Council on Transportation: Pondering the Bond

On Aug. 7, Council will discuss putting a $1 billion bond proposal on the Nov. 4 ballot

"...in the city. While "the Council retains the final authority to put anything on the ballot," Council Member Mike..."

Aug. 1, 2014 News Feature by Mac McCann

Riding at Risk

Austin's streets still a hazard for two-wheeled transportation

"...Council in August, Michael Bluejay, a longtime champion of transportation biking and keeper of several expansive bike-related Web sites..."

Nov. 10, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Of Sonograms and Airport Scanners

How an intrusive probe is not like a body image (apparently)

"...millimeter wave scanners being installed at airports by the Transportation Safety Authority is too much for them. Now conservatives..."

March 22, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Headlines

Some of the week's biggest news

"...Dec. 22 for refusing to undergo a pat-down by Transportation Safety Authority employees...."

Dec. 31, 2010 News Feature

Gone and Quartered

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

"...relied on "Quarter Cent Program" funding from Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority – money that Cap Metro now is too..."

April 16, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Envision Next Session

Having lost its two big battles at the Lege, Envision Central Texas retrenches to win the war

"...make decisions on their own" regarding land use and transportation authority. "I misjudged it," admitted Watson, recounting his pre-session..."

Sept. 11, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

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Speaking With Authority

"...to the TTA as "the newly formed Texas Turnpike Authority."..."

May 29, 1998 Column

Communication Breakdown

The city's plan to implement a radio system is turning into a long, high-dollar project

"...RDMT Coalition (RDMT stands for Radio, Dispatch, Mobile data, Transportation management)...."

Dec. 10, 1999 News Feature by Jordan Smith

SXSW Interactive: Innovation vs. Regulation in Austin

Local officials weigh in on the Uber/Lyft debate

"...graceful intro from someone at the center of Austin’s transportation/regulation debate...."

March 12, 2016 SXSW Post by Ashley Moreno

Leffingwell Proposes Rail/Comp Bond Vote in 2012

Change to city attorney's office, single-member districts also

"...The question posed this week by the announcement of transportation bond projects – what does this mean for future..."

June 16, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Sunset in the Blistering Heat

Rep. Carl Isett discusses why lawmakers are only rescheduling the Sunset bills

"...with Appropriations Committee Chair Jim Pitts, R-Waxahachie, and House Transportation Committee Chair Joe Pickett, D-El Paso, Isett will be..."

June 30, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Headlines

"...employee union, was returned to his job at the transportation authority. Wyatt was dismissed more than six months ago..."

April 9, 2010 News Feature

Cronk Announces Short Lists for Assistant City Manager Positions

Future hires will oversee mobility and safety at City Hall

"...For this pair of hires – overseeing "mobility" and "safety" – Cronk has once again pitted current senior staffers..."

Feb. 22, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

All This and TNC’s Too!

First 2016 Council meeting promises plenty of action

"...plenty of contentious business: health care contracts, EMS staffing, transportation projects, PUD regs, neighborhood plan contact teams, short-term rentals,..."

Jan. 19, 2016 News Post by Michael King

The Road to 10-1 ... Is Getting Crowded [Updated May 12]

As May money season opens, candidates blossom

"...Bucknall Occupation: mediator; property manager Experience: city commissioner (urban transportation, urban renewal); health and human services administrator; Council candidate..."

May 2, 2014 News Feature by Michael King

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...via lottery. The system seemed haphazard to the urban transportation commission, whose members rapidly assembled a subcommittee to change..."

July 28, 2006 News Feature

Big City Blues

Although it has three of the 10 largest cities in the United States, Texas is still largely a state of home-rule cities. A brief look at the prospects for a real urban policy in Texas.

"...permits and approvals. ... Land use is where city authority is at risk, and our growth is going to..."

Jan. 12, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Shaky Railing

Three former Capital Metro board members and two former employees claim that the transportation agency attempted to put Longhorn Railway, its costly freight rail operator, out of business.

"...on a rail line owned by the Capital Metro Transportation Authority, contends that the reason the company is failing..."

Dec. 10, 1999 News Feature by Robert Bryce

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Contradictions Exposed

"...tell us what in Roberts' background makes him an authority on what is traditional, conservative, and good for this..."

Jan. 10, 1997 Column

Think Locally, Act Regionally

Regional Government's All the Rage - Are We Ready?

"...quo - since entities like the Lower Colorado River Authority are de facto, if limited-purpose, regional governments - then..."

Feb. 20, 1998 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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Jesus Loves Hyde Park, Too

"...Food Safety Rules!..."

June 25, 1999 Column

Who Does What

"...You can't tell your transportation players without a scorecard. Try this one:Boards and Commissions..."

May 23, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

The Battle for the Springs: A Chronology

"...and the conservation district sue the Texas Department of Transportation to halt construction of the southern extension of MoPac..."

Aug. 9, 2002 News Feature

Naked City

"...with him. - R.A. AREA CITIZENS COMPETE FOR DWINDLING TRANSPORTATION FUNDS: It was standing room only at the Austin..."

June 23, 1995 News Feature

What's Wrong With Cap Metro ... and What's Right

The transit agency is good at a few things – like digging itself into a public relations ditch

"...to a labor subcontractor's violation of Federal Railroad Administration safety rules. Rail service would finally begin about a month..."

April 24, 2009 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Termagant Homosexuals...

"...that the individual psyche must become independent of religious authority, which is a current spiritual revolution...."

May 23, 1997 Column

Council: "Sharing" Showdown Arrives

Plenty of contentious business for the first Council meeting of the year

"...plenty of contentious business: health care contracts, EMS staffing, transportation projects, PUD regs, neighborhood plan contact teams, short-term rentals,..."

Jan. 22, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Fun, Healthy, and Green

A profile of the practice and business of pedicabbing

"...rides. Smajstrla says that people often ask him about safety. His answer is that if a pedicab's brakes and..."

Dec. 28, 2007 News Feature by Sofia Resnick

Gasoline Alley

The proposed Longhorn Pipeline fuels debate because of its proximity to South Austin neighborhoods, schools, and Edwards Aquifer.

"...the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Transportation's Office of Pipeline Safety released a preliminary environmental assessment..."

Nov. 19, 1999 News Feature by Mike Jasper

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Our readers talk back.

"...End the Transportation Wars..."

May 30, 2003 Column

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