Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

For regional planning, it's a great day to go back to the future

"...-- the onslaught of big-box retail, and the relentless sprawl over the countryside and the aquifer -- are a..."

Oct. 10, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

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Don't Dissolve District

"...said that it was a wasteful contributor to urban sprawl. In the end, Motorola supported Austin's SGI by relocating..."

May 1, 1998 Column

Why Portland Doesn't Look Like Austin

Rose (City)-Colored Glasses

"...falling down, the creeks from growing fetid, and both sprawl and public debt from swelling larger than Councilmember Eric..."

Dec. 15, 1995 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Ready to Bond

AISD Tries to Ease Overcrowding

"...to relieve overcrowded schools simply promote more growth and sprawl in Southwest Austin? And at the same time, is..."

Sept. 8, 1995 News Feature

Opinion: More Transit and Housing Options in More Locations Are Critical for Austin’s Future

The executive director of Transit Forward on the positive environmental impacts of greater density

"...greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2040. Urban sprawl has caused a dramatic increase in driving habits and..."

Sept. 20, 2024 Column by Bill McCamley

Compact, Climate-Friendly, Competitive

To restart the economy while saving the planet, the Congress for the New Urbanism advocates traditional neighborhoods for all

"...in Denver. The planning organization has stepped up its no-sprawl message, lobbying in D.C. for new federal law that..."

June 26, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

A New Transportation Funding Strategy: CNU

News from Congress for New Urbanism

"...CNU has always been about fighting suburban sprawl, offering an alternative by designing dense, walkable, transit-friendly communities..."

June 13, 2009 News Post by Katherine Gregor

Mixed Use, Mixed Emotions

An anniversary review of Austin's vertical mixed-use program discovers a range of responses to density, change, and planning

"...yet have failed to take corresponding action to dis-incentivize sprawl. As Allandale resident Allan McMurtry e-mailed the Chronicle recently:..."

Feb. 1, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

In Favor of Density

"...have only two ways to address the problem: via sprawl or via “density sharing,” the great new idea that..."

May 28, 2007 Postmarks

Going Vertical

The new VMU zoning could transform your neighborhood – and you have 90 days to help decide how

"...the only real growth choice we have is: To sprawl or not to sprawl? In choosing to avoid the..."

Feb. 9, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

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The unprecedented outcry over toll roads ignores a larger problem: We want more government services than we can pay for

"...them. Sometimes they are environmentalists or anti-growth activists or anti-sprawl, pro-urban-density advocates who see the campaign against tolls as..."

Jan. 21, 2005 Column by Louis Black

Austin @ Large: The End of the Roads

The toll plan takes us down the right path, but there's still a long way to go

"...the just-adopted road plan and the horrors of untrammeled sprawl. If we're going to take seriously the ostensible mandate..."

July 30, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

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Our readers talk back.

"...will be used to finance the next round of sprawl highways, like the recently disclosed proposal to extend South..."

May 28, 2004 Column

Toll-Road Piece 'Riddled With Nonsense'

"...will be used to finance the next round of sprawl highways, like the recently disclosed proposal to extend South..."

May 26, 2004 Postmarks

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

Forget the little boxes -- it's the big boxes we need to knock down

"...committed as a city to managing growth and curbing sprawl and to fostering a sense of cultural uniqueness and..."

Oct. 3, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Subsidizing Smog

A new report from the Sierra Club shows that while new roads may get traffic moving, air quality will continue to suffer.

"...Austin and other municipalities would be better off limiting sprawl, increasing opportunities for pedestrian and bicycle travel, and improving..."

Nov. 30, 2001 News Feature by Dan Oko

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Readers' last gasps on light rail.

"...noise, longer and more frustrating commute times and more sprawl. In short, a city that resembles Houston. If we..."

Nov. 3, 2000 Column

Suburban Nation

"...Suburban Nation The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream..."

Sept. 1, 2000 Books Review

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Cities can manage their destinies.

"...short of a bust, will continue to happen. Endless sprawl and ever-more roadways are not solutions. Trying to promote..."

Jan. 14, 2000 Column by Louis Black

The Other Sister

Multiple Personalities

"...worst traffic bottlenecks, verily defines what many mean by "sprawl" and "Californication" -- rooftop after rooftop, with more on..."

July 2, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Collision Course

Competing Visions

"...thought the point was to get rid of suburban sprawl, not to relocate it into the Eastside Blackland prairies...."

June 11, 1999 News Feature by Bryan Mealer

Corridor Conundrum

The Truth Is Out There on the Highway

"..."We must learn to grow with grace," or "Urban sprawl must be curtailed," or "We may not have colonias..."

May 8, 1998 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

A City With Smarts

Austin Wising Up to Growth Plans

"...But, as Spelman says, "the argument against sprawl" - i.e., dumb growth - "is a lot bigger..."

April 17, 1998 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Primary Colors

Shades of the Travis County Elections

"...since the mid-Eighties, and decrying "tax-subsidized magnets for urbanized sprawl," Mitchell worked the small band of Democratic supporters milling..."

March 13, 1998 News Feature

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Park and Ride

"...number of people, and will contribute immediately to urban sprawl. Additionally, SH45 will require yet more construction over our..."

Oct. 31, 1997 Column

Natural Born Leader

Mayor Hits the Ground Running His First 100 Days

"...into play. We're using our dollars to subsidize suburban sprawl beyond our control......"

Oct. 3, 1997 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

On the Rails

Bungling Bureaucrats, or Best Hope?

"...it may be our only hope for slowing urban sprawl, traffic congestion, and air pollution. "Everyone benefits from transit,..."

June 14, 1996 News Feature

With HOME, Council Cuts Lot Size Requirements for First Time in 80 Years

Smaller lots, more apartments, towers near transit

"...growth, the city has expanded outward. Known as urban sprawl, this phenomenon causes environmental harm due to increased reliance..."

May 24, 2024 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Council on CodeNEXT

Four CMs lament inequitable land use standards throughout city

"...the land use code that they say are encouraging sprawl and gentrification instead of incentivizing affordability via density, transit-oriented..."

Aug. 25, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Reinventing Airport Boulevard

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

"...New Urbanism puts it, in "the spread of placeless sprawl." Originally built as State Highway 29, the suburban road..."

Jan. 8, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

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