perhaps, starting a new one. The Downtown real estate broker and his wife have been living..."

Nov. 11, 2005 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Point Austin: Levy Steps Back ... and Shoots Long

Running the city is easier campaigned than done

"..."single issue groups" (read "environmentalists," a longtime obsession) and "downtown developers," who in his judgment are attempting to foist..."

Feb. 20, 2009 News Column by Michael King

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond

"...Downtown Austin will be bathed in red this week as..."

Oct. 9, 2009 News Feature

A Desire Named 'Streetcar'

Civic coalition forms to add downtown trolleys to the Capital Metro rail plan

"...campaign to ask Cap Met to bring back a downtown streetcar system as part of that plan...."

July 30, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Parking Enterprise

If approved, Parking Enterprise Fund Resolution will invest in garages available to public, with revenues providing funding for transit, trails, sidewalks, and bike paths

"...Down­town, South Congress, transit-oriented devel­opment zones, the Domain-area "second downtown," and along rail lines...."

Dec. 21, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Cap Metro Accelerates Plans for Fare Hike

Transit agency seeks fare increases

"...the 'Dillo, the faux trolley cars intended to help Downtown pedestrian mobility. Staff said the formerly free 'Dillos were..."

Aug. 14, 2009 News Feature by Lee Nichols

F1 Event, Vendor Permit Deadlines Close, City Warns

With race four weeks away, city updates on road closures

"...closures over the weekend, which is going to make downtown travel, er, tough: However, CapMetro will be running a..."

Oct. 19, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Point Austin: The Convert

Mike Krusee on New Urbanism, Smart Growth, toll roads, and the importance of regional planning

"...much more ambitious. ... We've got to have a Downtown circulator; we've got to go to Elgin and Manor;..."

Dec. 7, 2007 News Column by Michael King

What I Want to do With My Life

Mike Krusee on New Urbanism, Smart Growth, toll roads, and why Bobby Kennedy is his hero

"...are designed properly, not just because they're close-in to Downtown. The reason that they become gentrified is that people..."

Dec. 7, 2007 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: Is There a Lawyer in the House?

Legal opinions abound in the lead-up to November's elections

"...as is spending on any transportation system (e.g. a Downtown circulator, also contemplated by Unconventional Austin) to be used..."

Aug. 30, 2019 News Column by Michael King

Austin Officials Ready for F1 Weekend

Public safety and transpo ready. Weather? We'll see.

"...Saturday and will run all day on Sunday; a Downtown circulator will run every 15 minutes as will the..."

Nov. 7, 2012 News Post by Jordan Smith

Top 9 Cap Metro Derailments

"...new rail ever starts, Cap Metro will need a Downtown circulator more than ever – yet it chose this..."

Jan. 1, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Streetcar Plans Unveiled

Capital Metro unveiled its streetcar circulator route for Downtown and Mueller at its recent board meeting, but the agency still managed to see that announcement upstaged by a proposal to double current bus fares and a likely impending labor squabble.

"...Capital Metro unveiled its streetcar circulator route for Down-town and Mueller at its board meeting..."

Nov. 3, 2006 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

The Lay of the Land

Timing Is Everything

"...entire Central Texas region panicked en masse about growth, downtown renewal ceased to be a boondoggle unworthy of broad..."

Feb. 5, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

City Hall Hustle: Reading Place 1

Cavazos or Riley? You decide.

"...Core Austin Super Forum. Sponsored by groups including the Downtown Austin Alliance, Austin Parks Foundation, and Austinist.com, the setting..."

April 10, 2009 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Riding to the End of the Line

Can Cap Metro weather the recession, balance its books ... and run the buses and trains on time?

"...a strong supporter of the much-troubled and endlessly delayed Leander-to-Downtown rail line (the MetroRail Red Line), worries that not..."

Sept. 18, 2009 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Developing Stories: A Long Route to Go

Will we vote on urban rail in November 2010?

"...status of that other rail transit project – the Downtown streetcar once championed by Will Wynn?..."

Oct. 2, 2009 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Which Would Be More Effective?

"...the Railroad,” News]. In 2006, Capital Metro commissioned a Circulator Alternatives Evaluation Report comparing the Downtown streetcar plan with..."

Feb. 21, 2008 Postmarks

Cap Metro Courting Prospective Partners

Transit authority could extend rail and bus service well beyond Austin

"...stop on the new commuter rail Red Line, linking Downtown Austin to Leander, of course; as it stands, the..."

July 4, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Walker Steps Down as Cap Metro Board Chair

After 11 years, says time for "someone else" to take on "exciting challenges"

"...the Alliance for Public Transportation, Envision Central Texas, the Downtown Austin Alliance, the Access Advisory Committee, the Customer Service..."

March 31, 2008 News Post by Lee Nichols

To Expand the Convention Center or Not?

Despite unanimous support from City Council, voters will decide the answer

"...in and redesign of the surrounding southeast quarter of Downtown, now dubbed the "Palm District." In its grand –..."

July 19, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

10 Reasons to Love a Streetcar

The 'streetcar effect' – offering Austinites far more than a free ride

"...when compared to buses – are an innately superior circulator-transit beast...."

July 20, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

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