#VanLife Isn’t Just a Trend Anymore. It’s a Tether to Home.

A cross-country trip to unite a family in the pandemic

"...Toyota Sunland Express camper and spent a couple years driving around the country, sustaining ourselves with day labor jobs..."

Aug. 21, 2020 Features Feature by Kevin Curtin

Implementing the Mobility Bond and Corridor Construction Program, if You Can Wait for It

Going to take a long, long time

"...of your problems. And no matter what we do, driving here will most likely continue to be an issue...."

June 8, 2018 News Feature by Jack Craver

Uber and Lyft Are Back, in Case You Missed Them

Drivers and riders react to return of TNC giants

"...the Chevron gas station at Riverside and Congress before driving in rows to the Capitol. They recognize that the..."

June 2, 2017 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Transportation Options at SXSW

How to get around during the clusterfuck of festival season

"...Company: 512/478-2222 Lone Star Cab: 512/836-4900 Yellow Cab: 512/452-9999 Driving Yourself..."

March 1, 2017 SXSW Post by Katarina Brown

Page Two: "Fab 5 Freddy Told Me Everybody's Fly"

Out of nothing, street art achieved velocity

"...Driving in a cab across Tel Aviv, I thought about..."

Aug. 5, 2016 Column by Louis Black

Nerve

An online game of "Truth or Dare" turns dangerous

"...you – as the risks they undertake crazily escalate (driving a motorcycle blindfolded at a high speed, for example)..."

July 29, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

72 Hours (or So) of Ridesharing

With Uber and Lyft still boycotting Austin, we take the competition for a drive

"...down as I converse with David on his recent driving experiences – he's driving for both Fare and Fasten...."

June 24, 2016 News Feature by Kahron Spearman

The Luv Doc: Medicate as Needed

Nothing takes the edge off dealing with edgy people like a blissful buzz

"...suggests anything for me to bring "because we are driving all the way up there." I always try to..."

Nov. 20, 2015 Column by The Luv Doc

Bill of the Week

Will third time be a charm for statewide texting ban?

"...so than on championing the ban on texting while driving...."

April 10, 2015 News Column by Richard Whittaker

Cold as ICE

Sheriff Greg Hamilton stoutly defends the 'Secure Communities' deportation mill. But growing public and official opposition is working to shut down the line.

"...Margarita Campos, mother of two, stopped and detained for driving 10 miles an hour over the limit, already overwhelmed..."

July 4, 2014 News Feature by Tony Cantú

Elegy for the Man Behind @ATXhipsters

Kelly Wayne Noel killed by drunk driver

"...the city's continuing struggles with public transit and drunken driving. And it's not appropriate to say that an @..."

May 2, 2014 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

UPDATE: Lehmberg Trial Day Two: We're All Drunks

State pursues implication that Lehmberg is an "alcoholic"

"...April 12, the night she was popped for drunken driving while driving home after seeing a movie at the..."

Dec. 10, 2013 News Post by Michael King

Day Trips

'Daytrips' jumps the pond to burn some rubber in Scotland

"...Driving in Scotland is one of many adventures in a..."

Sept. 27, 2013 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Who Says You're Drunk?

Bars and bartenders may help you tie one on – but they're also expected to cut you off just this side of 'intoxication'

"...a wrong turn off Highway 360 and ended up driving nearly two miles east in the westbound lane of..."

July 5, 2013 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

To Pursue … or Not?

When should police chase a suspect?

"...erratic lane changes (without using his turn signals) and driving on the shoulder in an effort to get ahead..."

June 19, 2012 News Post by Jordan Smith

One, Two, Tres, Cuatro: Killing Floor

Another blues singer's called back home: honorary Austinite Hubert Sumlin

"...in a velvet April night back in the spring, driving with Chris Gray from Texas to Mississippi for Pinetop..."

Dec. 9, 2011 Music Column by Margaret Moser

Page Two: The Suburbs

Growing up with Phoebe Snow, whose presence and music transcended the ordinary

"...at one another's homes and switch to endlessly, pointlessly driving around. As Jonathan Richman noted, driving beat the hell..."

May 6, 2011 Column by Louis Black

Come and Take It

Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears' lightning strike sophomore disc, Scandalous, stops in for a G&T at the Mustang Ranch

"..."Mustang Ranch" while Lewis readies a casual rap about driving by Nevada's famous house of prostitution and stopping by..."

April 8, 2011 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

How Do You Formulate a Grand Prix?

The race to nail down an F1 deal involves multiple entities

"...a rural area, surrounded by small villages, and within driving distance of the nearest city, Silverstone has a lot..."

Nov. 19, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Daily Hustle: 4/23/10

Taxi crash at council

"...explosive report prepared by Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid, “Driving Austin, Driving Injustice,” which alleges cabbies work upwards of..."

April 23, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

'Deliver Me'

First-place winner

"...stepped down onto the driveway. Her car, somebody else driving. He dropped his gym bag and waited. The car..."

Feb. 12, 2010 Books Feature by John Roberts

Page Two: Before the Impending Flood

An erratic list of memories and some dates

"...in no particular chronological order. It's a column about driving...."

Feb. 5, 2010 Column by Louis Black

Headlines

"...closures. Visit www.cityofaustin.org/specialevents for more details. And if you're driving, don't drink ... and if you're drinking, don't drive...."

Jan. 1, 2010 News Feature

No Indictment in Lunt Shooting

TABC explores changes within agency in wake of shooting

"...their guns 19 times into a car Lunt was driving, striking Lunt three times in the head. Lunt died..."

Dec. 4, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

APD Blood-Draw Plan Needles Opponents

APD moving full speed ahead on plan to draw blood from people suspected of driving while drunk

"...to draw blood on 26 people suspected of drunken driving; 100% of those tested above the legal limit (0.08%..."

Dec. 19, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith

City Hall Hustle: Still a City to Run

Election hangover keeping you awake? Just read this agenda ... zzzz.

"...isn't even on the agenda this week. As the driving force behind the Public Safety Task Force, Council Member..."

Nov. 7, 2008 News Column by Wells Dunbar

UT Stays Awake, Sober in El Paso City

"...nonexistent pass defense against lowly UTEP, but for drunken driving. "It's not how I was raised," Lamarr Houston said..."

Sept. 8, 2008 Sports Post by Joe O'Connell

The Unnecessary Death of Vilhelm Hesness

Bicycle groups question official response to driver recklessness

"...Travis Co. prosecutors were unable to convict him of driving while intoxicated, explained Assistant District Attorney Claire Dawson-Brown. Assistant..."

Nov. 2, 2007 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Trade

This drama about international sex trafficking is tremendously sincere but also brutal.

"...captors’ endless cycle of beatings, druggings, rape, and all-night driving in a delivery van. Along the way there are..."

Sept. 28, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Page Two: A Little Light-Rain Music

A holiday meditation

"...Late at night, I'm driving through a very light rain in a rented vehicle..."

Dec. 22, 2006 Column by Louis Black

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