Rebooted City Council Gets a New Chance to Fix Austin

10-1, take two

"...reading that correctly, because that's encouraging. On the campaign trail, there were voices that argued more for the status..."

Jan. 11, 2019 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Urban Planning: A Roundup

How Austin is working toward getting better by design

"...consultants to focus on producing a July "Downtown Urban Rail Connec­tions" report, which provided recommendations for a streetcar/light-rail route..."

Dec. 26, 2008 News Column by Katherine Gregor

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"...fuels, vehicle retrofits, HOV lanes, traffic signal and intersection improvements (left- and right-turn lanes), traffic-flow improvements (bottleneck removals and..."

June 20, 2003 Column

Naked City

Mayor Kirk Watson announces a transportation plan with something for everyone.

"...out a Sears-catalog-like list of implements that include light rail, more roads, better traffic light synchronization, commuter rail, a..."

June 16, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

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Housing, ACC, and Spooner.

"...have such a program if it doesn't work? While improvements have been made to the LIHTC program, these inherent..."

Oct. 29, 1999 Column

City and Cap Metro Contemplate How to Make a "Real City” Transit System

Following the slow march toward a vote on a multibillion-dollar investment in public transit

"...Austin voters have turned down plans for a citywide rail transit system in the past – in 2000, when..."

Jan. 17, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Preparing for Takeoff

Plans under way for major redo of Airport Boulevard and Highland Mall

"...which would presumably link into a more robust citywide light-rail system by the time all this is built out...."

Oct. 21, 2011 News Feature by Nick Barbaro

Top 10 Developing Stories

Lessons Learned

"...as climate protection, and a 2008 referendum for Downtown rail transit. Most crucial: completing Phase I of the Downtown..."

Jan. 4, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Top 10 Developing Stories

Lessons Learned

"...as climate protection, and a 2008 referendum for Downtown rail transit. Most crucial: completing Phase I of the Downtown..."

Jan. 4, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

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

"...public; enterprise revenues will provide long-term funding for transit, trails, sidewalks, and bike paths. State and federal dollars could..."

Dec. 21, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

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

Oft-delayed development getting serious at City Council

"...public; Enterprise revenues will provide long-term funding for transit, trails, sidewalks and bike paths. State and federal dollars could..."

Dec. 12, 2007 News Post by Katherine Gregor

Greenbacks for Green Space

City moves to make development pay more for parks

"...live music, our greenness sets us apart. Our city-funded trail and greenbelt systems, full of joggers, bikers, and walkers..."

May 4, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

More Developing Stories

A calendar of upcoming urban planning events

"...recent and upcoming events around town.Transit-Oriented Development Is a rail station coming to a neighborhood near you? The city..."

April 13, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...repays local jurisdictions for fronting the cost of much-needed improvements on the state road system. Under the system, a..."

June 9, 2006 News Feature

Here Comes the Neighborhood

Capital Metro, City Hall, and Eastside neighbors come together to share their hopes -- and fears -- for the Saltillo corridor.

"...11 acres of trash-strewn open space formerly called the rail yard, now more elegantly dubbed the Saltillo District. Not..."

June 27, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Take Five

In the Place 5 Race, Activism Is the Operative Word

"...zealot. Though he says he supports light and commuter rail, he speaks frequently enough of the city's "traffic crisis"..."

April 14, 2000 News Feature by Jenny Staff Johnson

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Wrong John, Wrong Reason

"...and a heavy user of the Town Lake hike-and-bike trail, I can tell you that you don't have to..."

Aug. 13, 1999 Column

A Long Time Coming

Why Now?

"...Power Plant is where the proposed Austin-San Antonio commuter rail line intersects the proposed Capital Metro Austin light rail,..."

Feb. 5, 1999 News Feature by Jenny Staff

Magical Mystery Tour

"...same people who demand a public vote on light rail, while barely blinking an eye at highway projects, costing..."

Aug. 15, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Banking on Amtrak

Kay Bailey Hutchison's Been Workin' on the Railroad

"...of the deal, its collateral: Amtrak offered three luxury rail cars, valued at $2.5 million each, with a loan..."

June 13, 1997 News Column by Brett Holloway-Reeves

Taking a Look at the Neighborhoods That Will Be Changed the Most by Project Connect

Diving into the iterations of the public transit redesign

"...cities have subways, but lots of others with newer light-rail systems wish they had built them when they still..."

June 3, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

The Odds on Mayor Adler’s $720 Million Mobility Bond

Is the plan just daring enough to work?

"...one audience member berating them for not providing a rail choice on the ballot – specifically, a rail segment..."

Oct. 28, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Dueling Bondage

Mayor and council members consider transportation packages

"...– the latter to include smaller multimodal projects like trails and bike paths, and work on the “Vision Zero”..."

June 13, 2016 News Post by Michael King

Prop. 1: The CART Before the Train

"...Urban Rail Bond No: 108,396 (57.2%) Yes: 81,107 (42.8%)..."

Nov. 7, 2014 News Feature by Michael King

Austin @ Large: Austin At Large: Backseat Driver

Karen Rae resigns from Cap Metro

"...Transit Administration's giving a positive rating to Austin's light rail project before it had either a completed plan or..."

Feb. 1, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

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No More Apologies

"...benefit of Circle C homeowners, opposing bicycle and pedestrian improvements in order to fund more car infrastructure, kissing up..."

May 22, 1998 Column

Council and Cap Metro Prepare to Hand Transit Plan to Voters

City's big plan is nearing the station

"...which was BRT in March and had become a rail line in June, down to a MetroRapid line. And..."

July 31, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Developing Stories: Learning From Denver

More insights from the Congress for the New Urbanism

"...older neighborhoods with great architectural character; a central-city light rail system with six lines; and a whole region intelligently..."

July 3, 2009 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Developing Stories: The State Eyes an Eastern Campus

And about that regional plan …?

"...and public transportation, as well, by delivering ridership to rail transit. According to Glenn Gadbois of Alliance for Public..."

May 15, 2009 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Cap Metro Suceeds at Railroading if Not Envisioning

"...as the workshop progressed, I felt we were being railroaded – literally. At the workshop, large maps with colored..."

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