Worried About Toll Roads

"...and Homeland Security held a hearing on the private toll road deals used to fund the unpopular Trans-Texas Corridor...."

Oct. 13, 2010 Postmarks

Point Austin: Sounds Like a Plan

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

"...just fine if CAMPO decided to build no more roads at all. There walks the earth no more earnest..."

April 16, 2010 News Column by Michael King

Regional Planning

Lack of county coordination inhibits regional planning

"...Central Texas. No matter what the funding mechanism for roads or transit or a water treatment plant, she continued,..."

April 9, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Sen. Carona Sees End of the Road ... Money

Are taxes the only solution to Texas' transportation problems? One Republican thinks so.

"...double, said Carona, which means Texas will need new roads, rail, and other projects to move those people around...."

April 2, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Manor Expressway OK, Feds Say

Federal Highway Administration says expressway doesn't violate Civil Rights Act

"...alternate plan that would have, among other measures, reduced toll rates based on federal poverty program eligibility, created buffers..."

April 2, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols

New Bike City

In time for SXSW, Austin rolls out miles of new bike lanes and features

"...for operations. (For perspective, completing the 6.2-mile Manor Expressway toll road was last estimated at more than $623 million...."

March 12, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

More Faithful to Articles of Confederation

"...do it for them - makes people weak. Or roads. In the early days of the colonies that became..."

March 10, 2010 Postmarks

What About All the Traffic Congestion

"...would be fewer trucks going through Austin after the toll roads were built. OK, I drive the toll roads,..."

Feb. 11, 2010 Postmarks

Headlines

"...Monday, lawmakers heard testimony from local elected officials and anti-toll-road activists calling for an increase before the state runs..."

Feb. 5, 2010 News Feature

Don't Trust TXI at Face Value

"...door. They say that they will water down the roads and dirt piles so that all that dust won't..."

Jan. 15, 2010 Postmarks

Climate, Meet Mobility

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

"...(Charging for road use is also the principle behind toll roads, of course, but these charges will be part..."

Nov. 6, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Page Two: Slave to the 'Rhythms'

Art is afoot, and words only slow it down

"...dryers, traffic jams and neat suburban communities, malls and toll roads. The music is inspired, propulsive, smooth, disconcerting, subtle,..."

Oct. 30, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Envision Next Session

Having lost its two big battles at the Lege, Envision Central Texas retrenches to win the war

"...Travis County. "Even new land-use planning around big new toll roads didn't pass," Watson observed in exasperation. As Wentworth..."

Sept. 11, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Special Session: In and Out in a Jiffy

Lawmakers passed two key bills – then they went home

"...and alter the terms for the handful of private-equity toll-road projects, primarily in North Texas, exempted from the 2007..."

July 10, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

A Very Special Sine Die

Governor gets all of what he needed, none of what he wanted from special session

"...extend the moratorium exemptions for a handful of private-equity toll roads...."

July 3, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Manor Expressway: Oh, the Vehicle Miles You'll Travel!

Cash and criticism for the $623 million toll road

"...Regional Mobility Authority is a stop-gap measure; the 6.1-mile toll road will be funded primarily through the sale of..."

July 3, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Special Session Could End in Fireworks

Governor wants a short and sweet special session

"...passed a moratorium on comprehensive development agreements for new toll roads but granted exemptions for a handful that were..."

July 3, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Special Session Update Updated

What's happened so far in the 81(1)

"...a pulverizing amount of public testimony over handing Texas roads to private toll companies. Chairman Joe Pickett, D-El Paso,..."

July 1, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Special Speedbump

CDAs, Texas Transportation Revolving Fund could trip up the plans to get lawmakers home by Saturday

"...from the moratorium on new comprehensive development agreements for toll roads passed in 2007. Anti-toll road groups like Texans..."

July 1, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Gregor's Greenwashing

"...ignore) a decade of Austin Chronicle support for sprawl-inducing toll roads with her newly found knowledge that tailpipe emissions..."

June 23, 2009 Postmarks

'Chronicle' Endorsements

May 9 Municipal Election

"...his enthusiasms. His too common "flipping" on substantive issues (toll roads, the urgency of rail transit, etc.) has burned..."

May 8, 2009 News Feature

Lee & Carole & Brewster & All of Us ...

Five candidates for mayor jockey to be first among equals

"...envisioning a bond election trained on transportation infrastructure – roads, sidewalks, bike lanes – and a rail referendum. Citing..."

May 1, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

'Chronicle' Endorsements

May 9 municipal election (early voting, April 27-May 5)

"...his enthusiasms. His too common "flipping" on substantive issues (toll roads, the urgency of rail transit, etc.) has burned..."

April 24, 2009 News Feature

Campaign Trailin'

Cop-shop talk on the campaign trail; and City Council candidate forums

"...potpourri of so-called boondoggles (Water Treatment Plant No. 4, toll roads, etc.)...."

April 10, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

TxDOT Defies Stimulus Stipulations

After some arm-twisting, TxDOT halfheartedly addressed 'economically distressed areas' last week

"...Last week, brushing aside pleas from environmentalists, anti-tollers, and some legislators to delay and re-evaluate its road..."

March 13, 2009 News Feature by Lee Nichols

TxDOT Puts Lipstick on the Pig

Commissioners approve spending stimulus money, insult the public

"...brushing aside pleas to delay and reevaluate from environmentalists, anti-tollers, and some legislators – and concerns they might be..."

March 6, 2009 News Post by Lee Nichols

Municipal Death Match!

With five council seats open, mayor and Place 1 look like the headliners

"...himself from Leffingwell. McCracken has similarly reversed himself on toll roads in the past, coming out strongly against them..."

Feb. 13, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Krusee in the Clear

DWI charges against former Wilco state rep dropped

"...low profile. He was last heard about talking up toll roads to the Utah legislature in August...."

Nov. 17, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Precinct 3: Ye Olde Transportation Debate Takes Spotlight

Two candidates diverge on roads and growth in Western Travis County

"...to be a lot more creative than just building roads and letting growth go this direction. We have to..."

Oct. 24, 2008 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere

"...• Tolls Letting Roads Down? Travis County Commissioner Sarah Eckhardt, who..."

Oct. 24, 2008 News Feature

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