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"...typical partisan classification such as the smoking ban and toll roads. Another hot issue is growth management. Environmental Democrats..."

Jan. 14, 2005 Column

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"...typical partisan classification such as the smoking ban and toll roads. Another hot issue is growth management. Environmental Democrats..."

Jan. 12, 2005 Postmarks

What Have You Done for Us Lately?

"...more revenue without increasing taxes; one such avenue is toll roads, which is another way to collect taxes without..."

Dec. 28, 2004 Postmarks

LCRA Gets Its Pipe On

A near-unanimous vote to bring surface water to Hamilton Pool Road

"...blazed by an ambitious network of new subdivisions and toll roads planned for the region. In giving Beal the..."

Dec. 10, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

Doesn't Like 'Statesman's Endorsements

"...will potentially enhance its own economic prospects (such as toll roads, building bonds, urban sprawl) even when these interests..."

Oct. 26, 2004 Postmarks

Endorsements

The Chronicle's picks in the Nov. 2 election

"...Dem David Baker is running a shrieking campaign against toll roads, and/or against retiring incumbent Bill Burnett, but not..."

Oct. 15, 2004 News Feature

Austin @ Large: Triangle, Full Circle

Seven glorious years later, and did we learn anything?

"...is currently being built at the North Central Austin crossroads bears scant resemblance to the "urban strip-mall plus" that..."

Oct. 8, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

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Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...may have been the last stand for opponents of toll roads fizzled Monday night – though not without nasty..."

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

Austin @ Large: Money and Power

Where Austin's city budget is concerned, the two really do go together

"...all the fussing, this unusually busy summer – over toll roads and rail lines and access TV and hospital..."

Sept. 10, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Page Two

In the beginning, we kept the Chronicle going mostly out of sheer perversity and stubbornness; 23 years later, it looks like there was more to it than that

"...Given the charged local issues – toll roads, school bonds, and rail transportation – and the..."

Sept. 3, 2004 Column by Louis Black

Frugality Is Patriotic

"...learned to use Cap Metro buses, and the new toll roads may make people more interested in using public..."

Aug. 13, 2004 Postmarks

The Future Is Now

Local fiscal policy enters its Cold War era

"...city-county fracas over the hospital district, the battle over toll roads and/or Capital Metro, the ups and downs of..."

Aug. 13, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: The Metro Message

It’s not a ‘campaign,’ exactly, but what is the transit authority’s tune?

"...of both solutions currently on offer – transit and toll roads. They're thus susceptible to the sweet songs of..."

June 25, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

The Envision Thing: Clearing the First Hurdle

Envision Central Texas begins the long, slow journey toward implementation

"...(see p.28), setting into motion both commuter rail and toll roads, and bringing ECT-style urbanism to the suburbs from..."

May 14, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

What About the Traffic?

"...the incumbents, we'll soon see elevated freeways (most likely toll roads) and sprawling parking lots with big-box USA. If..."

May 12, 2004 Postmarks

Naked City

Legislators take dictation from the fair-and-balanced Texas Public Policy Foundation

"...school "choice" (i.e., vouchers); more tort reform, highways, and toll roads – nothing you haven't heard before. The TPPF..."

Feb. 6, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere.

"...Mobility Authority, the agency charged with building Central Texas toll roads. County Judge John Doerfler appointed Curlee, who has..."

Dec. 12, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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Austin Stories

"...created agency that will oversee construction of Central Texas toll roads and (it's said) reap cash back. Among the..."

Dec. 6, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

In Central Texas, the "progressive" agenda can trump the GOP "majority."

"...they're mired in traffic that no number of new toll roads will solve. The best curb to sprawl and..."

Nov. 8, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Short news items from Austin, the region, and the world

"...Texas Regional Mobility Authority with the authority to build toll roads. The city of Austin has yet to sign..."

Sept. 20, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

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"...that want all transit funding to go highways and toll roads only. For anyone who has ever lived in..."

June 7, 2002 Column

Nov. 6 Election: Ballot Summary

"...Texas Mobility Fund to issue bonds for highways and toll roads...."

Oct. 26, 2001 News Feature

Landmarks of the Nineties

"...of the next decade -- from light rail to toll roads to air quality regulations -- are being born..."

Jan. 7, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Despite Sen. Gonzalo Barrientos' concerted efforts, the CAMPO board rejects peer review on a vote of 11 to 8.

"...issues early in 2000 -- SH 130 and other toll roads, and then the revised overall transportation plan. The..."

Dec. 24, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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"...Toll Road Plan Is Bad..."

June 11, 2004 Column

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"...Mike Clark-Madison's toll-road piece was so riddled with nonsense it's hard to..."

May 28, 2004 Column

Austin @ Large: Highway Ho-Ho-Ho!

As concrete Christmas arrives, who's got the last laugh now?

"...than paying a dime or two a mile in tolls to speed along the TTC-35 route at 85 mph,..."

Dec. 24, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

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"...CTRMA is a nonelected panel of pro-tollers that is partly responsible for the toll-road nightmare in..."

April 14, 2006 Column

Doesn't Like CTRMA

"...March 31 issue. CTRMA is a nonelected panel of pro-tollers that is partly responsible for the toll-road nightmare in..."

April 6, 2006 Postmarks

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"...the aquifer" and "how not to pay for a toll road." Look, the aquifer (all three sections of it)..."

July 1, 2005 Column

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