Crestview at the Crossroads

Near north neighborhood faces redevelopment transformation

"...will wrap high-density housing and retail around Capital Metro's commuter-rail station planned for Airport and North Lamar...."

Oct. 6, 2006 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Don't Write That, Write This

"...Capital Metro's failure to seek federal funding for the commuter rail starter line despite pre-election claims that they would..."

Feb. 2, 2006 Postmarks

Page Two

At their best, our 2004 endorsements take a stand, but invite readers to agree or disagree with their reasoning

"...One quick note on commuter rail: Ignore the numbers and projections for the next..."

Oct. 29, 2004 Column by Louis Black

In Other Election News ...

Levy goes off the rails, the GOP flunks geography, Bexar County races get physical, Nader gets help from a Friend of Rick, and Kerry wins the stoner vote

"...The commuter rail campaign enjoys the support of both Downtown business..."

Oct. 22, 2004 News Feature

Over a Troubled Bridge

Neighborhoods Battle Plan to Widen Lamar Bridge

"...warns that widening Lamar Bridge will also encourage more commuters to exit from MoPac onto Barton Springs Road in..."

Oct. 11, 1996 News Feature

The Vicious Cycle

Citywide Bike Plan: a Modest Beginning

"...of a bicycle tour business and a longtime cycling commuter. Though he credits the majority of Austin motorists with..."

Feb. 16, 1996 News Feature

Can It Be? MetroRail Prepares to Launch.

Cap Metro once again announces a start date for the MetroRail

"...is when the transit agency will finally launch its MetroRail Red Line, the long anticipated and much delayed Leander-to-Austin..."

March 12, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere

"...Council 4721. E-mail maryellenkersch@verizon.net for details. – P.J.R. Elgin Rail Beta Test..."

Aug. 29, 2008 News Feature

Streetcar Dreams Deferred

Now what?

"...a delay of the required vote on an urban rail transit project proposed for Central Aus­tin. So when might..."

May 23, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Place 5

Brewster McCracken trounces his challengers

"...join the Capital Metro board because "we need another rail election." With retail gasoline prices up to $3 a..."

May 19, 2006 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

Postmarks

Our readers talk back

"...News, Jan. 28], but it's worth remembering that no commuter rail start in the U.S. in recent memory has..."

Feb. 4, 2005 Column

Cold Water on TOD

"...News, Jan. 28], but it's worth remembering that no commuter rail start in the U.S. in recent memory has..."

Jan. 27, 2005 Postmarks

Naked City

Plans for rail station area development would be governed by new rules

"...Now that commuter rail has been authorized in Austin by the citizenry,..."

Dec. 24, 2004 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Austin @ Large: The Fall Season

Will the City Council schedule bring breakout hits or fabulous flops?

"...Austin Music Network. The summer's dustups over toll roads, commuter rail, the hospital district, and the school bonds all..."

Oct. 1, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

The sluggish transportation beat picks up speed and energy after the election.

"...will join an established coterie of great and good road-over-rail minds...."

Nov. 22, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Austin Stories

"...After five years in limbo, a Central Texas regional commuter rail district is almost a reality. Commissioners in Travis..."

Oct. 11, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

What Will It Look Like?

"...future, or for high-occupancy vehicle lanes, or light or commuter rail, or some combination of the above. The median..."

Jan. 21, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Max for Cap Met Chief?

"...his highest priority would be to begin construction of commuter rail. "We've been talking about it all these years,..."

June 14, 1996 News Feature

Reconnect Austin: Part Two

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

"...sticker reads, "Visualize I-35 as a hike and bike trail." The Reconnect Austin proposal might offer Downtown the next..."

Jan. 31, 2014 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Collision Course

Competing Visions

"...and consider alternative transportation routes, such as light and commuter rail systems, instead...."

June 11, 1999 News Feature by Bryan Mealer

Developing Stories: 'Every Day It's Getting Worse'

Strategic Mobility Plan marks a way out of permanent gridlock

"...helicopter). The city is poised to plunge into the rail-transit business – with its central-city circulator Austin Urban Rail..."

March 12, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Day Trips: The Traveling Man, Dallas

Sculptures along the expressway keep Dallas weird

"...busy city street than a freeway, with the light rail tracks dividing the north and south lanes...."

June 3, 2022 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Cap Metro: The Quarter Cent Shuffle

Why Cap Metro takes a quarter-cent and then gives it back

"...The answer is politics – specifically, road vs. rail politics. In 2000, when light rail lost narrowly at..."

April 16, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Expect Long Wait at MetroRail Gate

Extreme waiting times leave drivers idling

"...Could Capital Metro's MetroRail Red Line, the new Leander-to-Austin commuter rail that begins..."

March 19, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols

What's Wrong With Cap Metro ... and What's Right

The transit agency is good at a few things – like digging itself into a public relations ditch

"...a half-year's delay, the agency announced that its new MetroRail commuter rail line would not meet its planned March..."

April 24, 2009 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Point Austin: The Convert

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

"...are those who say his successful advocacy of suburban commuter rail instead of the light-rail lines initially proposed clumsily..."

Dec. 7, 2007 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: Double or Nothing

Cap Metro fumbles the ball ... again

"...Whether it's bungling referendums on light-rail, trying to outsource local labor, needing the mayor to..."

Sept. 21, 2007 News Column by Michael King

Naked City

"...and/or agreeing to participate in the Austin-San Antonio Intermunicipal Commuter Rail District, which continues to push a 110-mile commuter..."

May 18, 2007 News Feature

Top 10 Developing Stories: We got a plan

"...5) Back to the Track!: Construction of the urban commuter rail line connecting Leander (and points between) with Downtown..."

Jan. 5, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Presbyterians, Neighborhood Compromise

Redeemer Presbyterian Church 1, Rosewood neighborhood 1, IRS 0

"...to a proposed transit-oriented development gateway to the MLK commuter rail station...."

Dec. 22, 2006 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

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