Mueller: The Art of the Deal

Will the City Give Away Mueller Airport to Save Barton Springs?

"...develop Mueller, and we would prefer not to have urbanized development on Stratus' other properties, and so we could..."

Dec. 1, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Take the A-Train

Mike Clark-Madison discusses 10 years covering light rail, and urges voters to support it.

"...front is the advent of Smart Growth (or New Urbanism, or livability, or sustainability, or whatever the hell you..."

Oct. 13, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

What Would $720 Million for Transportation Buy?

City Council mulls the "Go Big" bond in preparation for the November ballot

"...more "multimodal" projects, to include sidewalks, bicycle lanes and urban trails, and spot improvements like railroad crossings. See more..."

Aug. 5, 2016 News Feature by Nick Barbaro

Keep Austin Affordable

"...Dwelling Units (aka garage apartments, granny flats) at the Planning and Neighborhoods Committee ["Public Notice: Planning Is Doing," News,..."

June 15, 2015 Postmarks

News Roundup: Covering the Waterfront

Council, more Council, and more

"...(Sustainability Officer Lucia Athens and Innovation Officer Kerry O’Connor); planning for disruptions (Rebecca Ryan, Alliance for Innovation); effects of..."

April 27, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

How Do You Get From Here ... to Here?

The Austin transit system plan has vision but little consensus

"...the next two weeks. After a series of public planning workshops (see below), the intergovernmental Project Connect: Central Corridor..."

Nov. 1, 2013 News Feature by Nick Barbaro

A Failure to Communicate

AISD's community outreach needs to go back to school

"...that PRMO is too small compared to other major urban school districts. Take the marketing and design department: Dallas..."

Feb. 8, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Point Austin: Imagine Affordability

Imagine an Austin in which everyone can afford to live

"...who turned out for an event that featured city planning as the main attraction. Apart from the political and..."

Oct. 7, 2011 News Column by Amy Smith

Taking Budget Mountain by Strategy

To balance the city's long-term accounts, financial discussions need to climb beyond the General Fund

"...Austin Water, plus an additional $1.2 million to the Planning and Development Review Department for water infrastructure inspection services...."

July 23, 2010 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

SNAPPatx.org: Let's Talk Transportation

New online hub greases wheels of transportation talk

"...could enhance public involvement in ongoing conversations around transportation planning, including Austin Urban Rail. The Social Networking and Planning..."

April 23, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Tracking Cap Metro's Eastward Proposal

The Green Line takes conceptual shape

"...Working Group. That committee of the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization will meet to publicly vet the Green Line..."

Sept. 12, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Point Austin: The Convert

Mike Krusee on New Urbanism, Smart Growth, toll roads, and the importance of regional planning

"...in the issues I care about, Transportation and New Urbanism, both here in Texas and nationwide." Krusee dismissed speculation..."

Dec. 7, 2007 News Column by Michael King

The Towers of Power

Are high-rises the key to a middle-class Downtown?

"...construction at the foot of Rainey Street, where Burns' UrbanSpace realtors is doing a brisk traffic, and where the..."

Nov. 11, 2005 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Bikes on a Road to Nowhere?

"...many other city projects, local bicycling initiatives typically involve planning gridlock between city staff, City Council, and the community,..."

May 23, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Railing at the Rail Yard:

Capital Metro runs into (surprise!) angry neighbors as it contemplates redeveloping its Eastside rail yard.

"...primarily members and supporters of the East Cesar Chavez neighborhood-planning team...."

Dec. 13, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...this up by pointing out that Mitchell is an urban developer specializing in historic restoration projects ["Postmarks: Not a..."

May 3, 2002 Column

Naked City

CAMPO adopts a 25-year plan that calls for bigger, longer roads and full funding for Austin's transportation plans, a stipulation that will require some creative funding solutions.

"...June 12's do-or-die meeting of the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (CAMPO), as the transportation board tried to finally..."

June 16, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Reflecting on the Deal

"...on some fast-breaking opportunities, it also guards against the planning for a critical district of downtown being driven by..."

Dec. 11, 1998 News Feature

The Elements of Smart Growth

"...map (Drinking Water Protection Zone, Desired Development Zone, and Urban Desired Development Zone), with the eventual addition of zones..."

April 17, 1998 News Feature

The Farm Report: Both Sides Win, Lose

After a bruising debate, urban farmers and neighborhood activists pick up the pieces

"...City Council's Nov. 21 vote on revisions to the urban farm code, tensions are still high among community stakeholders...."

Dec. 6, 2013 News Feature by Anna Toon

Page Two

Seton Healthcare Network's undermining of a proposed hospital district -- combined with the city's consistent lack of long-term planning -- may have tragic, real-world consequences.

"...hospital district with the surprise revelation that they are planning a new children's hospital is a horror story of..."

Nov. 22, 2002 Column by Louis Black

Opinion: Austin’s Sustainability Efforts Need Anti-Displacement Tools

An environmental policy advocate explains why urban planning and increased sustainability efforts must address gentrification as Austin's people are just an integral to Austin as its infrastructure is.

"...increasing wealth of the city has enabled this ongoing urban "greening" but in turn has allowed the gentrification of..."

Sept. 24, 2021 Column by Chelsea Gómez

Neighborhood Watch

Sustainable Neighborhoods group advocates 'family-friendly' north side development

"...protect the interests of households with children in the urban core. While parts of the six areas SN serves..."

March 22, 2013 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Naked City

The city council proposes a number of changes to several city departments, including DRID, PECSD, and the Planning Commission.

"...of Texas." "More and more," Watson said, "Cities and urban centers are being called on to provide the kind..."

March 30, 2001 News Feature by Emily Pyle

Lumbering Toward a Long-Held Vision for a New I-35

Riding on TxDOT's endless highway

"...Study and is now CAMPO (the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization). In the main body of the DEIS, which..."

Jan. 27, 2023 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin at Large: Reading the Palm District

A new plan-of-plans puts the spotlight on Downtown’s hard, rough eastern edges

"...is now complete and ready for consideration by the Planning Commission on Nov. 8 and Council on Dec. 1,..."

Nov. 4, 2022 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin at Large: The Showdown at the Batcave

Part I: What's all this we hear about a $277 million developer handout?

"...out of City Hall in mid-December, there arose a disturbance in the Force, as City Council reconvened to address..."

Dec. 31, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Will the Third Time Be a Charm for an Austin Rail System?

Project Connect looks to help make connections

"...That's why the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (CAMPO), which guides the region's long-range transportation policy..."

Sept. 25, 2020 News Feature by Jack Craver

Public Notice: Full Speed Ahead

City, AISD unfazed by public criticism

"...indicated that they're not going to seek another term. Planning on Planning Ahead..."

July 24, 2020 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: Consensus? Conschmensus.

Majority rules ... absolutely

"...council members, want the opportunity to do small- area planning that they insist could accommodate as much or more..."

Feb. 21, 2020 News Column by Nick Barbaro

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