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"...minuscule impact on tourism in Austin does not justify businesses to start up just for the fluctuating traffic of..."

Feb. 26, 1999 Column

Here Come the Transporters

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

"...Texas Regional Mobility Authority's toll-road system and Capital Metro's commuter-rail-and-bus proposal originate from different directions in the local political..."

June 4, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

10 Reasons to Love a Streetcar

The 'streetcar effect' – offering Austinites far more than a free ride

"...it's sensible to ask, "Why not just run more buses or 'Dillos on the same route?" In fact, that's..."

July 20, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Light Headed?

What Commuters Want

"...and of that number the vast majority think public transit is one of Metro Austin's top three civic priorities,..."

July 23, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Capital Metro Stays Its Course

All Systems Go!, but no extensions added, to a November commuter-rail vote

"...dais at Monday's Cap Metro board meeting, that the transit authority's All Systems Go! plan – and especially its..."

Sept. 3, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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More Light Rail hubbub and a few Naderite cries in the wilderness.

"...Same deal for buses. Some oppose light rail because they want a better..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Column

One System, Multiple Modes

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

"...Regional Mobility Authority's toll-road plan and Capital Metro's proposed rail-and-bus plan are, in principle, designed to work together, and..."

June 4, 2004 News Feature

Cap Metro's Misguided Direction

"...mostly have cars, while degrading service for 40,000 daily bus riders, who mostly have no choice. The high cost..."

Jan. 28, 2010 Postmarks

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Don't Cry for Rainey

"...stimulate vitality, diversity, and economic equity and make mass transit economically viable. Your newspaper can be a catalyst in..."

July 23, 1999 Column

'It's an Egregious Lie'

"...tell us that "the Lamar/Guadalupe area will soon have MetroRapid, which was approved in 2010 as part of Capital..."

Dec. 16, 2013 Postmarks

MetroRapid Buses Get MetroDelayed

Two lines pushed back to 2025

"...for this year, the Pleasant Valley and Expo Center MetroRapid bus lines are now delayed until 2025. KUT broke..."

Feb. 24, 2023 News Feature by Benton Graham

Austin Transportation Guide

How to get around Austin, with or without your own wheels

"...Capital Metro’s 100-AirportFlyer bus runs to and from the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (ABIA)..."

March 3, 2017 Chronolog Post by Katie Walsh

Streetcar Plan as Misguided as Invasion of Iraq

"...have is what can a streetcar do that a bus can't do better, for an order of magnitude less..."

July 22, 2007 Postmarks

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Our readers talk back.

"...His statement that business people are more honest than politicians is contradicted by..."

Dec. 7, 2001 Column

Getting Around Austin

Explore Downtown without a car and without getting lost

"...Capital Metro – Austin's multimodal public transit system – is the easiest way to explore the..."

June 22, 2016 Columns Post by Annamarya Scaccia

AURA Begs to Differ

Rail advocates insist they don’t advocate ‘Guadalupe/Lamar’ Only

"...land-use policy in the sub-corridor is further optimized for rapid, dense development and the sub-corridor meets certain immediate development..."

May 6, 2014 News Post by Michael King

Best-Laid Plans

How does the patchwork of separate plans for the future of Central Texas fit together? No one knows.

"...their new water mains, schools, job training campuses, and rapid bus and rail transit) advance – or defeat –..."

July 16, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Austin Police Live by Their Own COVID Rules, It Seems

A closer look at vaccine and mask policies among Austin's first responders

"...officers, firefighters, medics, teachers and librarians, park rangers and bus drivers, and many others – have been exposed to..."

Oct. 1, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

The Drinks Issue: Guide to Getting Home Safely

Put somebody else in the driver's seat with these transpo options

"...Capital Metro – Austin's multimodal public transit system – is the easiest way to explore Downtown..."

July 13, 2018 Food Post by Eilish O'Sullivan

Happenings

"...COMMUNITY MEETINGS: CAPITAL METRO RAPID BUS PROPOSAL Let the Cap Metro folks know what..."

July 25, 2008 News Feature

Where the Sidewalks End

Austin's patchwork sidewalk system has a history – and just maybe a better future

"...Hall's most prominent advocate for public spaces and public transit, and sidewalks are no different. He represents a change..."

July 11, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Developing Stories: Rent & Roll

French capitalism meets community bicycling

"...fresh cross-cultural inspiration this summer visiting older, denser, more transit-rich and cosmopolitan cities. Viewed through the "Developing Stories" prism,..."

Aug. 10, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Rising Ridership

Numbers following the June ReMap: going up

"...the agency's route overhaul has more people riding the bus. According to authority data, ridership increased by 2.8% this..."

Sept. 7, 2018 News Feature by Jack Craver

Streetcar Plan Takes Shape

Rail advocates hope a downtown circulator will help boost usage of the new commuter rail

"...alternatives analysis process, according to Lucy Galbraith, Cap Metro's Transit Oriented Development manager. From here, she said, the transit..."

Aug. 18, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Streetcar Plans Unveiled

Capital Metro unveiled its streetcar circulator route for Downtown and Mueller at its recent board meeting, but the agency still managed to see that announcement upstaged by a proposal to double current bus fares and a likely impending labor squabble.

"...that announcement upstaged by a proposal to double current bus fares and a likely impending labor squabble...."

Nov. 3, 2006 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

The Lay of the Land

Timing Is Everything

"...we needed to do out of desperation after the bust. We had cheap, empty, brand-new space, and it was..."

Feb. 5, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Whither Rail Route?

Transportation officials move toward a finalized route

"...a recommended route for either urban rail or a rapid bus line. The 9-mile stretch would run from Highland..."

Feb. 28, 2014 News Feature by Amy Smith

Density, Diversity, and Especially Design

The Domain as TOD

"...become what the city and Capital Metro call a "transit-oriented development," or TOD...."

Sept. 28, 2007 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Public Notice: Mobility for All

Three visions for our transportation future

"...As Project Connect wends its way from being a transit plan to being a transit network, it's becoming increasingly..."

Sept. 30, 2022 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Austin’s Steady Strides Toward Climate Sustainability

How are we doing and how effective can local policies be at mitigating a worldwide crisis?

"...and natural gas use by 2025 (and provide "just transitions" for workers to renewable energy jobs); and 5) that..."

Nov. 1, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

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