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Where is the resistance? Here.

"...necessary levels. That’s the idea behind the Downtown Austin Strategic Initiative, a plan approved by City Council last week..."

Feb. 21, 2025 News Feature

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: Public Land for Public Good, Act 3

Why is it so hard to make actual progress on housing?

"...parking management policy for city facilities consistent with approved plans for strategic mobility and climate equity; dramatically improve the..."

Dec. 9, 2022 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Extra Enforcement Planned to Bring Down Traffic Deaths

Cars kill people

"...injuries, the Austin Trans­portation Department and Austin Police Department plan to collaborate to boost traffic enforcement on high-speed roads,..."

Aug. 19, 2022 News Feature by Benton Graham

Gas Prices Just One More Nudge in the Shift to Cycling

Riding up that hill

"...effort to achieve goals set out in the Austin Strategic Mobility Plan, which aims to reduce the number of..."

Aug. 5, 2022 News Feature by Benton Graham

City Council to Tweak Compatibility Rules Amid Housing Crisis

Can a change help stem rising housing and rent costs?

"...the city's progress toward meeting the goals in the Strategic Housing Blueprint adopted by City Council in 2017, released..."

June 10, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

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

Cap Metro CEO Departing to D.C.

Randy Clarke is set to head Washington D.C.’s transit authority

"...approval of the $10 billion-plus Project Connect transit system plan, announced on Tuesday, May 10, that he'll be leaving..."

May 13, 2022 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Council Punts on VMU and Guaranteed Income

$1,000 checks from the city and lax parking regulations will have to wait

"...opposed to the dozens of streets in the Austin Strategic Mobility Plan's transit priority network, where VMU is supposed..."

April 29, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

MetroBike Gears Up for Revamp After Major Outage

Austin's bike share program shut down completely during SXSW

"...Transportation owns the system, CapMetro oversees its design and planning, and Bike Share of Austin operates the system. The..."

April 1, 2022 News Feature by Hannah Uebele

Public Notice: Think Globally, Act Locally

Planning for mobility, hoping for democracy

"...Do you have opinions about mobility in town? With a range of planning efforts going..."

March 18, 2022 News Column by Nick Barbaro

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

Austin at Large: Your House Is Our House

Reconnecting to a vision of an Austin where everyone can live, despite our failures

"...like where my friend lives, or making decisions about mobility and school sites and employment centers and urban placemaking..."

Sept. 24, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Public Notice: Trade-Offs and Throughput

Oak Hill tree removal halted; Project Connect “15%” done

"...Coalition really get TxDOT to seriously consider its alternate plan? Would it really provide the needed traffic fix they..."

Aug. 6, 2021 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Autonomous Vehicles Are Making Deliveries in South Austin

We have seen the future, and it brought pizza

"...providers but also collaborated with them to refine how micromobility can work best, Refraction AI and anyone else in..."

July 16, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

APD Audit and DACC Move Top Council Agenda

Back to business at City Hall

"...roadway improvement projects called for in the Roadway Capacity Plan, a part of the broader Austin Strategic Mobility Plan...."

Nov. 13, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Austin at Large: If We Make It ’Til November

How noisy, chaotic, incoherent, and unpleasant can this election cycle get?

"...Yes, our lives and rights and planet are all on the line, and you are right..."

Oct. 2, 2020 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

From Light Rail to a Downtown Tunnel: The Parts of Project Connect

Diving into the plan

"...The Project Connect system plan and "initial investment" – the latter being the $7..."

Sept. 25, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

A Budget Forged in Crisis Looks Toward Long-Term Opportunities

Resilience, rethinking, recovery

"...and marginalized – that 2020 has laid bare. Thinking Strategically..."

July 24, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

What Are the "Next Normals" for Scooters in Austin

The pandemic takes on personal mobility

"...all remember what happened next, and so do the micromobility companies. Instead of seeing 750,000 rides in March as..."

July 10, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Highways and Scooters and Impact Fees, Oh My!

Austin mobility plans are moving right along

"...down and standing still, things keep happening on the mobility front. Most expensive among them is the I-35 Capital..."

May 8, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin at Large: Everything’s Different Now

The new normal requires a lot of willpower, but also the chance to do things better

"...Orange Julius. Certainly it wouldn't be shocking if the plan got delayed indefinitely...."

April 3, 2020 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

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

Trains! Tunnels! Billions! Austin Gets First Look at Proposed Transit Plan

Next steps: public input, May Council vote, November election

"...Capital Metro has released its recommended Project Connect plan for high-capacity transit in Austin - with light rail..."

March 6, 2020 News Post by Mike Clark-Madison

Mapping the Land Development Code Madness

Trying to make sense of the proposed changes

"...networks, as defined in Imagine Austin and the Austin Strategic Mobility Plan. Compared to the first draft, the new..."

Feb. 7, 2020 News Feature by Nick Barbaro

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

Pedestrian Safety Feature Added to Downtown Intersections

"Leading pedestrian intervals" give a 5- to 7-second boost at crosswalks

Jan. 10, 2020 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Transition Areas & Zones of the Land Development Code Revision

The debate over density and gentrification continues

"...networks, as defined in Imagine Austin and the Austin Strategic Mobility Plan. Between those centers and corridors lie many..."

Dec. 13, 2019 News Feature

Austin City Council Shows Surprising Interest in Upzoning

Mayor throws a curveball in advance of Monday's new Land Development Code revision report

"...the next 20 years (as outlined in the Austin Strategic Mobil­ity Plan) is to achieve a 50-50 split between..."

Nov. 22, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

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

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