Chronicle News Editor Changing of the Guard

Outro Chase Hoffberger, intro Mike Clark-Madison

"...Central Texas chapter of the Congress for the New Urbanism, and the Urban Renewal Board; and a public relations..."

Oct. 18, 2018 News Post by Kimberley Jones

Early Data Shows Progress at Four High-Crash Intersections

Number of accidents dramatically drops at intersections outfitted with new safety controls

"...Crossley, who is working to establish a transportation and urban planning think tank, Farm and City, said the results..."

Dec. 29, 2017 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

"Drawing Lines: Explorations of Place"

The final exhibit of this public art project shows how every district in Austin has had artists working for it

"...system of government, Lynn Osgood – a specialist in urban planning and design, and a five-year veteran of the..."

April 1, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Discord Grows Over Springdale Farm

City Council will continue the discussion at its December meeting

"...Council meeting. Further, according to the city of Austin Planning and Development Review Department, the Govalle/Johnston Terrace Contact Team..."

Nov. 28, 2014 News Feature by Anna Toon

Fall Arts Issue Critics Picks

From the arts harvest, our critics pluck choice treats

"...cool – before we got all locked into post-apocalyptic urban hellscapes crammed with boxy concrete skyscrapers and rusting industrial..."

Sept. 14, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

A New Transportation Funding Strategy: CNU

News from Congress for New Urbanism

"...here at CNU17 – the 2009 Congress for New Urbanism big meet-up in Denver – we got an earful..."

June 13, 2009 News Post by Katherine Gregor

Point Austin: What's at Stake?

There will be blood

"...recession and affordability; 2) public safety costs; 3) transit, urban planning, and land use; and 4) addressing the costs..."

April 25, 2008 News Column by Michael King

Seaholm Powers Ahead, Amid Questions About the 'Public Interest'

Oft-delayed development getting serious at City Council

"...approves rezoning of the site to Downtown Mixed-Use, Central Urban Redevelopment overlay. DMU-CURe allows building heights of 120 feet..."

Dec. 12, 2007 News Post by Katherine Gregor

Wal-Mart Belongs on Freeways

"...Chronic troll-in-residence M1EK (former Urban Transportation Commission member Mike Dahmus) points us to a..."

Dec. 21, 2006 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Homemade History

Las Manitas, the Pérez sisters, and a usable past

"...Weird" way, it achieves the very goals championed by urban planners. Consider, for example, a thoughtful urban planning guide..."

July 21, 2006 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Naked City

"...new council faced a daunting agenda of budget proposals, urban planning – and toll roads? See "Point Austin."..."

June 24, 2005 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

Subsidizing Smog

A new report from the Sierra Club shows that while new roads may get traffic moving, air quality will continue to suffer.

"...released in mid-November by the environmental group's national office, suburban-style development and a continued focus on private transportation threaten..."

Nov. 30, 2001 News Feature by Dan Oko

#ATXLDC: And on the Sixth Day, There Was More Public Input

Familiar hopes, fears shared at Planning Commission hearing

"...thoughts on the Land Development Code draft with the Planning Commission...."

Oct. 27, 2019 News Post by Austin Sanders

Austin at Large: Mapping the Transition Zones

Ever so slowly, City Hall learns to govern without consensus

"...this whole saga has never really just been about urban planning, it's almost too easy to overinvest the "transition"..."

May 3, 2019 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Getting Around Austin: SXSW Edition

Alternatives to driving your car (because that's a terrible idea)

"...Just as important as planning your SXSW calendar of panels and parties? Planning how..."

March 3, 2016 SXSW Post by Eloise Kirn

News Roundup: Reports, Rappers and (Dis)Enfranchisement

Government may or may not be a farce

"...defunding Planned Parenthood might be, surprisingly, bad for family planning; a Grand Jury declines to indict two officers involved..."

Feb. 22, 2016 News Post by the News Staff

CodeNEXT's Sound Check Gets Under Way

There's still (a little) time to tell city planners how you feel about the way Austin's designed

"...the CodeNEXT team (comprised of staff from architect and urban planning firm Opticos Design, Inc. and Austin city planners)..."

Nov. 20, 2015 News Feature by Katie Matlack

District 9 Post-Mortem

Tovo and Riley speak post-election

"...showed that "District 9 does want to see good planning at City Council" and "decisions that are reflective of..."

Nov. 14, 2014 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

District 9 Post-Mortem

Kathie Tovo and Chris Riley speak post-election

"...Austinites that “District 9 does want to see good planning at City Council” and “decisions that are reflective of..."

Nov. 11, 2014 News Post by Chase Hoffberger

'Chronicle' Endorsements

May 9 Municipal Election

"...council on his first day. Riley has worked on urban planning, environmental protection, mass transit, affordable housing, and a..."

May 8, 2009 News Feature

'Chronicle' Endorsements

May 9 municipal election (early voting, April 27-May 5)

"...council on his first day. Riley has worked on urban planning, environmental protection, mass transit, affordable housing, and a..."

April 24, 2009 News Feature

Will Villa Muse Amuse?

Proponents of new master plan community in far east Austin to hold town hall meeting tonight

"...getting old, and you miss the heady days of urban planning being the big story around Austin, good news!..."

Feb. 27, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

City Council Election

Money toward May

"...their fundraising prowess. Downtown Austin Alli­ance board member and urban-planning maven Cid Galindo raised $7,350 in Decem­ber and $3,800..."

Jan. 25, 2008 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Town Lake Setback Variances Non-Starters for Martinez, Leffingwell

CMs already against variance request coming before boards and commissions starting tonight.

"...protects a crown jewel in the heart of Austin’s urban core.”..."

Aug. 28, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Acting on Directors

The spring retirement announced by City Manager Toby Futrell raises the question of how the city will fill key openings

"...city implements council policy over the next decade on urban planning and land use, environmental protection and climate protection..."

Aug. 17, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Hold Those Tolls!

Road conditions: funding hazy, future unclear

"...January, he became chairman of the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (the group in charge of the region's transportation..."

July 27, 2007 News Feature by Larry Schooler

Developing Stories

The Heritage neighborhood suspects it's receiving political payback from the city manager

"...are available in the city budget to conduct traffic-calming planning or to install neighborhoodwide systems, which she said cost..."

Jan. 19, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Center of Gravity

City's influx of new money and new businesses shifts council's political sails

"...access. In the May election, the candidacy of new urbanist developer Will Wynn drove a wedge in the environmental..."

May 26, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Lost in Austin Chronicles the City’s Rapid Rise

Journalist and former Austinite Alex Hannaford takes a hard look at unaffordability and a disappearing culture

"...on this brink before, exhuming a 1987 report by urban planning professor Dowell Myers titled “Internal Monitoring of Quality..."

Nov. 15, 2024 Arts Feature by Doug Freeman

Tesla Updates Travis County on Community Investments, “Ecological Paradise” Progress

Massive workforce development, still no data on water usage

"...to go toward community partners like the Austin Area Urban League, Colorado River Alliance, and Del Valle ISD, as..."

Oct. 19, 2023 News Post by Lina Fisher

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