Cap Metro: The Quarter Cent Shuffle

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

"...quarter-cent backstory might wonder: Why did the financially strapped transit authority ever agree to give away more than a..."

April 16, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Nonprofits Not Impressed by Cap Metro Proposal

Cap Metro draws fire over proposal to start a nonprofit for low-income riders

"...Central Texans who have no choice but to use mass transit ("Helping the 'Tran­sit-Dependent,'" Oct. 23). The idea is..."

Nov. 6, 2009 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Postmarks

Neighbors relate their own housing crunches in response to last week's cover story.

"...school, take menial jobs, etc. Subsidized housing or subsidized transit will do nothing but remove any incentive the employer..."

Aug. 4, 2000 Column

Opinion: Medical Students Support Ballot Measures

Propositions A and B are key to a healthier future

"...pass Propositions A and B, which will bring a mass transit system and improved sidewalks and urban trails to..."

Oct. 23, 2020 Column by Daniel R.Bamrick-Fernandez and Scott Spivey Provencio

What Austin Can Learn From Other Cities

Seattle, Minneapolis, and Nashville leaders share at RECA Exchange

"...the city anticipates greater development on corridors. (Density along transit corridors is also included in Imagine Austin, our 30-year..."

Sept. 18, 2019 News Post by Sarah Marloff

Bigger, Faster Buses

Cap Metro gets grants for Bus Rapid Transit

"...million in federal funds for its planned Bus Rapid Transit service. The grant comes from the Federal Transit Administration's..."

July 8, 2011 News Feature by Lee Nichols

ATU Strikes, After StarTran Rejects Compromise

Can Mike Martinez's proposal avert a bus strike?

"...his efforts to intervene in the dispute between Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1091 and StarTran, the contractor that actually..."

Nov. 7, 2008 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Walker Steps Down as Cap Metro Board Chair

After 11 years, says time for "someone else" to take on "exciting challenges"

"...fell back to whether Central Texas would provide public transit, and whether the agency should exist at all. Since..."

March 31, 2008 News Post by Lee Nichols

End of the Line

The Short and Troubled History of Austin's Streetcar System

"...in streetcars; he was a developer. His Austin Rapid Transit Railway Company was one of the best ways to..."

July 21, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...Rep. Glen Maxey has risen to defend the P.R.-hobbled mass transit agency. Maxey fired off an angry letter last..."

March 14, 1997 News Feature

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

Riding on TxDOT's endless highway

"...traffic; developing "interfaces" between the highway and surface streets, transit (including "light rail," which also proved to be several..."

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

City Hall Ready for Liftoff on New Land Use Rules

It's as easy as flood protection, affordability, parking, transition zones ...

"...were again front and center. How should the controversial transition zones between mixed-use corridors and single-family neighborhoods be mapped?..."

Dec. 13, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

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

Density vs. Sprawl

"...electric lines, sewers, etc. More importantly, dense housing facilitates mass transit. Dense housing often means multifamily structures. Multifamily structures..."

Dec. 11, 2018 Postmarks

Point Austin: Unfinished Business

Working Austin's weirding ways to New Year's resolutions

"...taking steps to address its woeful lack of substantial mass transit. That's on us as much as City Hall:..."

Dec. 15, 2017 News Column by Michael King

Travis County

"...with managed lanes that will allow the addition of mass transit. "Gerald sneers at bike lanes," said Holmes, "but..."

Aug. 26, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Point Austin: November Mobility Bond Begins to Take Shape

Consensus on the proposed $720 million bond remains a work in progress

"...objecting that there is simply not enough allowance for mass transit options. The most vocal and persistent critics have..."

Aug. 12, 2016 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: The Affordability Conundrum

If we want an affordable Austin, we'll have to afford it together

"...promote "connectivity," Bernstein argued, through "location-efficient" planning and effective mass transit, the affordability problem can only get worse...."

Sept. 20, 2013 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: Running in Place

On November rail vote, Leffingwell says ... not just yet

"...an additional $275 million for rail. He added that transit planning would proceed, with the likely addition of about..."

June 8, 2012 News Column by Michael King

May 12 Municipal Election: The 'Chronicle' Endorsements

"...and the accompanying environmental degradation and without which long-range mass transit plans will founder. He was also quick to..."

April 27, 2012 News Feature

Nichols' Article 'Much Ado About Nothing'

"...and when Austin decides it really wants a functional mass transit system, either bus or rail will work fine...."

April 11, 2011 Postmarks

The Daily Hustle: 7/16/10

Everyone's an economist

"...Increase the range and efficiency of mass transit, 1,214 votes (The City of Austin should feel..."

July 16, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Current Rail Line Lacks Synergy

"...in such a situation. The same is true of mass transit. The current line lacks synergy. However, additional lines..."

July 6, 2010 Postmarks

Point Austin: Sounds Like a Plan

CAMPO's 2035 Plan reads like a dream of a different Central Texas

"...federal government will come to the rescue. As for mass transit money – still more a Travis County dream..."

April 16, 2010 News Column by Michael King

The Train! The Train!

What, where, when, and who on the Red Line

"...some help with the learning curve inherent in any mass transit system. We'll try to help not only with..."

March 19, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols

LegeLines

Quickies from the Capitol

"...• Texas took its first baby steps toward regional mass transit earlier this month with Senate passage of Sen...."

May 22, 2009 News Column by the News Staff

Give Them Money Not to Make Cars

"...the Europeans in manufacture of subway cars and other mass transit systems. Imagine – the industry that virtually destroyed..."

Dec. 16, 2008 Postmarks

'Chronicle' Endorsements

Nov. 4 General Election

"...he serves. His longstanding prioritization of road-building ahead of mass transit and opposition to increased county powers over development..."

Oct. 17, 2008 News Feature

Committee Approves Bus Fare Hike

Raises approved for all except elderly and disabled passengers

"...$1 by 2010, and prices for monthly passes and paratransit ride booklets (regarding services for the elderly and disabled)..."

Aug. 8, 2008 News Feature by Justin Ward

Rockin' Solutions: A Four-Piece Combo

Highlights of solutions emerging from the four Live Music Task Force subcommittees

"...Helping Musicians: Tip jars to transit..."

July 18, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

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