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Oct. 6, 2000 Column
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Recent coverage of light rail and of access-TV personality Alex Jones pushes readers' buttons this week.
"...In "The Road to Light Rail" the quote from an Austin council member at..."
July 28, 2000 Column
Naked City
Light rail loses big in San Antonio, casting aspersions on the chances that a similar proposal will pass in Austin.
"...San Antonio's plans for light rail jumped the tracks on Saturday when just 30%..."
May 12, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce
Field of Dreamers
Two dems, five gop candidates vie for district 48 race, but the seat is expected to remain Democratic.
"...in deciding on issues such as highway funding and light rail...."
Feb. 4, 2000 News Feature by Rob D'Amico
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Benefits of Frankenfoods
"...Lay People, Rail Benefits..."
Aug. 20, 1999 Column
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Economic Cleansing
"...forms of transportation, neither is 19th-century technology disguised as light rail. Ask Austin's poor, working poor, students, retired or..."
April 16, 1999 Column
Naked City
Off the Desk:
"...Light Rail Vote..."
Jan. 1, 1999 News Feature
Cap Metro: The Quarter Cent Shuffle
Why Cap Metro takes a quarter-cent and then gives it back
"...The answer is politics – specifically, road vs. rail politics. In 2000, when light rail lost narrowly at..."
April 16, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor
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Our readers talk back.
"...Light Rail: Another Chance?..."
Nov. 24, 2000 Column
Naked City
Anti light rail faction makes final push. Austin politicians travel to Round Rock to promote a charter school.
"...The derailers are mounting a final campaign to kill what is..."
Nov. 3, 2000 News Feature by Louis Dubose
Naked City
Mayor Kirk Watson announces a transportation plan with something for everyone.
"...rolled out a Sears-catalog-like list of implements that include light rail, more roads, better traffic light synchronization, commuter rail,..."
June 16, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce
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First, the good news ...
"...then some are willing to spend what has been highlighted as ridiculous amounts of money for this quality urban-housing..."
Nov. 5, 1999 Column
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Housing, ACC, and Spooner.
"...Not too long ago Capital Metro held a light rail workshop; "invited" were 15 light rail experts. These..."
Oct. 29, 1999 Column
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For the Record
"...Jason Meador Starter Light Rail Stops Here..."
May 15, 1998 Column
Road Show
watson goes to washington to talk transportation; city backs off of terrace pud money, no settlement yet with gary bradley, city may step in to stop expansion of hyde park baptist church, council to consider retail space at csc.
"...off the record). Here's what they've been talking about: Rail 'n' Road 'n' Sidewalks Will the combination bond ballot..."
Jan. 28, 2000 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson
On the Rails
Bungling Bureaucrats, or Best Hope?
"...System Plan and hold a public referendum on commuter rail. Instead of reporting on the new transit plan, says..."
June 14, 1996 News Feature
Austin @ Large: Austin at Large
Everybody suddenly wants to take credit for commuter rail.
"...for his work to create a Central Texas commuter rail district...."
Oct. 18, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison
Max vs. Metro
Max is back, and he has an alternative to light rail.
"...of SoCo merchants formed last fall in opposition to light rail, has added a weapon to its anti-CapMetro arsenal:..."
March 29, 2002 News Feature by Michael King
Naked City
Transit Transitions
"...Metro and a whole new ball game in the light-rail league. With last week's presentation of the agency's staff-recommended..."
Oct. 15, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Jam City
Managing Congestion
"...to speed up traffic flow through techniques like signal light synchronization, widening intersections, and designating one-way streets and protected..."
Aug. 11, 1995 News Feature
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,..."
Aug. 18, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola
Austin @ Large: Hate Males, Not Rails
Please don't make me write this column again in four years.
"...really, I care less about the male-haters than the rail-haters, who come in both liberal and conservative varieties. Since..."
Oct. 29, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison
City Hall's Bumpy Road
Can Austin planners and the City Council ever bring an end to the local transportation wars?
"...his "smoking gun." Larsen's memo, wrote road advocate and light-rail opponent Jim Skaggs, "is just another example of planners..."
May 23, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple
RTP: Been There, Haven't Done That
The Rapid Transit Project tries to win voters over with its workshops.
"...for some Austinites to pretend that the November 2000 light-rail election never happened. Like it or not, Capital Metro..."
Nov. 30, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
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I never thought the letters in "Postmarks Forum" were real until this happened to me ...
"...have public transit, people are aware that just building rail doesn't keep people from driving cars. So they're working..."
Aug. 11, 2000 Column
Take Five
In the Place 5 Race, Activism Is the Operative Word
"...no public transportation zealot. Though he says he supports light and commuter rail, he speaks frequently enough of the..."
April 14, 2000 News Feature by Jenny Staff Johnson
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Don't Blame the Movies
"...Follow Light Rail Money..."
May 28, 1999 Column
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The Xicanindio Poet
"...would like to praise Mr. Quinn's article on commuter rail; as a supporter of rail travel I was glad..."
April 11, 1997 Column
Austin Transit Partnership Needs Your Input as Project Connect Enters Its Trade-Offs Era
Turn this train around
"...Greg Cannally wouldn't characterize the revelation of five scaled-back light rail options as under-promising to over-deliver. He would call..."
April 7, 2023 News Feature by Benton Graham
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Our readers talk back.
"...Most traffic lights now run on sensors, not timers. The sensors often..."
