Public Notice: Top 10 Stories of 2021

Some top topics on the community news front

"...discussion, no one has a solution, because free market, capitalism, Texas. But we keep trying...."

Dec. 17, 2021 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...the community to submit feedback on the agency's I-35 Capital Express Central Project to revamp the highway through Downtown..."

Aug. 27, 2021 News Feature

Austin Contemplates How to Make I-35 Suck Less

The past, present, and future of the man-made barrier through the heart of our town

"...state; he's fielding the Chronicle's queries because the longtime TxDOT district engineer for Austin, Terry McCoy, has recently retired,..."

June 21, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

More Money, More Options for I-35

The decades-long plan to rebuild Interstate 35 through the heart of Austin is picking up speed

"...in what the Texas Department of Transportation calls the Capital Express project to $7.5 billion, adding new non-tolled, managed..."

March 6, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Born to be Reviled

Interstate 35's worst stretch is also its most politically organized -- and that's a problem for TxDOT.

"...graduate of the University of Tennessee, Davidson came to TxDOT three and a half years ago and has been..."

Sept. 20, 2002 News Feature by Dave Mann

One System, Multiple Modes

The map lays out the main lines of the 'multi-modal' regional transportation plans in progress

"...The Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority's toll-road plan and Capital Metro's..."

June 4, 2004 News Feature

Austin @ Large: Switching Tracks

The Union Pacific offer to move east symbolizes a new era in regional transportation politics

"...relocate its Austin-San Antonio service out east, beyond the Central Texas growth fringe...."

April 9, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Jubilant Dance, MedFest, and More Weekend Recommendations

Find the right fit for your going-out vibe

"...years of construction (and destruction) we’ll face as the Central Austin portion of Interstate 35 gets its glow-up via..."

Sept. 27, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Here Come the Transporters

In the endless Central Texas transportation wars, the lions and the lambs look for ways to make peace

"...are really parts of the same plan. Though the Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority's toll-road system and Capital Metro's..."

June 4, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Reconnect Austin: Part Two

It's a beautiful vision, but could it work?

"...It's considering two main alternatives for the stretch through Central Austin, each of them adding an additional lane in..."

Jan. 31, 2014 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Getting off the Road

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

"...on Tuesdays instead of driving. Austin doesn't have a central command center for TDM – the city, CAMPO, TxDOT,..."

June 27, 2014 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Divided CAMPO Says Yes to Toll Plan

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

"...a twinkle of an eye in Austin time – Central Texas leapfrogged ahead of Dallas and Houston as the..."

July 16, 2004 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Naked City

Local news this week in Austin.

"...being snatched from a pole in front of her Central Austin apartment complex just last week.) The company bases..."

July 6, 2001 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...in the classes of the professors who were present, expressed to the leadership of the organization that they were..."

March 15, 2002 Column

Postscripts

Shuttle Carnage Looms

"...Capital Metro's PR blitz is indeed a magical mystery tour...."

Aug. 22, 1997 Column

Lee Leffingwell: 'Think Long-Range'

The incumbent mayor defends his record

"...I'm chair of the Transit Working Group, a CAMPO [Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization] committee that has stakeholders from..."

April 27, 2012 News Feature by Michael King

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Our readers talk back.

"...to the Industrial Revolution are critical of the savage capitalism your columnists often complain about. Maybe if your writers..."

March 22, 2002 Column

A Bumper-to-Bumper Crop of MoPac Proposals

Not everyone's happy with this cornucopia

"...the MoPac Improvement Project, a joint mission of the Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority, the Texas Department of Trans­por­tation,..."

Dec. 24, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Communication Breakdown

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

"...his new responsibilities will include overseeing all of APD's capital projects. Mills also downplayed allegations that Williams favored Motorola...."

Dec. 10, 1999 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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 Metropolitan Planning Organization's Transportation Policy Board to budge,..."

June 16, 2006 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Public Notice: A Groving Consensus?

Plus various options for getting carried away

"...between U.S. 183 and Riverside Drive. Taken together, the Central 7 project includes the ongoing work at 51st Street..."

Sept. 30, 2016 News Column by Nick Barbaro

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