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"...The group also supports the 112-mile Austin-San Antonio commuter rail line and the need for more east-west arterials off..."

Feb. 16, 2007 News Feature

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Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...secure the necessary demolition permits to remove the unapproved improvements." – Daniel Mottola..."

July 14, 2006 News Feature

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"...million, not including the money already spent on the railway and rights of way. This is where the cuts..."

June 9, 2006 Column

El Futuro de East Cesar Chavez

Affordable housing advocates critique plans for Saltillo District

"...proposed Eastside redevelopment project, and outlined the kind of improvements the plan would need before neighbors could bestow their..."

May 5, 2006 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Back to the Trenches

AMD tightens its hold on Lantana – and the enviro opposition digs in

"...along with inexorable demands for new roads and infrastructure improvements – that a Fortune 500 company is bound to..."

Dec. 16, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

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Neighborhoods speak out on development plans

"...the proposed transit stations, including six for the commuter rail line approved by voters last November. Last Thursday night,..."

March 4, 2005 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Toll Road Plan Remains in Fast Lane

But Gerald Daugherty (of all people) wants to slow road-building down

"...building, the man who almost single-handedly defeated the light rail proposal in Austin. Yet there he was at last..."

July 9, 2004 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

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"...answers itself; the Sixth and Lamar project just involved improvements to that one intersection (in connection with the construction..."

June 25, 2004 Column

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"...who researched history on the three West Lynn Street rail houses in old West Austin. Our efforts took us..."

May 7, 2004 Column

On Sidewalks, Cap Metro Speeds Past City Hall

Capital Metro improves its reputation with its Community Connections workshops.

"...behind its Saltillo District redevelopment project for its Eastside rail yard property to the Connections workshops -- come at..."

June 13, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Making Recycling Illegal?

"...Balcones has considered improvements to its facility, which includes indoor-rail access, that would..."

June 13, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

The Chronicle Endorsements, Nov. 2002

The Chronicle endorses for the 2002 November general election

"...honorable choice, but we need to pry Combs into retirement.Railroad Commissioner: Sherry Boyles Incumbent Republican Michael Williams has continued..."

Nov. 1, 2002 News Feature

The Chronicle Endorsements, Nov. 2002

The Chronicle endorses for the 2002 November general election

"...honorable choice, but we need to pry Combs into retirement.Railroad Commissioner: Sherry Boyles Incumbent Republican Michael Williams has continued..."

Oct. 25, 2002 News Feature

Page Two

Anyway you cut it, I-35 is a major problem with no easy solution.

"...it is clogged. It seems unusually dangerous. The recent improvements by TxDOT have made the road statistically safer but..."

Sept. 20, 2002 Column by Louis Black

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Austin Stories

"...Does that mean Honts will work to bring light rail to Austin -- or maybe a heliport system? Don't..."

Aug. 23, 2002 News Feature

Austin @ Large: Out Into the DAMP

The Downtown Mobility Plan has critics from both the right and left, and that could be its undoing.

"...p.24), the Downtown Parking Study, Capital Metro's bus and rail plans, and more, as well as the D.A.M.P. --..."

June 14, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

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"...ozone control strategy plan, by helping campaign for light rail and by helping to run Cap Metro, by supporting..."

May 3, 2002 Column

Council Contest Primer

A rundown of the upcoming Austin City Council election

"..."open and fair, community-based" police oversight committee and traffic improvements...."

April 12, 2002 News Feature

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The Candidates Propose …

"...to reduce traffic and eliminate the need for light rail (Bike Initiative), provide regular health care to low-income Austinites..."

Nov. 2, 2001 News Feature by Lauri Apple

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Local news this week in Austin.

"...involving itself in so many other things, like light rail and getting along with the council," Tschurr says. The..."

July 13, 2001 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

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Hyde Park lawsuit sutra, Glen Maxey's retirement dilemma, parking lot battle in Judges' Hill neighborhood, Sixth Street recycling, and the anti-growth blues

"...on to the developer's plan, which would provide street-level improvements and limit new building on the site to residential..."

April 13, 2001 News Feature

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Three bonds proposals up on the city ballot Nov. 7 may strike a sense of deja vu in longtime Austinites.

"...being ignored in the push for a far-distant light rail revolution. If approved, Prop. 1 would dedicate $130 million..."

Oct. 6, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

The Green Queen

Beverly Griffith's populist ideas, once held by a majority of the council, are finding few friends as Mayor Watson turns the council's agenda toward transportation.

"...in Austin as the smell of barbecue smoke: public improvements that spur sustainable development and strengthen the inner-city tax..."

Sept. 29, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

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Beverly Griffith and Raul Alvarez rain on the mayor’s bond parade by adding a few proposals of their own; Cedar Avenue settlement goes back into mediation.

"...same November ballot that will carry Capital Metro's light rail referendum and the mayor's $150 million bond package for..."

Aug. 11, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Council Watch

New council members are sworn in.

"...Generica." He slipped in an oblique plug for light rail by recalling the doubts that New York City had..."

June 23, 2000 News Column by Kevin Fullerton

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Ann Kitchen bests Mandy Dealey in the Democratic primary for Texas House District 48, and Jill Warren heads into a runoff with fellow Republican Scott Loras.

"...new roads while refuting the need for mass transit improvements like light rail "won't work in Austin," adding that..."

March 17, 2000 News Feature by Rob D'Amico

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RECA Recap

"...their favorite targets, including Smart Growth, Cap Metro, light rail, and Vice President Al Gore's anti-sprawl platform...."

Dec. 24, 1999 News Feature by Dan Oko

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Off the Desk:

"...and enviromental advocates would rather see dedicated to light rail, bike lanes, and other pedestrian-friendly improvements. The coalition is..."

Oct. 9, 1998 News Feature

This Land Is Our Land

News From the Fronts of State-City Land War

"...in November - proposed millions of dollars in traffic improvements simply to make a "good" Triangle plan work. This..."

April 24, 1998 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Downtown Bound

City to Lease Downtown Lots to Residential Developers

"...made important accomplishments on an everyday scale -- street improvements, sidewalk cafes, the Downtown Rangers -- its own confusions..."

Nov. 28, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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