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June 21, 2006 Postmarks
Shall We Bike?
Local bike advocates pedal optimistically uphill
"...TxDOT spokesman John Hurt says the "thorny" highway intersections issue..."
May 26, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola
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Our readers talk back.
"...road deals are guided by special-interest politics, centered around TxDOT and the road lobby. The biggest road contractors have..."
March 3, 2006 Column
The Public Is Not Clamoring for New Roads
"...road deals are guided by special-interest politics, centered around TxDOT and the road lobby. The biggest road contractors have..."
Feb. 28, 2006 Postmarks
Point Austin: Getting Into Bonds
When the wish lists are written, will the money follow
the speeches?
"...itself had been approved under false pretenses – that TxDOT planners had intentionally disguised available funds for certain regional..."
Jan. 28, 2005 News Column by Michael King
Austin @ Large: Wreck on the Highway
Why the dogs can't catch the toll road speed machine
"...only with "fully funded" roads – as confirmed by TxDOT District Engineer Bob Daigh at the CAMPO meeting –..."
Sept. 17, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison
Naked City
The CAMPO board sticks up for fiscal equity on the highway front
"...that only new road capacity would be tolled. But TxDOT District Engineer Bob Daigh insists the agency's cupboard is..."
June 18, 2004 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves
Doesn't Like CTRMA's All or Nothing Approach
"...capacity." As an Eastside resident, I enthusiastically watched as TxDOT began expanding U.S. 183 into a full-fledged highway, with..."
June 1, 2004 Postmarks
LCRA Express Spawns Hamilton Pool Traffic Jam
Despite plenty of reasons to go slow, the agency – and its developer friends – are in a big hurry
"...TxDOT spokesman John Hurt is already envisioning the twin projects'..."
May 14, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith
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Our readers talk back.
"...TxDOT Shell Game..."
March 12, 2004 Column
Day Trips
Two new guides lead the way to some hidden Central Texas jewels
"...maps. While the detail isn't as minute as the TxDOT county maps (486-5014 or txdot.lib.utexas.edu), the 81/2-by-11-inch books are..."
Feb. 27, 2004 Column by Gerald E. McLeod
Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
"...TxDOT has introduced the GOTCHA! program to report roadway litterers...."
Dec. 5, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
City Hall's Bumpy Road
Can Austin planners and the City Council ever bring an end to the local transportation wars?
"...to build new roads. Currently TPSD is working with TxDOT to extend Koenig Lane and Spicewood Springs Road, acquiring..."
May 23, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple
Naked City
Austin Stories
"...HB 483 would amend his own 2001 bill directing TxDOT to open a state-owned small-craft airport in Central Texas...."
Jan. 31, 2003 News Feature
Austin @ Large: Austin at Large
The sluggish transportation beat picks up speed and energy after the election.
"...pre-filed bills to give the RMA (a sort of mini-TxDOT that's a joint venture between Travis and Williamson counties)..."
Nov. 22, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison
Naked City
Austin Stories
"...Gov. Rick Perry has asked TxDOT to delay adopting new rules restricting the number of..."
Aug. 23, 2002 News Feature
Naked City
The city's new police review panel isn't as apolitical as it was supposed to be.
"...won't be completed for decades. Back in July, when TxDOT first presented its three concepts for the redesigned roadway..."
Dec. 14, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
The Last Texas Ranger
They don't make 'Rangers' like Walker anymore.
"...Dept. of Criminal Justice or Public Safety, but Transportation, TxDOT, which had to close roads for scenes of Walker..."
Oct. 26, 2001 News Feature by Lucius Lomax
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Expanding on neighborhood expansion, taking C. Robison to task, and much more.
"...responsible for putting the brakes at least temporarily on TxDOT's plans to add multiple lanes, HOV lanes, and/or newly..."
July 13, 2001 Column
Naked City
The City Council moves forward with Austin's regional transportation plan, but assures neighbors of road-widening projects proposed in the plan that they, not the state of Texas, have the authority to decide what gets built and when.
"...way, even if right now our transportation plan says TXDoT can improve them in its way -- which usually..."
June 15, 2001 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton
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What destroys a neighborhood? How can bikes help? What's wrong with the Julia Roberts/Brad Pitt vehicle THE MEXICAN? A few answers
to these questions---and more!---right here, right now.
"...TxDOT (Texas Dept. of Transportation) is currently studying possible changes..."
March 23, 2001 Column
Council Watch
Too Big for Our Bridges: Will Pedestrians Take Back Seat to Traffic? That's an Easy One
"...Transportation, and any expansion would have to go through TxDOT. And although a TxDOT representative wrote in an April..."
April 14, 2000 News Column by Erica C. Barnett
Light Headed?
What Commuters Want
"...could end up paying for them. But CAMPO, with TxDOT's blessing, is already studying "HOV concepts" for the IH-35..."
July 23, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Naked City
Off the Desk:
"...a toll road." To jumpstart the project, Laney announced, TxDOT will create a special office charged with construction of..."
Feb. 6, 1998 News Feature
Day Trips
"...The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) also runs a free ferry system between Galveston and..."
Oct. 24, 1997 Column by Gerald E. McLeod
Breaking Away
Austin's Newest Bike Plan May Finally Pull Ahead
"...be delayed, though, because the Texas Dept. of Transportation (TxDOT), through which the ISTEA money flows, was unable to..."
Oct. 17, 1997 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton
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"...I understand that the Texas Department of Public Transportation (TxDoT) failed to conduct an Environmental Impact Study even though..."
Oct. 3, 1997 Column
Summary of Water Quality Recommendations
"...* Possible retrofit of the TxDOT Regional Water Quality Pond at Loop 360, because of..."
Dec. 13, 1996 News Feature
Headlines / Quote of the Week
"...Hey Hey, My My, I-35 Can Never Die: TxDOT has released its most detailed description of its I-35..."
Jan. 6, 2023 News Feature
Day Trips: Texas Ferry Rides
Texas ferries are the best free rides in the state
"...The Port Aransas Ferry crossing the Corpus Christi Ship..."
