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

Reinventing Airport Boulevard

Can 'form-based zoning' transform a suburban drag into walkable neighborhoods?

"...a property owner, she said she isn't concerned that improvements might increase her property taxes: "That's not always a..."

Jan. 8, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Light Headed?

What Commuters Want

"...concept for an Austin busway would run along the railroad right-of-way owned by Capital Metro, much of which is..."

July 23, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Developing Stories: 'Every Day It's Getting Worse'

Strategic Mobility Plan marks a way out of permanent gridlock

"...helicopter). The city is poised to plunge into the rail-transit business – with its central-city circulator Austin Urban Rail..."

March 12, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Born to be Reviled

Interstate 35's worst stretch is also its most politically organized -- and that's a problem for TxDOT.

"...its success dependent on construction of commuter and light rail, the State Highway 130 bypass, and HOV lanes on..."

Sept. 20, 2002 News Feature by Dave Mann

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

Going to take a long, long time

"...$137 million for local mobility initiatives, like sidewalks, urban trails, and bike lanes; and perhaps most important, $482 million..."

June 8, 2018 News Feature by Jack Craver

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Cap Metro Railroading..."

July 23, 2004 Column

Rubber Meets the Road

Bond election project breakdown

"...$4.2 million: Anticipated signal and Traffic Management Center improvements..."

Oct. 22, 2010 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...in a lawsuit brought by the owner of Longhorn Railway. Last Thursday, an attorney for Donald Cheatham, Longhorn's owner,..."

July 9, 1999 News Feature

Developing Stories: Future Mobility: Shaping the Transportation Bonds

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

"...many unanswered questions to "bring a fully developed urban rail proposal to Austin voters this November," he said he..."

March 26, 2010 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Postmarks

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

"...Commuter Rail Feasible..."

Dec. 29, 2000 Column

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere

"...report to buyers may soon become mandatory, while actual improvements to the home's energy efficiency will remain voluntary. That's..."

Oct. 3, 2008 News Feature

Near-Term Downtown Transportation Plan

"...the 1é4-cent sales tax (formerly set aside for light rail) Capital Metro is refunding to its member jurisdictions. See..."

Oct. 4, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Jam City

Managing Congestion

"...community," says Downs. In fact, he adds, what road improvements do is stimulate more suburban real estate development, rather..."

Aug. 11, 1995 News Feature

Scenarios at a Glance

Five different versions of Austin's future

"...Most growth occurs on land that is undeveloped today. Improvements to transportation include increased road capacity on arterials and..."

Oct. 1, 2010 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Lee & Carole & Brewster & All of Us ...

Five candidates for mayor jockey to be first among equals

"...little projects," he writes on his website, using quality-of-life improvements in neighborhood plans as a guide. Leffingwell elucidated several..."

May 1, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Cap Metro CEO Candidates on Accessibility, Finances

Forum brings out candidates' views on agency's biggest challenges

"...back, especially while the agency spent millions on a rail line that has yet to attract substantial ridership...."

May 21, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Climate, Meet Mobility

Copenhagen is all about green transport – and Austin should be, too

"...optimistic" that it will occur and include an urban rail circulator...."

Nov. 6, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Naked City

Council members' feuding bond proposals are sure to set off a major tectonic event at this week's council meeting.

"...to pitch all, or just some, of those public improvements to Austin voters on a November ballot. And there's..."

Aug. 18, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Postmarks

Speaking With Authority

"...from his interview with Charles Matthews, of the Texas Railroad Commission. Besides serving as mayor of Garland, Matthews' previous..."

May 29, 1998 Column

Which Way Do We Go?

Rae Takes the Wheel

"...future differently than did her predecessors, especially where light rail is concerned...."

April 9, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Point Austin: Breaking Down the Bonds

Affordable housing headlines, but there's plenty in the package

"...quite meeting the $1 billion proposal for both a rail line and mobility projects, rejected by the voters in..."

Sept. 7, 2018 News Column by Michael King

City Hall Hustle: Budget, Bonds, and Big Plans

Hard times and planned projects to collide at city forums

"...our departments to improve operational efficiencies, combined with the improvements that we are beginning to see in the local..."

June 18, 2010 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Austin's Transportation Future: What Will It Look Like in 2033?

Highways, headless horsemen, and high-speed trains: The ghost of our transportation future

"...nobody in it. A college student taking the light rail from the Drag to Downtown for a night out...."

Nov. 10, 2023 News Feature by Benton Graham

Developing Stories: The Promise of Planning

Can the city deliver on East Riverside?

"..."The draft master plan hinges on the premise that rail transit will run down River­side Drive, between I-35 and..."

Feb. 12, 2010 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Miles to Go

A transportation bond package combining roads and light rail is planned for November.

"...Texas has been treated as a zero-sum contest between rail and roads, infill and sprawl, cities and suburbs. But..."

March 10, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Facts So Far

"...Capital Metro to commence with building a 52-mile light rail system, which will, according to the transit authority, take..."

Oct. 13, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Page Two

The opposition to Light Rail is rebutted by our Editor.

"...I'm concerned about the antagonism toward light rail from traditional progressive/neighborhood/environmental allies, not to mention the hostility..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Column by Louis Black

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

Postmarks

Neighbors relate their own housing crunches in response to last week's cover story.

"...information Michael Clark-Madison crammed into his story about light rail and its potential impact on Austin ["The Road to..."

Aug. 4, 2000 Column

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