Austin's Land Use Debate Returns to the Spotlight

A new draft code has risen out of CodeNEXT's ashes

"...On Friday, Oct. 4, city planners released their initial draft of the Land Development Code..."

Oct. 11, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Big, Bold, and Costly: Austin’s Makes a Third Try at Rail Transit

The train is here

"...the narrow defeat of Capital Metro's first light rail plan by fewer than 2,000 votes in the same election..."

March 13, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Public Notice: Transit, Then and Now

A lingering desire for streetcars

"...with refreshments, and fittingly, a visit from the Austin Strategic Mobility Plan team, talking about their latest draft plan;..."

Dec. 7, 2018 News Column by Nick Barbaro

City Hall Gets Better at the Basic Business of Budgeting

Early indicators are good, but difficult fiscal conversations linger

"...the Salvation Army's Rathgeber Center family shelter and the planned South Austin Housing Center up and running. "It really..."

Aug. 16, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin City Council v. Climate Change

City Hall backs resilience, electric vehicles

"...the Land Development Code rewrite) and a citywide transportation plan that prioritizes transit and walking/biking over driving a car..."

May 17, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Public Notice: Show and Tell

Civic leaders have big plans for your future

"...each released – sort of separately-but-jointly – their long-range mobility plans for the city. Both are clearly labeled as..."

Oct. 5, 2018 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Preparing for Takeoff

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

"...month, the city and its prospective partners unveiled tentative plans for redeveloping Highland Mall and upper Airport Boulevard to..."

Oct. 21, 2011 News Feature by Nick Barbaro

Naked City

"...Feb. 2. While he didn't mention the city's comprehensive planning effort by name, he signaled its importance in noting..."

Feb. 5, 2010 News Feature

What Does Austin’s Explosive Growth Mean for Capital Metro?

Big changes are coming, but it’s not clear yet what they will be

"...the delivery of Con­nec­tions 2025. That's the agency's 10-year strategic plan: five years of immediately achievable goals, plus another..."

Aug. 26, 2016 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin Moves Up Target Date for Net-Zero Emissions Goal

City emphasizes equity as it ramps up climate action

"...City Council is set to adopt a Climate Equity Plan today, Sept. 30, that would move up the target..."

Oct. 1, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Public Notice: How Small Is a Small Area?

Out of the ruins of CodeNEXT and into the next round of city planning drama... CodeWHAT?

"...and into the next round of the ongoing city planning drama which, for now, we'll call CodeWHAT?...."

Nov. 16, 2018 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: Your City at Work

"Shaping policy for generations to come"

"..."The Austin Strategic Mobility Plan and Project Connect are working together to..."

March 23, 2018 News Column by Nick Barbaro

City Council to Continue Considering Scooters in August

With basic rules in place, regulatory framework remains undecided

"...of the road (and sidewalk) for scooters and other "micro-mobility" devices, City Council still has to grapple with the..."

May 31, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

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

"...the city and the transit authority emphasized how the plan envisioned by the Project Connect effort – with a..."

Jan. 17, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

What Land Use Code Do We Need to Build the City We Want?

Planning a way forward after CodeNEXT

"...unattainable to Austin's low-income residents. "We have to be strategic about where we build housing and with what types..."

April 12, 2019 News Feature by the News Staff

Plans in Play

The Big Eight

"...resource provides a comprehensive list of all current long-range planning efforts in the region. (No agency we contacted had..."

July 16, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Developing Stories: The State Eyes an Eastern Campus

And about that regional plan …?

"...developed detailed projections for a campus serving 9,000 employees, master-planned to accommodate the state's growth far into the future...."

May 15, 2009 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Top 9 Developing Stories

"...1) PLANNING-A-GO-GO This year saw a harmonic convergence of major planning..."

Jan. 1, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Council: Back to Work!

Police, Fire, Water top a slim agenda post-election, pre-Thanksgiving

"...adopted its final set of rules for the dockless mobility industry, ending the months-long process that several errant dockless..."

Nov. 16, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

What Would $720 Million for Transportation Buy?

City Council mulls the "Go Big" bond in preparation for the November ballot

"...the proposed Nov. 8 transportation bond – dubbed the "mobility bond" or "Go Big" bond by Mayor Steve Adler..."

Aug. 5, 2016 News Feature by Nick Barbaro

City Announces 'Multimodal' Bond Package

Package notable less for its contents than for how it came to be

"..."This bond package represents a balanced approach to improving mobility and connectivity – via roads, bicycle paths, trails, sidewalks,..."

June 25, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Cap Metro Creates New Way to Get to Campus

Streamlining the passage from Downtown to the Drag

"...a small but significant stretch of pavement in Austin's mobility network – a new transit alignment to streamline the..."

Aug. 23, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin at Large: This Road’s Gone On Forever

Is it wrong, or dumb, or evil to spend billions to fix I-35?

"...Council members also sit on the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization's Transportation Policy Board, including that body's chair, Mayor..."

May 17, 2019 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Public Notice: Changes...

Can’t live with ’em, can’t live without ’em

"...with the old (DFW, the Dallas Morning News press plant, phased out commercial operations as of last week), and..."

April 5, 2019 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: Slouching Toward CodeCRONK

City manager gives Council a multiple-choice quiz for the land development code redo

"...achieve the 135,000 additional housing units recommended by the Strategic Housing Blue­print?" Option A is, in the city manager's..."

March 22, 2019 News Column by Nick Barbaro

New Bike City

In time for SXSW, Austin rolls out miles of new bike lanes and features

"...users not encased in steel. A Vision and a Plan..."

March 12, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

City Council Returns to Land Use Code Conversation

"Everybody is really saying the same thing"

"...but others would like to focus on small area plans and "context-sensitive" decisions rather than blanket upzonings, though most..."

April 19, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Both Roads and Transit

Central Austin roads are at capacity, and we need to find better ways to move

"...driver frustration." While the city Transportation Department's new Austin Mobility Program has other noble goals – faster commutes, economic..."

Sept. 4, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

How Much of Your Rent Is Paying for Spots in a Parking Lot?

Council's ready to jettison parking minimums for future Austin developments

"...on most every goal Austin has: affordability, carbon footprint, mobility, beauty, and the list goes on...."

May 5, 2023 News Feature by Maggie Quinlan

Public Notice: Working Hard for the Money

City offers temp jobs and green job training … and lifeguarding

"...and the UT School of Architecture's Community and Regional Planning program. Learn more about the ACCC at austintexas.gov/accc...."

May 13, 2022 News Column by Nick Barbaro

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