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May 22, 1998 Column by Louis Black
Mixed Signals
Council Navigates Transportation Matters
"...resolutions and ordinances that are supposed to turn Austin's traffic and pedestrian problems around for good. The unfortunate collision..."
April 3, 1998 News Column by Kayte VanScoy
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The Executioner
"...* Traffic is bad and getting worse...."
Feb. 13, 1998 Column
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"...rail projects there. The bus tour got stuck in traffic gridlock on the Dallas central expressway. Later, after a..."
Jan. 9, 1998 Column
Planning a Compact City in the Midst of Urban Sprawl
"...protect the inner city from the daily onslaught of traffic created by a system that panders to suburban freeway..."
Dec. 22, 1995 News Feature
Why Rail?
The city is pushing for a 2012 vote to build urban rail. The critics are asking, 'Who needs it?'
"...... that urban rail will solve all of our traffic problems," he said in his annual State of the..."
April 8, 2011 News Feature by Lee Nichols
Event Street Closures: Compromise Ordinance Doesn't Solve Barricades
Stakeholders agree on a proposal for closing streets for special events
"...new rules may increase barricading costs because they require traffic-control devices to be set down later and picked up..."
June 5, 2009 News Feature by Laurel Chesky
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Our readers talk back.
"...The Real Cost of Traffic..."
Nov. 22, 2002 Column
Road Rage
The Barton Springs Road project has encountered more than few speed bumps
"...the initial bond funding, Austin mushroomed in size, and traffic on the aging two-lane road grew to 30,000 vehicles..."
Aug. 30, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith
Downtown Mobility? Take Your Turns
Transportation Department proposes new downtown mobility plan
"...the Drake Bridge (South First) to handle "peak hour" traffic concerns; and left-turn restrictions during peak hours on Congress..."
April 19, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith
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Music Greats Overlooked
"...... or are strip malls, asphalt-ocean parking lots, endless traffic jams, horrific air quality, and thousands of SUVs with..."
Jan. 22, 1999 Column
Naked City
Off the Desk:
"...in the final selling price. -- K.V. As the Traffic Turns..."
Oct. 9, 1998 News Feature
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We Get What We Want
"...also requires S.O.S. compliance as well as prevention of traffic hazards at the Loop 360 bridge...."
Feb. 27, 1998 Column
Mayfield Fights Back
Ward and June Say Nay in Northwest Hills
"...built and natural environment, its dependence on single-passenger car traffic -- even the shape of its windows -- for..."
Jan. 3, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Amid Near-Miss Crisis, City Fast-Tracks Safety Tech at Airport
Meanwhile Reps. Doggett and Casar urge federal action
"...been increasing across the country due to an air traffic controller shortage and a sharp rebound in flight traffic..."
Nov. 17, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher
The Odds on Mayor Adler’s $720 Million Mobility Bond
Is the plan just daring enough to work?
"...found themselves embroiled in a debate over Austin's terrible traffic and hapless solutions, with one audience member berating them..."
Oct. 28, 2016 News Feature by Michael King
Grove at Shoal Creek Inches Forward
Council to finally consider contentious zoning case
"...the ratio of residential to commercial and office uses, traffic, parkland designation, flood retention and mitigation, and much, much..."
Sept. 23, 2016 News Feature by Nina Hernandez
Parkway or Super Highway?
Proposed TxDOT design could force residents out, uproot historic trees
"...fight Texas Department of Transportation's recommended design for relieving traffic congestion at the intersection of U.S. 290 and SH..."
July 31, 2015 News Feature by Vicki Wolf
Sidewalk Fail!
"...#bars but such bad infrastructure that #tourists walk in traffic on Rainey St. @AustinChronicle #sidewalkfail."..."
Aug. 28, 2014 Photo Gallery
Reconnect Austin: Part Two
It's a beautiful vision, but could it work?
"...it "technically infeasible," and its full effect on Downtown traffic is unknown. The groups agree that the freeway can..."
Jan. 31, 2014 News Feature by Robyn Ross
Bicycle Dreams
A closer look at the Downtown bike boulevard proposals
"...Lance Armstrong Bikeway – all while still allowing automobile traffic. Some property and business owners, and some cyclists, assert..."
Feb. 5, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols
Austin @ Large: The Metro Message
It’s not a ‘campaign,’ exactly, but what is the transit authority’s tune?
"...sight is the music legend's personal home-on-wheels. Stuck in traffic. Likewise with the other spots in the transit authority's..."
June 25, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison
Naked City
Two historically opposed neighborhoods along Manor Road find a common enemy in plans to expand neighborhood arterials to make room for traffic into the redeveloped Mueller Airport site.
"...both communities prepare to defend against the onslaught of traffic that the future Robert Mueller Airport redevelopment will bring..."
June 29, 2001 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton
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Readers' last gasps on light rail.
"...of highways only, we create a city with more traffic, more pollution and noise, longer and more frustrating commute..."
Nov. 3, 2000 Column
Collision Course
Competing Visions
"...feel that such a route would not only relieve traffic on I-35, but would also create a better thoroughfare..."
June 11, 1999 News Feature by Bryan Mealer
Pohl-Brown Town
Will the State Turn the Hog Farm into Edge City?
"...Creek Parkway -- major arterials, with turn lanes and traffic light poles and everything -- with nothing on them,..."
Dec. 5, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
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Environs Observer
"...creek habitat being wiped out by development, pollution and traffic, why do some insist on throwing away this remnant?..."
July 25, 1997 Column
Wrong Side of the Tracks?
Light Rail May Be a Heavy Burden for East Austin
"...in some circles as the best solution to relieve traffic congestion, curb pollution, and rein in urban sprawl, several..."
April 4, 1997 News Feature by Karl Pallmeyer
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Illbient for Spooky
"...expensive studies of Lamar Street Bridge and expensive high-tech traffic lights. These are supposed to relieve traffic congestion. Of..."
Nov. 15, 1996 Column
Implementing the Mobility Bond and Corridor Construction Program, if You Can Wait for It
Going to take a long, long time
"...If you live and drive in Austin, traffic congestion is one of your problems. And no matter..."
