State of the City Address

As delivered by Mayor Lee Leffingwell today

"...fails too many of our children – a state transportation network that falls far short of our needs –..."

Feb. 2, 2010 News Post by Lee Nichols

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Our readers talk back.

"...makes one fatal assumption that has guided America's "pave-at-all-costs" transportation philosophy: that "new roads may get traffic moving."..."

Dec. 7, 2001 Column

Urban Rail: Which Way to Connect?

Project Connect recommends a rail corridor – and transit advocates board opposing trains

"...transit resources in an area that already has heavy mass transit (bus) ridership and the dense population needed to..."

Dec. 13, 2013 News Feature by Mac McCann

Here Comes the Train

Can city staff, citizens, and neighborhoods realize – and build – a more livable city?

"...ordinance is simple: If the city wants Capital Metro's mass transit – especially the commuter rail line approved by..."

Jan. 28, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Page Two

Light rail: "It's the future, stupid."

"...are as ornery and independent as Texans. They use mass transit because it works; they use it when it..."

Nov. 3, 2000 Column by Louis Black

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Press Bush on Wiccans

"...Babich pointed out that there are no real public transportation systems in Texas. She's right, and for a good..."

June 18, 1999 Column

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VanScorned

"...At last, people are beginning to talk about transportation in Austin. This a good thing. People even occasionally..."

Jan. 23, 1998 Column

Working the Budget

Council and staff review the preliminary numbers, with crossed fingers all around

"...work sessions – but the possibility of a November transportation bond package, and what it might contain. If there..."

June 10, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Lee Leffingwell: 'Think Long-Range'

The incumbent mayor defends his record

"...a big part of what I've concentrated on is transportation – how we solve our transportation problems. And I..."

April 27, 2012 News Feature by Michael King

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Run, Max, Run

"...I was astonished to see Mr. Walters nearly parroting mass media race-baiting used in attacks on the S.J. Mercury..."

Jan. 17, 1997 Column

Travis County

"...other major highway projects, and argues that traffic and transportation remain the foremost priority of Southwest Travis County voters...."

Aug. 26, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Here Comes MetroRapid

Cap Metro rolls out its big bendy buses, the next mode in multimodal

"...In 1992's ode to progressive Seattle, Singles, that's how transportation planner Steve Dunne sells the idea of commuter rail...."

Jan. 24, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

It's Nice To Car Share

The more hands on the wheel, the merrier

"...late 1960s and lasted into the mid-Eighties, offering reasonable transportation solutions in the city center, where it provided mobility..."

Dec. 31, 2010 News Feature by Kate X Messer

APD vs. Cyclists

Cops are cracking down on law-breaking bicyclists

"...observed by officers, and bike-related accidents. Meanwhile, reports of mass-ticketing and heightened police scrutiny have been circulating the bike..."

Nov. 14, 2008 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Press Needs to Hold Politicians Accountable

"...Rep. Mike Krusee describes him as "a forceful local mass-transit advocate." While the article acknowledges that Krusee is "the..."

Dec. 11, 2007 Postmarks

Kick-Starting CarShare

Austin CarShare hits the road

"...When a handful of local greens and transportation reformers announced two years ago the creation of Austin..."

July 27, 2007 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Light Rail on the Web

"...Mass transit is building up a fairly prominent presence on..."

April 4, 1997 News Feature

Jam City

Managing Congestion

"...to lure motorists from single occupancy automobile commuting to mass transit, car-pools, walking, or cycling. This category also includes..."

Aug. 11, 1995 News Feature

Climate, Meet Mobility

Copenhagen is all about green transport – and Austin should be, too

"...told; Denmark has long been environmentally progressive, but the mass culture shift in embracing klima has occurred largely in..."

Nov. 6, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

A Long Time Coming

Why Now?

"...and its environs will figure into Austin's plans for mass transit. Though this one's a little farther away from..."

Feb. 5, 1999 News Feature by Jenny Staff

May 12 Municipal Election: The 'Chronicle' Endorsements

"...On transportation, Leffingwell's led the move into multimodal planning and funding,..."

April 27, 2012 News Feature

Hold Those Tolls!

Road conditions: funding hazy, future unclear

"...guest of honor at a meeting of the Texas Transportation Commission, across the street from his Capitol office. A..."

July 27, 2007 News Feature by Larry Schooler

Streetcar Plan Takes Shape

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

"...members, were on hand Saturday. Leffingwell noted that making mass transit work was something favored in the goals of..."

Aug. 18, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Weird by Design

City's proposed design standards emphasize livability, walkability, and flexibility

"...roadways – that is, arterials used for shopping and transportation, such as Lamar. The key to making those places..."

April 1, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

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"...to call them, on other tax-supported parts of the transportation network (Capital Metro's fares, the city's street-maintenance fee on..."

July 30, 2004 Column

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Raves for Marc Savlov's recent article on Ecstasy.

"...use. However, his failure to include any of the mass of harm-reduction information that he must have encountered does..."

June 23, 2000 Column

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"...as Watson pointed out, once you get a critical mass downtown and you get stores downtown, people of all..."

Oct. 9, 1998 Column

City of Dreams

Visions in Earlier Austin Plans Not Unlike Our Own

"...plans for downtown, the lakes, the creeks, the Eastside, transportation, and the like, and seemingly numberless proposals by local..."

Dec. 1, 1995 News Feature

Miles to Go

A transportation bond package combining roads and light rail is planned for November.

"...Now is the time for all good transportation projects to come to the aid of our community...."

March 10, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Which Way Do We Go?

Rae Takes the Wheel

"...clear that she views Cap Met's role in Austin's transportation future differently than did her predecessors, especially where light..."

April 9, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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