Weed Watch

Transit authorities have freedom of speech, too, judge rules

"...Amendment, which sought to deny federal money to any transit authority that accepted advertising advocating the use of medical..."

June 11, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Road TRIPping

Austin has the fifth-highest rate of traffic fatalities in the nation, according to a highway lobbyist organization.

"...people can get out of their cars and into mass transit. Meanwhile, its safety recommendations seem relatively obvious, and..."

Jan. 11, 2002 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Shaky Railing

Three former Capital Metro board members and two former employees claim that the transportation agency attempted to put Longhorn Railway, its costly freight rail operator, out of business.

"...reason the company is failing is because of the transit agency's reluctance to spend money upgrading its own rail..."

Dec. 10, 1999 News Feature by Robert Bryce

The Year in Politics

The Top Ten Political Stories of 1997

"...Capital Metro. The year began with questions about the transit authority's bidding and accounting procedures -- and ended with..."

Jan. 9, 1998 News Feature

Max for Cap Met Chief?

"...General Manager Michael Bolton, he has qualifications for which transit professionals are not usually trained, like local political capital..."

June 14, 1996 News Feature

Hit Brewery Row to Choose Your Own Austin FC Home Match Beer Adventure

How to get a little matchy-matchy with the city's first top-tier sports club and its many superb beer options

"...The good news is that, in this typically antiquated mass transit city, there are a surprising number of ways..."

June 18, 2021 Features Feature by Eric Puga

Naked City

Breaking news from Austin, the region, and elsewhere

"...funding, proposed transportation projects must: improve regional mobility, improve mass transit, leverage federal or private funds, add to an..."

Nov. 21, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks Web Extra

Our readers' letters regarding the September 11 terrorist attacks

"...marches of thousands of American Indians to reservations, the mass murders of hundreds of thousands of people in Vietnam,..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Column

Postmarks Web Extra

Our readers' letters regarding the September 11 terrorist attacks

"...marches of thousands of American Indians to reservations, the mass murders of hundreds of thousands of people in Vietnam,..."

Oct. 12, 2001 Column

Bill That Would Likely Require Another Vote on Project Connect Moves Ahead

Acquiescing to a revote

"...would not allow local government corporations, like the Austin Transit Partnership, to issue bonds paid for using property taxes..."

April 21, 2023 News Post by Benton Graham

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...Now Boarding the ATP: The Austin Transit Partnership this week met for its first board meeting..."

Jan. 22, 2021 News Feature

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...Capital Metro appointed three community experts to the Austin Transit Partnership Board of Directors, including transportation financing professional Tony..."

Dec. 25, 2020 News Feature

Election Ticker: Are We There Yet?

The latest – and last! – news from the campaign trail before Election Day

"...money on Facebook in opposition to Prop A, the mass transit ballot measure. It's not exactly clear how much,..."

Oct. 30, 2020 News Feature by the News Staff

Value of a Car Not Driven

"...be vigorously opposed by the petro-industrial complex. Investing in mass transit is a good idea, but without broad social..."

Jan. 21, 2020 Postmarks

Austin at Large: This Road’s Gone On Forever

Is it wrong, or dumb, or evil to spend billions to fix I-35?

"...from highways and toward more sustainable mobility – high-capacity transit, properly deployed autonomous vehicles, high-speed public broadband that reduces..."

May 17, 2019 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Adler: Lege Has "Declared War" on Texas Cities

The mayor's State of the City applauded local efforts and condemned state attacks

"...praised Project Connect, and exhorted his listeners to support mass transit, including "dedicated lanes" north, south, east, and west...."

April 26, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

The Mayor's State of the City Is … Mixed

Adler touts city initiatives, decries “shadow” of state backlash

"...praised Project Connect, and exhorted his listeners to support mass transit, including “dedicated lanes” north, south, east and west...."

April 18, 2019 News Post by Michael King

Sarah Eckhardt's State of the County Address Features Brags and Worries

The state of Travis County is strong, but challenges remain

"...are ramping up, as is planning for more regional transit options, via the Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority (with..."

March 15, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

More From Laura Morrison

Mayoral candidate on CodeNEXT, APA, public process

"...need to make sure that (as proposed in CodeNEXT) massive upzoning without those benefits, doesn’t happen...."

Jan. 11, 2018 News Post by Michael King

Council on CodeNEXT

Four CMs lament inequitable land use standards throughout city

"...sprawl and gentrification instead of incentivizing affordability via density, transit-oriented development, or just simplification. Renteria noted that his Cesar..."

Aug. 25, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Point Austin: Prisoners of Success

The ever-elusive Austin determination to "manage growth"

"...said. "And it works because you can get on transit and it's the great leveling agent. ... I think..."

April 21, 2017 News Column by Michael King

City Council: How Big Is Just Right?

Council moves forward on Mobility Bond, “Smart Corridors”

"...(that is, automobile traffic); 2) It’s insufficient to improve mass transit (that is, it should include rail advocates’ proposal..."

Aug. 15, 2016 News Post by Michael King

Point Austin: How Smart Are We?

Council ponders a bond that voters will swallow

"...be transformed with "pullouts and queue jumps for rapid transit, protected paths for bicycles, sidewalks and safe crosswalks for..."

June 24, 2016 News Column by Michael King

Council: Getting Moving?

City Council's continued transportation debate may backlog zoning cases on agenda

"...would make those streets more multimodal and promote denser, transit-sustaining residential development. Other funds would go to "regional" projects,..."

June 17, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Dueling Bondage

Mayor and council members consider transportation packages

"...establish the sort of walkable, bike-able neighborhoods that support mass transit – thereby reducing Austinites’ transportation costs...."

June 13, 2016 News Post by Michael King

All This and Zoning Too

Marathon City Council meeting zones through lengthy agenda

"...• Managed to squeeze in a proclamation, before the..."

Nov. 13, 2015 News Post by Michael King

Brown and Eckhardt Face Off in Circle C

Circle C Area Dems host Travis County Judge candidates

"...Eckhardt suggesting that any excess tolls be dedicated to mass transit; Brown noted that toll lanes will benefit only..."

Jan. 14, 2014 News Post by Michael King

Poetry in Motion

A new partnership will bring poetry to the Cap Metro fleet

"...the Austin Poetry Society, that could soon change. The transit authority is giving over unused ad space inside its..."

June 15, 2012 News Feature by Monica Riese

Politics Gift Guide

For the person who has everything but still could use another thing

"...Transit Authority Fig­ures: This project started a few years ago..."

Dec. 2, 2011 News Feature by Nick Barbaro

If Austin Had Rail ...

"...King Station and the Downtown Station. If other proposed mass-transit plans materialize, it could connect at Downtown with Cap..."

April 8, 2011 News Feature

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