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Oct. 11, 2016 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner
Slow Going at Vision Zero?
Traffic fatalities have not gone down like one would have hoped
"...the Transportation Department assessing "why its efforts to reduce traffic fatalities in Austin have been a failure, with MORE..."
Sept. 22, 2017 News Feature by Nina Hernandez
APD Releases Racial Profiling Report
Traffic and pedestrian stops down last year, searches up
"...level vacancies, Austin Police saw a 10% decline in traffic stops in 2007, Chief Art Acevedo wrote in the..."
March 12, 2008 News Post by Jordan Smith
The Common Law
Austin speed racer – resolving a traffic ticket
"...helpful to understand the basic options for resolving a traffic ticket...."
June 1, 2007 Column by Luke Ellis
Friday Night
A woman has a fling with a stranger in this thoughtful French import.
"...Laure drives off, she becomes ensnared in a hellish traffic gridlock, caused by a Parisian transportation-worker strike. It’s a..."
Aug. 22, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Council Watch
Too Big for Our Bridges: Will Pedestrians Take Back Seat to Traffic? That's an Easy One
"...(by some) expansion of the bridge's capacity for auto traffic will likely be thwarted...."
April 14, 2000 News Column by Erica C. Barnett
Racial Disparities in Policing Persist, City Report Shows
Black, Latinx drivers overrepresented in APD traffic stops and searches
"...Racial disparities persist in traffic stops conducted by the Austin Police Department, according to..."
Nov. 27, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders
2018 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Documentaries – Program A
Breaion King arrest doc heads up the Oscar short list
"...In the Oscar-nominated "Traffic Stop" by Kate Davis, what King went through is..."
Feb. 9, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker
Commute.ly Helps Predict Local Commute Times
Local site aggregates past traffic to help you get there on time
"...Traffic in Austin is bad. It’s so predictably terrible that..."
Jan. 29, 2016 Screens Post by James Renovitch
Developing Stories
Traffic, bullshit, Suttle, and Town Lake
"...Growth for Northcross – still waiting on a revised traffic-impact analysis from Wal-Mart for the planned Northcross Mall redevelopment..."
June 1, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor
Wild Wheels, Over the Hedge
"...nonconformity: we see Blank as he is hauled into traffic court for the fiftieth time for driving a “public..."
Feb. 19, 1993 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce
The Common Law
Traffic, traffic, and more traffic laws
"...and without being separated from the roadway by a traffic-control device...."
March 6, 2020 Column by Luke Ellis
Premium Rush
Joseph Gordon-Levitt rides like the wind, and Michael Shannon plays his usual nut job, but Bullitt on a bike this film is not.
"...Dodging Manhattan traffic has never been a sport for the fainthearted. Weaving..."
Aug. 24, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Letters at 3AM
It's a dangerous world, and some nights the most cruelly dangerous people may be you
"...the driveway, cross two lanes of eastbound Sunset Boulevard traffic, then turn left into the westbound lanes. I gripped..."
Dec. 19, 2008 Column by Michael Ventura
Rush Hour 2
What did Will Wynn say about traffic at council the day of his meltdown?
"...– was a council Thursday, Wynn spoke to the traffic tie-up that morning from the dais. (Yet he managed..."
Nov. 28, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar
United 93
United 93 is a sober, humanistic portrait of America’s literal “first responders,” who in an instant were forced to wrap their heads around a new, unfathomable reality.
"...is devoted to watching the workings of the various air-traffic control towers and agencies as they struggle to gain..."
April 28, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Amores Perros
Three stories about beast and man.
"...packs a complex emotional wallop that rivals the recent Traffic or Tarantino's Pulp Fiction -- the fact that it's..."
April 13, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
The Mirror
"...streets of Tehran, clogged with the press of people, traffic, and noise, she grows increasingly uncertain of her direction..."
April 16, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Mayor's Office Promotes Don't Rush Day
Adler really wants you not to drive during rush hour May 11
"...Adler, as part of his efforts to decrease Austin's traffic misery, has announced that Wednesday, May 11 will be..."
May 6, 2016 News Post by Amy Kamp
News Roundup: Petitions, Put-Downs, and Peeling Out
Council keeps its eyes on the road
"...joins a growing list of cities bent on cutting traffic fatalities to zero; and more......"
Feb. 1, 2016 News Post by the News Staff
Austin Airport Back up to Speed
Post-flood repairs complete at ABIA, in time for Thanksgiving
"...levels after the Federal Aviation Authority reopened the air traffic control tower, just in time for Thanksgiving...."
Nov. 18, 2015 News Post by Richard Whittaker
Safety Forum Gets a Little Drinky
The ‘expert’ response to every safety problem: Don’t drive drunk
"...The event was billed as “The 2014 Austin Traffic Safety Symposium” (Aug. 5, Palmer Events Center), but that..."
Aug. 7, 2014 News Post by Amy Kamp
Leffingwell Announces ‘Rail – or Fail’
In final ‘State of the City’ address, mayor strongly pushes urban rail
"...incentives, the planned U.T. medical school – and the traffic “crisis … a deadly serious threat to almost all..."
Feb. 25, 2014 News Post by Michael King
City Hall Hustle: Cop Out
Council speeds through a vexing traffic stop
"...does is restrict the police and public-safety officers working traffic control on street-closing events – marathons, festivals, etc. –..."
Feb. 19, 2010 News Column by Wells Dunbar
Naked City
Enviros question whether employees would really drive fewer miles to new campus
"...did not release the full data set of the traffic study through which they came up with the 10,000-mile..."
July 29, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May
Austin Airport Gets First Modernized Tower Simulation System in America
After near misses, congressman calls it a “modest” step
"...System, a visual database that will help train air traffic controllers through simulated airport scenarios, the Federal Aviation Administration..."
Jan. 30, 2024 News Post by Naina Srivastava
DPS Partnership Suspended 10 Days After Restarting
Mayor cites “recent events” for abrupt decision
"...11:38pm. The original story included an account of the traffic stop by DPS of Carlos and Angel Meza, as..."
July 12, 2023 News Post by Lina Fisher
Time Trap
Time-bending thriller needed more, well, time
"...sense. But it’s also really short. Most films that traffic in such heady subjects are, like, three hours long...."
Nov. 9, 2018 Movie Review by Danielle White
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
Joaquin Phoenix creates a charming warts-and-all portrait of cartoonist John Callahan
"...an excuse. He's literally the guy who speeds through traffic in a wheelchair (somewhere during Phoenix's repeated, unprotected plummets..."
July 20, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker
The Transfiguration
A coming-of-age tale with a blood-sucking twist
"...concept. This version, devoid of irony, seems content to traffic in stale nightmares of urban life...."
