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Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Shackelford of the Free Market Foundation, on his group's plans to translate the success of Prop. 2 into a..."

Nov. 11, 2005 News Feature

Who Does What

"...Urban Transportation Commission: The nine-member UTC considers projects and plans related to safety, public transit, streets and highways, and..."

May 23, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

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Envision Cycle Texas?

"...Are cyclists and pedestrians taking a back seat to motorists in the Envision..."

April 25, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

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Council adopts the four-years-in-the-making Mueller redevelopment plan.

"...The Mueller plan came into the world peacefully at last Thursday's City..."

Dec. 8, 2000 News Feature by Emily Pyle

Men Who Would be Mayor

Scrambling for Money, Consensus, & Power

"...along the Southwest Parkway denouncing Councilmember Daryl Slusher's environmental plan to close part of it, a proposal especially hated..."

April 25, 1997 News Feature by Alex de Marban

Page Two

"...at what Portland has done in terms of city planning since 1980, you can't help but think about what..."

Dec. 15, 1995 Column by Louis Black

Peace and Progress Come to Shoal Creek

Feud between cyclists and residents comes to an end

"...to help "calm" traffic and better accommodate cyclists and pedestrians – escalated into a four-year grudge match among residents,..."

Jan. 14, 2005 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Slusher's Reasons for Voting 'No' on Toll Plan..."

Aug. 6, 2004 Column

Postmarks

The libraries hit the books, and environmentalists speak out.

"...the city has requested CATF to develop a sustainability plan...."

Aug. 10, 2001 Column

The Mayor’s Race Offers Clear Choices on How Austin Should Grow

Election marks a critical juncture on the way to Austin's future

"...policy position on policing. (Israel released a public safety plan Wednesday; we'll have more on that next week). She..."

Oct. 14, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Developing Stories: Future Mobility: Shaping the Transportation Bonds

Urban rail is what you won't see this November – so what will you see?

"...for other projects within Austin's emerging multimodal Strategic Mobility Plan – "a $100 million package of investments in roads,..."

March 26, 2010 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Pedestrians' Right to Exist..."

July 5, 2002 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Pedestrians' Right to Exist..."

June 28, 2002 Column

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Seaholm

"...The Seaholm District Master Plan is destined to receive mixed reviews today (Thursday, May..."

May 10, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

Saturday Night Live

Mayor Kirk Watson takes his downtown vision to the streets

"...is do away with City Coliseum -- that old airplane hangar that sort of hunkers down there on Town..."

Oct. 2, 1998 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

City Proposes Barton Springs Road Safety Improvements

Yearlong pilot would reduce car lanes and more

"...in April 2022, a crash that seriously injured 10 pedestrians spurred the city into action to make the thoroughfare..."

June 2, 2023 News Post by Lina Fisher

Implementing the Mobility Bond and Corridor Construction Program, if You Can Wait for It

Going to take a long, long time

"...2024. What's happening right now – process, procedure, and planning – offers a glimpse into how the bond money..."

June 8, 2018 News Feature by Jack Craver

El Futuro de East Cesar Chavez

Affordable housing advocates critique plans for Saltillo District

"...also an Eastside resident, held up a report critiquing plans for the Saltillo District, Capital Metro's proposed Eastside redevelopment..."

May 5, 2006 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

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Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...the Chronicle went to press, over Advanced Micro Devices' plan to build a new campus in the environmentally sensitive..."

March 24, 2006 News Feature

Postmarks

Recent coverage of light rail and of access-TV personality Alex Jones pushes readers' buttons this week.

"...So Denis Fitzpatrick ["Postmarks," July 21] is planning on voting against light rail because he had a..."

July 28, 2000 Column

How to Get to and From ACL Festival

Free shuttles, pricey rideshares, and more

"...festival. From the north, walk or bike across the pedestrian bridge under MoPac to approach the festival’s Lady Bird..."

Oct. 4, 2023 Music Post by Oscar Rodriguez

Will TxDOT’s Plans for Loop 360 Leave Cyclists and Pedestrians in the Dust?

Bikin’ down the highway

"...edge is hard to imagine being used by most pedestrians or nonathletic cyclists for either transportation or recreation. When..."

June 18, 2021 News Feature by Benton Graham

A Bumper-to-Bumper Crop of MoPac Proposals

Not everyone's happy with this cornucopia

"...And some local transportation advocates are already saying the plan doesn't give enough consideration to multimodal options...."

Dec. 24, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols

From Austin to Travis County -- With $$$$$$

Travis County's upcoming bond election asks mostly urban voters to fund suburban sprawl.

"...your tax dollars:Prop. 1: Local Roads, Drainage, Bridges & Pedestrian Access ($57.4 million)..."

Oct. 19, 2001 News Feature by Amy Smith

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The council listens for four hours as proponents and opponents of the doomed motion to change Rosewood Avenue to Dorothy Turner Avenue make their case; the motion failed for lack of a second.

"...come early enough to speak for or against a pedestrian safety plan for East Seventh Street, which has historically..."

March 9, 2001 News Feature by Emily Pyle

Postmarks

These letters spell highway violence, the environment, and a lost bracelet.

"...rail would cost far less than the light rail plan proposed by Capital Metro. That study funded by the..."

Dec. 29, 2000 Column

Activism on Wheels

The Helmet Law Spawns a Movement

"...been targeted. After all, according to city bicycle and pedestrian coordinator Rick Waring, before Austin made its move, no..."

May 23, 1997 News Feature by Lee Simmons

Public Notice: Zilker Park Vision Still Cloudy

It’s hard planning for the future, when humans insist on living in the present

"...the latest iteration of the Zilker Metropolitan Park Vision Plan Tuesday night, Feb. 15, to a Zoom crowd of..."

Feb. 18, 2022 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: Your City at Work

Planning, talking, digging, housing, walking

"...special-called joint meeting of the Zoning and Platting and Planning Com­missions Tuesday night, Opticos Design consultants John Miki and..."

March 24, 2017 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Waller Creek Comes to Life

Conservancy seeks radical makeover east of Downtown

"...Columns of glowing, white LED tubes stood atop poles planted in the water, leading around a bend in the..."

Nov. 13, 2015 News Feature by Robyn Ross

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