Austin Transportation Guide

How to get around Austin, with or without your own wheels

"...Don’t let the stress of navigating a new city get in your way of..."

March 3, 2017 Chronolog Post by Katie Walsh

Doing the Electric Slide

Electric cab item pulled from council agenda

"...Did a proposed ordinance to regulate electric cabs get pulled from last week's City Council agenda..."

April 29, 2011 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Public Notice: In Defense of Pedophilia

CM Don Zimmerman embarks on a new crusade

"...I see he has attracted at least one coterie of defenders in our online comments section – a group..."

July 3, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Getting Around Austin

Explore Downtown without a car and without getting lost

"...This year, the Austin Chronicle will host 2016 Association of Alternative Newsmedia at..."

June 22, 2016 Columns Post by Annamarya Scaccia

Getting Around Austin: SXSW Edition

Alternatives to driving your car (because that's a terrible idea)

"...Just as important as planning your SXSW calendar of panels and parties? Planning how to get there, and..."

March 3, 2016 SXSW Post by Eloise Kirn

The 2016-17 Austin Music Awards’ Texan Tower of Song

Thirty-five years of AMAs? More like 181 years of Texas on one stage, on one night!

"...Stones pledge since 6 thanks to the overlapped harmonies of "Honky Tonk Women" during a kiddie drive time TV..."

March 10, 2017 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Getting Around Austin: SXSW Edition

Alternatives to driving during SXSW

"...Bikes and Pedicabs SXcycles..."

March 4, 2015 SXSW Post by Casey Rochester

Twitter Flame War Fires Up Austin FC Supporters to Help the Unhoused

For Los Verdes, y'all means all

"...On January 2 of this year, Chris Saldaña sent a tweet, tagging Austin's..."

Feb. 25, 2022 News Feature by Kit O’Connell

Top 10 Austin Albums of 2017

Consensus on the best local platters

"...1) Hard Proof, Stinger (Modern Outsider)..."

Dec. 29, 2017 Music Feature by Greg Beets

The Tenth Annual "Austin Chronicle' Short Story Contest Results

"...Third Place: The Warmth of Snowby Margaret Burns..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Books Feature

More Than a Pair of Jokers

While she was growing up, Anne S. Lewis thought of Randy and Jason Sklar as just her crazy twin cousins. But now, after an MTV sitcom and success on the comedy club circuit, she's thinking her relatives may be more than just a pair of jokers in her family deck.

"...gig at the Capitol City Comedy Club. For me, of course, this is nothing short of amazing. True, they..."

Feb. 11, 2000 Arts Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Austin Aqua Festival '97

"...generation. Take no prisoners, give no quarter. They're playing Austin's Aqua Festival, now in its 36th year. Man, whoever..."

July 25, 1997 Music Feature

Playback: Top 100 Austin Albums of 2017

Top 10s? Feh! Multiply that by 10 – locally.

"...The Top 10 list is nonsense. That obligatory tally of artistic superiority that every critic, record store clerk, and..."

Dec. 29, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

City Hall Hustle: Low-Speed Ahead!

Council finally comes around on a pilot program for electric cabs

"...With apologies to Drive: Think of a fraught course packed with hairpin curves, and quite..."

Oct. 14, 2011 News Column by Wells Dunbar

The Drinks Issue: Guide to Getting Home Safely

Put somebody else in the driver's seat with these transpo options

"...With Austin’s abundance of transportation options, there’s no excuse for drinking..."

July 13, 2018 Food Post by Eilish O'Sullivan

The Daily Hustle: 1/21/11

Everybody's talking about Chris Nielsen

"...While relatively unknown politically, there's a wealth of information about Nielsen and his run-ins with the city..."

Jan. 21, 2011 News Post by Wells Dunbar

How to Get Around at SXSW

Getting from airport to panels to parties without breaking a sweat

"...as they say, the best defense is a good offense, which we'll interpret to mean: Plan ahead. Know your..."

Feb. 28, 2018 SXSW Post

Changing Lanes

Taxi industry braces for big changes

"...Joseph Beers has been driving a taxicab for nearly 20 years. During that time, he's built..."

May 20, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Headlines

"...property tax rate, plus controversial rate hikes for both Austin Water and Austin Energy. The fun starts at 4pm,..."

Sept. 2, 2011 News Feature

Heyride Has a Hitch in Its Get-Along

Cease-and-desist letter issued by City of Austin to local startup

"...Heyride is on the cover of the Austin Chronicle this week, but the legality of..."

Nov. 21, 2012 Screens Post by Dan Solomon

Civics 101

Calendar of civic events, Oct. 13-20

"...AISD COMMUNITY MEETING The first of several public meetings on AISD's facilities plan, this one..."

Oct. 14, 2011 News Column

Council Challengers Take Their Marks

Fresh faces emerge to take on the incumbents

"...for seats on City Council, as have a couple of names familiar from recent races...."

Jan. 28, 2011 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

The Daily Hustle: 4/27/10

Sample some TDH -- no permit required

"...but still managed to hit you with a rundown of what's up at this Thursday's City Council meeting. (You're..."

April 27, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

They Call Me Hurricane

Newly discovered session tapes from 1979 document Stevie Vaughan before the Ray

"...Out of a comfortable, undistinguished house in university-area Austin, several boxes..."

Sept. 5, 2008 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Visions Holy and Damned, Innocent and Experienced

The documentary 'The Devil and Daniel Johnston' – as well as this story – are just the latest attempts to make sense of his life and art

"...dark side: He is a singer-songwriter with a history of mental problems that on occasion have led to violence...."

May 5, 2006 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Taxi Report Hits Rocky Terrain

With transportation, it's hard to find the middle of the road

"...When Ray Mundy, the director of the Center for Transportation Studies at the University of..."

Sept. 23, 2011 News Feature by Mike Kanin

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Quote of the Week "It is incredible that the District Attorney's..."

July 28, 2006 News Feature

Beside the Point

The future is sunny, cab drivers are stormy, and water treatment's horizon is cloudy

"...It may sound surprising, but there were some surly cab drivers downtown last week...."

May 5, 2006 News Column by Wells Dunbar

City to Heyride: Not So Fast

Is this mobile ridesharing app in a legal gray area or openly violating the city's taxi franchise agreement?

"...Heyride was on the cover of The Austin Chronicle last week ("Going Places," Nov. 2012),..."

Nov. 30, 2012 News Feature by Dan Solomon

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...CHARLIE ROBISON: After 1998's Life of the Party proved a late bloomer, Austin country maverick..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature

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