The Lame, the Halt, and the Parking Thieves

Crusading against handicapped-parking violators

"...car parked along this particular block is showing a handicapped-parking hangtag, which allows the user to park at a..."

June 9, 2006 News Feature by Michael May

Housing Authority Won't Use Affordable-Housing Bond Money

HACA chooses to keep independent of city's $55 million in affordable housing bonds on November ballot

"...the poor in the city – than the Housing Authority of the City of Austin. It would make sense..."

Oct. 6, 2006 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Postmarks

Speaking With Authority

"...to the TTA as "the newly formed Texas Turnpike Authority."..."

May 29, 1998 Column

Seaholm East

Council passes resolution establishing 'guiding vision and policy principles' for two large city-owned tracts in redevelopment district

"...of the best design." All proposals should include integrated parking structures – preferably owned by the public, with net..."

Jan. 25, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Council Preview: Who Rules AE?

Tomorrow's headline matter is Austin Energy governance

"...over direct management of the utility, with Council retaining authority on overall policy...."

April 10, 2013 News Post by Michael King

Austin Airport Back up to Speed

Post-flood repairs complete at ABIA, in time for Thanksgiving

"...is running at normal levels after the Federal Aviation Authority reopened the air traffic control tower, just in time..."

Nov. 18, 2015 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Sacrificing Seniority

Conservatives could cost Republicans committee appointments

"...if you're an elected official. When it comes to authority in the Texas Legislature, being a member of the..."

Feb. 16, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Change Is Coming … to Capital Metro

Alterations to bus service take effect Sunday

"...tomorrow. Beginning Sunday morning, the first of the transportation authority's thrice-yearly service adjustments take effect. Check the Cap Metro..."

Jan. 17, 2009 News Post by Lee Nichols

Streetcar Desires

The Austin streetcar has a consensus – it still needs champions

"...commissioned the Austin Streetcar Financing Study. The regional transit authority had concluded from its own long-range planning that 1)..."

July 20, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Deadlocked Over Density

Neighbors say ARA's development plans for East 11th Street would clash with existing homes and businesses, including the historic Victory Grill

"...persistent accusations of incompetence, cronyism, and corruption. In response, authority President Byron Marshall, its board leadership, and other supporters..."

Sept. 5, 2008 News Feature by Lee Nichols

What Price Baseball?

The Rangers Ain't Gonna Like This, Yogi

"...City of Arlington and the Arlington Sports Facilities Development Authority (ASFDA) over who will pay a $4.98 million jury..."

June 20, 1997 News Feature

New Urban Sagas

Mueller Mutation

"...portion is also, sadly, filled with lots of surface parking, though intended to be prettier than your average parking..."

Oct. 16, 1998 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks

Facts, Not Gossip

"...Texas Turnpike Authority biographer Jesse Sublett was correct when he observed in..."

June 5, 1998 Column

Council Makes Time to Address Protest Fallout

The right to listen

"...Council's direct authority over APD and its officers is restrained by state..."

June 5, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

The Lay of the Land

Timing Is Everything

"...out, when you consider the vacant land, the surface parking lots, the underutilized spaces. We could quadruple the square..."

Feb. 5, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

UT a Players-Hata?

Burger joint on MLK threatened by university expansion plans

"...neighbor, Players, to make room for a new 1,000-space parking garage just south of campus on Martin Luther King..."

July 1, 2005 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Council Watch

The Gotham Cometh: Town Lake Condo Clears First Hurdle; Council Moves On to Water

"...the 50-year water pact with the Lower Colorado River Authority, which the council is expected to approve at tonight's..."

Oct. 8, 1999 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

Naked City

Austin Stories

"...denial of a permit for the Baptists' proposed five-story parking garage on Avenue D. That denial came on an..."

July 25, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond

"...the company but were ultimately left without any regulatory authority as the company is regulated by the Hays conservation..."

Jan. 16, 2009 News Feature

The Hells Angels Hit

Anthony Benesh was shot down by a sniper – the suspects, and theories, are legion

"...reporter. "Saturday night, people were coming and going; the parking lot was packed. Nobody heard or saw anything while..."

May 19, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Why Portland Doesn't Look Like Austin

Rose (City)-Colored Glasses

"...adopted the current Metro charter, which calls for the authority to adopt a "Future Vision" document representing, in Metro's..."

Dec. 15, 1995 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...TOD doesn't work without reductions in parking requirements, and reductions in parking only work if your..."

Aug. 13, 2004 Column

Naked City

Vignette discusses its options for a planned move downtown.

"...a senior citizens' high-rise operated by the Austin Housing Authority. So imagine the residents' surprise when they opened the..."

Aug. 25, 2000 News Feature by Amy Smith

Going With the Flow

The LCRA Connection

"...ulterior motives are perhaps inevitable, given the circumstances. The authority, without being asked by the city or, as far..."

Sept. 4, 1998 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Learning From Portland

"...organization – rather than the city or the transit authority – that drove the project. The stakeholders defined it,..."

July 20, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Election 2004 Updates

The latest electoral happenings in Central Texas, updated daily

"...fence. It was mid-afternoon when Gloria pulled into the parking lot, but a good dozen men were already hunkered..."

Oct. 29, 2004 News Feature

Naked City

"...the city concerning the church's proposed construction of a parking garage. The lawsuit concerned the designed size of the..."

June 7, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Grow and Prosper

With neighbors still reeling from 1990 expansion, Hyde Park Baptist plans another growth project.

"...a zoning exception allowing it to build a 47-foot-high parking garage and a 74-foot-high sanctuary on Speedway. The zoning..."

Nov. 19, 1999 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Building From Scratch

It Takes a City and a State to Raise a Village

"...In early phases, there will have to be surface parking, but the final-buildout version envisions strategically placed shared parking..."

Feb. 19, 1999 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Downtown Developments

"...development includes a swimming pool, exercise room, and covered parking in what was once the state's Anson Jones Building...."

Feb. 5, 1999 News Feature

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