What's Your Mobility Fix?

Community forums continue all week

"...“My Top Mobility Fixes” are being shared around town all week, at..."

Feb. 9, 2010 News Post by Katherine Gregor

Mobility and You

Austin Mobility Forums start Monday

"...1200 needed transportation projects should the city tackle and fund first? Which should be in a November bond referendum..."

Feb. 6, 2010 News Post by Katherine Gregor

Behold the Texas Miracle!

The Texas Miracle has a very mixed record on state prosperity

"...– are familiar with the political rhetoric of the "Texas Miracle." Coined by state business boosters to describe the..."

March 20, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

Public Notice: Mobility and the Devil

Only Uber and Lyft can bring back Uber and Lyft

"...The well-funded media and social media campaign continues, through and past..."

May 13, 2016 News Column by Nick Barbaro

As The Transportation Policy Turns, Latest Episode

The great Central Texas toll roads drama continues to unfold

"...The Texas Department of Transportation could not get the Capital Area..."

June 16, 2006 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Austin @ Large: Wreck on the Highway

Why the dogs can't catch the toll road speed machine

"...proposals to reconsider and amend, or rescind, the Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority's controversial toll road plan, by nearly..."

Sept. 17, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Divided CAMPO Says Yes to Toll Plan

At a late and noisy meeting, CAMPO moves to toll Central Texas

"...twinkle of an eye in Austin time – Central Texas leapfrogged ahead of Dallas and Houston as the soon-to-be..."

July 16, 2004 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Music Industry Rally Called for Monday at City Hall

Advocates turn up the volume for dedicated music funding

"...Two music advocacy groups, Austin Texas Musicians and the recently minted Amplified Sound Coalition, are..."

Sept. 26, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Naked City

Lege Notes

"...The Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority appears to have avoided being stung..."

May 16, 2003 News Feature

State Picks Up a Toll-Free Call

Road-weary local leaders win a sympathetic hearing at Transportation Commission

"...The Central Texas toll road plan – recalls and audits and pickets..."

Nov. 5, 2004 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...that the toll-road scheme is consistent with Envision Central Texas. The toll-road plan is based on sprawl-growth patterns and..."

July 23, 2004 Column

Toll Road Plan Remains in Fast Lane

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

"...an irony. Daugherty is the great champion of Central Texas road building, the man who almost single-handedly defeated the..."

July 9, 2004 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Thanks to CAMPO

"...Policy Board for their decision to include the Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority toll projects in the CAMPO 2030..."

July 16, 2004 Postmarks

Nov. 6 Election: Ballot Summary

"...Prop. 15: Authorizing the creation of the Texas Mobility Fund to issue bonds for highways and toll..."

Oct. 26, 2001 News Feature

Gone and Quartered

Stiffed on Capital Metro money, the city scrambles to fund another $51 million in transportation projects

"...construction. But both projects relied on "Quarter Cent Program" funding from Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority – money that Cap..."

April 16, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Developing Stories: 'Every Day It's Getting Worse'

Strategic Mobility Plan marks a way out of permanent gridlock

"...the transit-oriented development business. Transit-successful cities (e.g., Portland, Ore.) fund streetcars with tax-increment financing – bonds gradually paid off..."

March 12, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Austin at Large: Let’s Get Connected Again

What we can do now to prepare for the mobility future

"...I find upon my return but a long-range regional mobility plan, the very bone I've gnawed for so much..."

Dec. 21, 2018 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

SNAPPatx.org: Let's Talk Transportation

New online hub greases wheels of transportation talk

"...capture conversations in real time to shape the city's Mobility Plan," said Roger L. Cauvin, the forum's data management..."

April 23, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Meanwhile, the University of Texas says it needs to be (yawn) more like the..."

Oct. 8, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Council Recap: Tip the Band, Skip the Pork Chop

Relief funds for artists, planning for fair and just mobility

"...approving a new $1.5 million Austin Artist Disaster Relief Fund to soften the impact of COVID-19...."

April 24, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

Council Notes: Incentives, Booze, and More

Not quite as exciting as mayoral race buzz, but today's agenda matters

"...net return to the city of $1.7 million. The Texas Enterprise Fund, also known as Gov. Rick Perry's slush..."

Jan. 31, 2014 News Feature by Amy Smith

Gov. Perry: Special Session Begins July 1

Lege to consider sunset, TxDOT bonds, and TxDOT authority

"...Perry today announced that a special session of the Texas Legislature will begin on Wednesday, July 1, at 10..."

June 25, 2009 News Post by Lee Nichols

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...As a veteran prosecutor in another Texas county, I have come to know John Bradley rather..."

Oct. 8, 2004 Column

State of the City

Mayor Lee Leffingwell delivered his state of the city address at a Real Estate Council of Austin luncheon on Tuesday, Feb. 2

"...like health care reform and energy policy. Here in Texas, we have a state education system that fails too..."

Feb. 5, 2010 News Feature

State of the City Address

As delivered by Mayor Lee Leffingwell today

"...like health care reform and energy policy. Here in Texas, we have a state education system that fails too..."

Feb. 2, 2010 News Post by Lee Nichols

Connecting a Whole Community

Austin and Google Fiber move to bridge the digital divide

"...of life, a more equal playing field, and upward mobility. With job searches, health care, social service benefit forms,..."

Jan. 23, 2015 News Feature by Mary Tuma

City Budget: Minimal Slippage

Sparse cuts, few surprises in proposed fiscal document

"...support and internal service savings (like keeping the transportation fund flat), plus $3.5 million in "corporate savings" for staff..."

July 23, 2008 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Fighting for Justicia

Workers Defense Project celebrates 10 years on the front lines of Texas labor

"...was fresh out of college at the Univer­si­ty of Texas, where she had earned a degree in Latin American..."

Sept. 21, 2012 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Naked City

"...but the Rivercityfiesta.com site includes an impact study from Texas Perspectives which speculates that a national-circuit boat racing event..."

Nov. 14, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

In Search of Amazon

Mayor writes in support of Austin location for corporate “HQ2”

"...hundreds) of cities nationwide, but with other sites in Texas. That initially complicates any involvement of state agencies, although..."

Oct. 26, 2017 News Post by Michael King

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