Top 10 City Council Stories

Dais and months

"...6) Infinite Free Parking WTP4 wasn't council's only mulligan in 2011. The decision..."

Jan. 6, 2012 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

The Daily Hustle: 3/7/11

SoCo parking, PSH, comp plans: Your City Council preview

"...Item 15: Creating a managed growth agreement for a parking garage at Fifth and Brazos. Armbrust and Brown are..."

March 7, 2011 News Post by Wells Dunbar

The Daily Hustle: 1/17/11

Disc golf, Lustre Pearl keep council up

"...the issues raised went beyond sound, into issues like parking, that aren't part of the music permitting process, but..."

Jan. 17, 2011 News Post by Wells Dunbar

It's Nice To Car Share

The more hands on the wheel, the merrier

"...the program, the city allows Car2Go to have "free-floating parking ... at any metered spot" in addition to 31..."

Dec. 31, 2010 News Feature by Kate X Messer

Friggin' Genius

SXSW Film announces feature film lineup

"...The Parking Lot Movie Director: Meghan Eckman and Christopher Hlad (Assistant..."

Feb. 4, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Questions Unanswered

APD suspends Quintana, fires Dunn – but doubts remain about the Nate Sanders II shooting

"...the Walnut Creek apartments. Quintana had pulled into the parking lot of a nearby AutoZone and was writing up..."

Nov. 13, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Olsen Hearing Raises More Questions Than Answers on APD Policy

Will Austin Police Department Sgt. Michael Olsen get his job back?

"...3, after a foot chase that began in the parking lot of Chester's Nightclub in East Austin and ended..."

Feb. 29, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Officer Fired for Unjustified Use of Deadly Force

Officer Wayne Williamson indefinately suspended for firing his gun several times into a crowded parking lot at a fleeing suspect

"...Williamson fired his gun several times into a crowded parking lot at a suspect who was fleeing from officers..."

Aug. 31, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith

10 Reasons to Love a Streetcar

The 'streetcar effect' – offering Austinites far more than a free ride

"...business. That yields more "bed tax" and rental-car and parking-fee dollars – which can in turn be used to..."

July 20, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

More City, SoCo Cafe Fracas

After busting South Congress Cafe back in February 2005 for unpermitted construction of a decked rear patio and privacy fence that covered city sidewalk and right-of-way, city still at odds with eatery

"...city right-of-way, but the eatery still lacks an approved parking arrangement, including the provision of at least one handicapped..."

March 30, 2007 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Sexing Up Sealants

Leffingwell proposes a ban on commonly used parking lot material

"...are applied each year to protect and beautify Austin's parking lots. Coal-tar sealant is also toxic, which is why..."

Oct. 28, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Saving South Congress - for Whom?

This weekend's street fest raises questions about the future of the Southside's main drag

"...an extension of the entertainment, which translates into the parking, peeing, and littering complaints spawned by First Thursday. "It's..."

Sept. 3, 2004 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

The Common Law

My car was towed from a parking lot. I never saw any signs before I parked, so I went back to look, and I only found a really small sign that you can barely see. Can I be legally towed based on that sign?

"...My car was towed from a parking lot. I never saw any signs before I parked,..."

March 5, 2004 Column by Luke Ellis

On The Lege

The GOP Senate tightens the screws on the absent Texas 11.

"...service, subscriptions, staff passes to the Senate floor, and parking spots. The additional penalties appeared to reflect frustration as..."

Aug. 22, 2003 News Column by Michael King

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

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...a spirit of understanding and community. Let's see ... parking ... versus people in a fire hazard ... that..."

June 6, 2003 Column

Bikes on a Road to Nowhere?

"...wanted the bikeway routed on Third to preserve scarce parking spaces...."

May 23, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Fonda"] and last week's letter to the editor about parking on Woodview close to Fonda San Miguel ["Postmarks," Jan...."

Jan. 31, 2003 Column

Descent into Hell

The City Council kicked off its budget talks in earnest last week, with the least grim part of the FY2003 proposed budget -- public safety -- along with aviation, the Convention Center, and Solid Waste Services.

"...of the shrinkage in air travel since Sept. 11, parking revenue has been hard hit; new satellite lots have..."

Aug. 16, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Too Much Room at the Inn?

Plans for New Downtown Hotel Generates Welcomes and Skepticism

"...Currently occupying the proposed hotel site is a parking lot and the locally owned Bitter End Bistro &..."

May 31, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Postmarks

What destroys a neighborhood? How can bikes help? What's wrong with the Julia Roberts/Brad Pitt vehicle THE MEXICAN? A few answers to these questions---and more!---right here, right now.

"...depending on the seasons.) No traffic, no detours, no parking problems...."

March 23, 2001 Column

Council Watch

Council denies historic zoning for old house on St. David's property.

"...in back, through the alleyway that leads to the parking garage. The hill that once sloped south from the..."

Dec. 24, 1999 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

Postmarks

Press Bush on Wiccans

"...want Paris to look like Paris, not like a parking lot. Last year they held a one-day event called..."

June 18, 1999 Column

Postmarks

"...town, and build any new "growth" in the disused parking lots." Amy, I think you have finally lost it...."

Oct. 2, 1998 Column

Postmarks

Turner Is Worthy

"...At first glance, building several huge, expensive parking garages in Austin seems like a waste of money...."

Sept. 25, 1998 Column

Page Two

"...Not only is it about the least neighborhood-friendly, most surface-parking- and traffic-intense usage possible, it's also geographically redundant in..."

June 12, 1998 Column by Nick Barbaro

What Bike Plan? UT Fails to Embrace Bike Culture

"...that." Warned that he could also be fined for parking against signs, Mitchell points at a nearby bike rack,..."

Aug. 29, 1997 News Feature

Squaring the Triangle

The Three Austins Collide at a Central-City Crossroads

"...Health and Human Services complexes with "high rises and parking garages....The Triangle Square development will be a less intense,..."

July 4, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Food-O-File

"...the downtown "entertainment district" is always a challenge because parking spots are at such a premium. Carmelo Mauro, owner..."

Jan. 12, 1996 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Your Weekend Events Shopping Already Done for You!

Recommended arts and music events for your perusal

"...“Pop Market Pals” in secondhand shop Top Drawer Thrift’s parking lot so you can shop local artists, makers, and..."

Sept. 20, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

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