A Planner's Paradise

A marriage of land use and transportation planning rarely seen in "property rights happy" Texas is being plotted

"...As much as Austin likes to talk about planning – witness last week's hearings on design standards and..."

Sept. 8, 2006 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Streetcar Desires

The Austin streetcar has a consensus – it still needs champions

"...one about financing, the other about political coalition-building and regional partnering. Both are bigger than the streetcar project itself...."

July 20, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Miles to Go

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

"...leaders who feel the $1 billion project is insufficiently "regional" to justify the expense...."

March 10, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Corridor Conundrum

The Truth Is Out There on the Highway

"...more than once, at the May 1 all-star conclave, "Regional Issues - Local Solutions: A Conference for the Austin-San..."

May 8, 1998 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Climate, Meet Mobility

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

"...resolution and plan specifically called for transportation and land-use planning provisions within a comprehensive plan, but it had no..."

Nov. 6, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Point Austin: Sounds Like a Plan

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

"...In purely visual terms, the Capital Area Metro­politan Planning Organization's latest draft 25-year transportation plan – the plosively..."

April 16, 2010 News Column by Michael King

Tracking Cap Metro's Eastward Proposal

The Green Line takes conceptual shape

"...rail for the East Austin growth corridor a wise regional transportation investment? For the first time, the just-released Capital..."

Sept. 12, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Who Does What

"...highways, and other issues. Also makes recommendations to the Planning Commission on transportation-related capital improvement projects...."

May 23, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

10 Reasons to Love a Streetcar

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

"...– and as chair of the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization, he is spending more time than most at..."

July 20, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Point Austin: Good, Bad, and Ugly

Sustainability Project snap-shoots our present, future

"...2000, to develop the information necessary to support a regional effort at "sustainable development," a term the authors define..."

Dec. 29, 2006 News Column by Michael King

Here Comes the Train

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

"...says George Adams, principal planner in the city's Transportation, Planning, and Sustainability Department. "We want to create a really..."

Jan. 28, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Redrawing the Road Map

CAMPO expansion may change the roles of the Central Texas transportation game.

"...Let's be honest; transportation planning can be rather dull. Most people tune out at..."

Jan. 31, 2003 News Feature by Dave Mann

Eve of Destruction?

The City plans for a big New Year's Eve party downtown while East Sixth Street merchants complain of threat of competition

"...Why has the city gone into the event-planning and live music business on a night which downtown..."

Oct. 29, 1999 News Feature by Andy Langer

Corner to Corner

There's more development slated for the already-crowded RM 2222 and Loop 360 interchange.

"...a few years now made itself at home before Planning Commission and City Council, arguing that the horrid 2222..."

Sept. 10, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

One Size Doesn't Fit All

City Land Code Revisions

"...been the subject of intense scrutiny from the Citizens' Planning Committee (CPC). The diverse, 22-member committee, created by Goodman..."

Dec. 8, 1995 News Feature

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere

"...• NEW REGIONAL GROWTH STUDY Envision Central Texas released a study this..."

Aug. 1, 2008 News Feature

Strayhorn Takes Toll on the CTRMA

Comptroller delivers scathing audit of road agency

"...what was nominally an audit of the Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority. Released with Strayhorn's usual fanfare, the "special..."

March 18, 2005 News Feature by Michael King

Club Endorsements

Who's backing whom in the Nov. 6 election

"...Austin, Democratic Socialists of America, Women's Health and Family Planning Association..."

Oct. 25, 2018 News Post

Is Austin Getting Left Behind on the 'Livability' Front?

'Sustainability' is much more than a 14-letter word

"...around six "livability principles." She urged more than 200 regional leaders in attendance to work to win an award..."

May 14, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Developing Stories

Plans unveiled for rail transit

"...At long last, real systems planning for a Central Austin streetcar has arrived at the..."

Aug. 1, 2008 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Shall We Bike?

Local bike advocates pedal optimistically uphill

"..."In most planning and construction efforts, bicyclists' needs are not adequately considered,..."

May 26, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Capital Metro board. On Monday, the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization's Transportation Policy Board approved another two-year term for..."

Oct. 14, 2005 News Feature

Neighborhood Soup

"...15, as 13 community groups made pitches to the Planning Commission for the two open slots in the city's..."

Aug. 1, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere

"..."Vision: Develop a comprehensive multimodal regional transportation system that safely and efficiently addresses mobility needs..."

Oct. 10, 2008 News Feature

We Had a Little Plan ...

The decision of the Hamilton Pool Road waterline waits – or doesn't – on the outcome of three regional planning efforts

"...Three planning groups are studying the effects that future growth would..."

Dec. 3, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

Austin @ Large: Wreck on the Highway

Why the dogs can't catch the toll road speed machine

"...really, at the meeting of the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization Transportation Policy Board on Monday night, nothing happened...."

Sept. 17, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

What Do Neighborhoods Want?

Battle of the Week

"...The Balcones Civic Association has been neighborhood planning since long before it was cool. The group formed..."

Sept. 11, 1998 News Column by Jenny Staff

Off the Beaten Track

Can Light Rail Build Livable Communities?

"...Study (ATS) Policy Advisory Committee, currently of the Citizens Planning Implementation Committee (CPIC); Jana McCann, also of the CPIC..."

Nov. 21, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Wreckless Recs?

Garza's Affordability Strategy Slides Into Uselessness

"...1995-96, the teams looked at Public Works and Transportation, Planning and Development, and Environmental and Conservation Services (ECSD), and..."

Sept. 12, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

City of Dreams

Visions in Earlier Austin Plans Not Unlike Our Own

"...or so of its life, Austin had no real planning at all, nor access to the sorts of planning..."

Dec. 1, 1995 News Feature

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