More Walking, Less Driving

"...populated an area is, the more it needs wide sidewalks, bikeable streets, and pocket parks. The biggest cities, such..."

March 27, 2013 Postmarks

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Postmarks Scandal!

"...will provide curb cuts and access to all our sidewalks but that is where it stops. They have no..."

Aug. 1, 1997 Column

Notes on Kamp: Our Transportation Crisis

We can't afford to keep ignoring our infrastructure

"...fairly comprehensively a couple of years back ("Where the Sidewalks End," July 11, 2014) – Austin's sidewalks are more..."

May 20, 2016 News Column by Amy Kamp

Neighborhood Watch

Sustainable Neighborhoods group advocates 'family-friendly' north side development

"...In the immediate future, they'd like to see better sidewalks, bike lanes, and park space along busy streets like..."

March 22, 2013 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Rubber Meets the Road

Bond election project breakdown

"...detailed below. (Note: Great Streets refers to widened, pedestrian-friendly sidewalks as laid out in city design guidelines.)..."

Oct. 22, 2010 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

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Our readers talk back.

"...Sidewalks Are for Walking..."

Aug. 6, 2004 Column

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"...at once." How is this plan superior to adding sidewalks and bicycle lanes?..."

May 10, 2002 Column

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"...at once." How is this plan superior to adding sidewalks and bicycle lanes?..."

May 3, 2002 Column

Who Owns Sixth Street

Is Austin's Sixth Street Entertainment District undergoing an identity crisis? -- and who are the designated shrinks?

"...random activity of an anthill. Bouncers barking on the sidewalks outside the bars promise cheap drinks: "Dollar shots!," "Quarter..."

May 4, 2001 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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"...before repairing the old ones and equipping them with sidewalks. CAMPO proposes to spend $3.9 billion on new roads,..."

June 16, 2000 Column

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A plethora of environmental concerns are argued in this week's letters to the editor.

"...Sidewalks, not Highways..."

March 31, 2000 Column

Sidewalk Safety

"...one to pay into a fund instead of installing sidewalks at construction sites, we could have had a sidewalk..."

June 11, 2023 Postmarks

Race and Class Inform Disparities in Road Deaths

All crises are not created equal

"...those areas don't have the same investment in safer sidewalks or better lighting, or better, safer crossings," she said...."

Sept. 2, 2022 News Feature by Benton Graham

Texans With Disabilities Physically Barred From Policymakers

The inaccessibility at the Capitol is emblematic of the city at large

"...elevators that do not audibly announce floor numbers, city sidewalks that are cracked or that simply end in impassible..."

July 28, 2017 News Feature by Taylor Jackson Buchanan

What Would $720 Million for Transportation Buy?

City Council mulls the "Go Big" bond in preparation for the November ballot

"...a miscellany of "local," more "multimodal" projects, to include sidewalks, bicycle lanes and urban trails, and spot improvements like..."

Aug. 5, 2016 News Feature by Nick Barbaro

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"...There are no sidewalks on Barton Springs Road from Robert E. Lee to..."

April 7, 2006 Column

Austin's Sad Attitude Toward Accessibility

"...to walk in the public right-of-way. There are no sidewalks on Barton Springs Road from Robert E. Lee to..."

March 30, 2006 Postmarks

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"...walking for fitness, but only downtown, and only on sidewalks. People who walk for transportation in Austin must walk..."

July 22, 2005 Column

Time to Walk If They're Going to Keep up With the Talk

"...walking for fitness, but only downtown, and only on sidewalks. People who walk for transportation in Austin must walk..."

July 20, 2005 Postmarks

The Great Streets 2025 Plan

"...contain 44 feet of auto traffic and two 18-foot sidewalks, with specified styles and placement of paving, trees, curb..."

Oct. 4, 2002 News Feature

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"...Where the Sidewalks End..."

Jan. 18, 2002 Column

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Yoga and Starbucks. Karaoke and republicans. Squirrel rifles and Al Gore. Together for the first time in this week's letters to the editor!

"...Capital Metro should build neither roads nor sidewalks; it should run a first-class bus system, soon to..."

Sept. 8, 2000 Column

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Recent coverage of light rail and of access-TV personality Alex Jones pushes readers' buttons this week.

"...Does anyone ever notice that Austin doesn't have many sidewalks? That we don't have car-free bicycle paths? That traffic..."

July 28, 2000 Column

Road Show

watson goes to washington to talk transportation; city backs off of terrace pud money, no settlement yet with gary bradley, city may step in to stop expansion of hyde park baptist church, council to consider retail space at csc.

"...what they've been talking about: Rail 'n' Road 'n' Sidewalks Will the combination bond ballot of "Roads, Rail, and..."

Jan. 28, 2000 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

Third Coast Grabs SRSLY, Jimmy John’s Goes Ooh-La-La, Spirited Steaks Sizzle thanks to Still Austin & Double J Ranch, and There’s Some Robot Rolling Up with Your Chicken Tikka Masala …

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...food-lockers-on-wheels, with some remote human helping ’em navigate the sidewalks (where there are sidewalks and those sidewalks aren’t already..."

Feb. 9, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Proposition B: Getting Behind Active Transportation

Voters also have the chance to approve a record investment in pedestrian, bike infrastructure, and traffic safety improvements

"...the Congress Avenue Urban Design Initiative, which includes wider sidewalks, protected bike lanes, and other changes to Congress; plus..."

Sept. 25, 2020 News Feature by Jack Craver

City Hall Ready for Liftoff on New Land Use Rules

It's as easy as flood protection, affordability, parking, transition zones ...

"...have not yet identified funding for all of these sidewalks," she said. "It's going to cause difficulties and be..."

Dec. 13, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

New, Improved Camping Ban Fizzles at Council

Consensus collapses as the hot summer of homelessness drags on

"...health and safety) plus new limits on camping on sidewalks and at building entrances within specified “clearance zones.” Category..."

Sept. 23, 2019 News Post by Austin Sanders

Bondology

How does one schedule a bond? Very carefully, and with a lot of advance planning.

"...Prop 1 (72%-28%): $103 million, roads and sidewalks..."

Oct. 27, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Designing a Smarter City

New weeklong event celebrates city's creative community

"...problem space." For instance, she says, to fix Austin's sidewalks, a designer wouldn't start by dreaming up the most..."

Nov. 4, 2016 News Feature by Robyn Ross

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