City Plots Rideshare's Course

Stakeholder meetings begin on TNC pilot program

"...program for Austin’s future with Transportation Networking Companies (TNCs): taxi cabs, Car.ma cars, mustachioed Lyft-mobiles, and Super Shuttles...."

June 12, 2014 News Post by Chase Hoffberger

Council: Call Me a (Lone Star) Cab!

Hailing 'unique' business model, City Council chooses city's newest taxi franchise

"...last Thursday (first reading only) to award Austin's new taxi franchise and 55 permits to Lone Star Cab Co.,..."

April 13, 2007 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Council: A Tapestry Dance for Fall

Cabs, parking, and marriage equality are all on the docket next week

"...to Lone Star Cab (previously opposed by both the drivers association and disability activists), and a proposal to create..."

Sept. 21, 2012 News Feature by Michael King

Blind Leading the Sighted

Yellow Cab of Austin has become an employment option for people who are visually impaired

"...Ever wonder what it's really like at a taxicab company? If you're old enough to remember the TV..."

June 9, 2006 News Feature by R.U. Steinberg

Navigating Rideshare's Course

City begins stakeholder meetings

"...program for Austin's future with Transportation Networking Companies (TNCs): taxi cabs, Carma cars, mustachioed Lyft-mobiles, and SuperShuttles...."

June 20, 2014 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Eve of Destruction?

The City plans for a big New Year's Eve party downtown while East Sixth Street merchants complain of threat of competition

"...Year's event sponsored by the East Sixth Street Community Association (ESSCA) that draws nearly 100,000 people annually for a..."

Oct. 29, 1999 News Feature by Andy Langer

Naked City

"...today (Thursday) with the second reading of the contentious taxi franchise award on the agenda (see below) and a..."

April 20, 2007 News Feature

Postmarks

Expanding on neighborhood expansion, taking C. Robison to task, and much more.

"...considerable amount of affordable housing. However, the Rosedale Neighborhood Association pitched such a fit in opposition to this plan..."

July 13, 2001 Column

After a Fashion

Is DIY design? Your Style Avatar weighs in ... like the 500-lb. gorilla in the middle of the room.

"...there's been Roy's. In the mid-Seventies there were three taxi companies: Yellow, Roy's, and Harlem. Harlem Cab primarily served..."

Aug. 18, 2006 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Council: Fire, Flood, and Men on Horseback

Contentious issues fill this week's slate

"...provision sticks in the craw of the Austin Firefighters Association, which has complained before that the city appears to..."

May 16, 2014 News Feature by Michael King

The Grove Gets Final Approval

With one PUD approved, attention turns to Austin Oaks

"...opponents of the mixed-use development; the Northwest Austin Civic Association supports the PUD, but other neighbors are fiercely opposed...."

Dec. 23, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Council: Escape From City Hall!

Members navigate homestead exemption politics en route to vacation

"...position of executive director of the International City/County Management Association. Sometime next month, we should learn whether this melodrama..."

July 1, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Council: Members Spar on Affordable Housing, Meaning of Compassion

"...of an ordinance that requires ground transportation chauffeurs (i.e., taxi and limo drivers) to submit to national criminal background..."

April 15, 2016 News Feature by Mary Tuma

A New Deal for TNCs?

Questions remain as Riley pushes for agreement

"...a "diverse group of advocates" that includes Austin Police Association President Wayne Vincent, ATX Safer Streets Director Sara LeVine,..."

Sept. 19, 2014 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Advocates Call on City, County to Protect Most Vulnerable During COVID-19 Outbreak

Education, health, housing, justice addressed by list of demands

"...said Selena Xie, president of the Austin EMS Employees Association, during a (virtual) press conference Monday morning, March 16...."

March 16, 2020 News Post by Mary Tuma

Herding Council Cats

City Council takes on 103 items ranging from bonds to staff review

"...straining to accommodate about $50 million in anticipated "cost drivers" for the coming year. So, working in the dark,..."

June 24, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...news is if the City Council approves a proposed taxicab fare hike today, July 22, the next time you..."

July 23, 1999 News Feature

Postmarks

Keep Off Barton Creek

"...as better denizens of the earth than the orv drivers or leopard skin wearers, we must still recognize that..."

July 18, 1997 Column

News Roundup: Police Firings, Uber Conspirings

Police union accuses Acevedo of retaliation

"...This Ain't No Buddy Cop Movie: The Austin Police Association filed a grievance Friday in connection to the indefinite..."

Jan. 25, 2016 News Post by the News Staff

News Roundup: Can't Stop the Rain

Or the Lege, for that matter

"...& Recreation Department contract with the West Austin Youth Association concerning the use of the WAYA ball fields, the..."

May 26, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

Council: Meet Denialism Don

Council considers resilience, and other things

"...both a smaller project favored by a nearby neighborhood association and an alternative mixed-use zoning designation proposed on the..."

May 1, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

Getting off the Road

Rail will help, roads will help – but so will your decision not to drive today

"...Movability Austin, formed in 2011, is a transportation management association (TMA) with 35 member organizations. TMAs, a type of..."

June 27, 2014 News Feature by Robyn Ross

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