Walk a Mile, Save a Tire

Pedestrian Coordinator

"...vehicles on Austin streets, making up 24% of all traffic fatalities. Another 1,557 Austin pedestrians were injured during the..."

June 14, 1996 News Feature

Postmarks

Austin - bands, bikes, billboards, ballots, Bradley, and beyond - under scrutiny.

"...Downtown Austin is plagued by traffic jams at rush hour. On Congress Avenue and other..."

April 27, 2001 Column

Heavy Pedal

Will City's Bike Plan Ever Hit the Road?

"...reality sets in - with lots of starts and stops, congestion, pollution, traffic, and frustration. For those commuters dissatisfied..."

May 15, 1998 News Column by Jenny Staff

From the Archive: Welcome to Chaos

Originally published on Nov. 12, 1993: ATCEMS saves lives every day, but the stresses of the job have high costs

"...Conversation stops as a shrill siren cry starts howling from the..."

May 8, 2015 News Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Cap Metro Turns Toward a 2020 Vision

Plan suggests moving buses off Congress

"...capital projects including new park-and-rides, improvement of Downtown bus stops, and possibly a new transit center Downtown. Also, in..."

Feb. 19, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols

More TODs to Come

"...around major transit nodes, including six of the eight stops of MetroRail, Capital Metro's incoming commuter-rail line, and the..."

Oct. 6, 2006 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Mission: Impossible III

It's all poppycock, of course, but done with great vim, vigor, and flair.

"...believes he spends his days working as a Virginia traffic controller, so when he's called back to action by..."

May 5, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Red Lights

Leave it to the French to fashion an anguished psychological thriller that, in its last moments, also turns out to be a tender love story.

"...the road before them becomes quickly snarled with weekend traffic and accident tie-ups, this marriage’s clogged arteries have also..."

Jan. 7, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Chapter 4: The Nineties!

March 1991 -- December 2000

"...home to SXSW, then grows. Capital Metro tries, then stops trying, then tries, then stops trying, then tries again..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Red River Valley

Red River, home to Austin's real live music venues

"...all open two years or less, have increased non-crack-seeking traffic and largely forced the heavy dealing out of the..."

June 22, 2001 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Climate, Meet Mobility

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

"...the same solutions can slay three dragons at once: traffic congestion, air pollution, and climate pollution. But their call..."

Nov. 6, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Light Headed?

What Commuters Want

"...of Metro Austin's top three civic priorities, and that traffic is the No. 1 problem caused by Austin's growth...."

July 23, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Beside the Point

Green Water's move to Guerrero Park will officially die today.

"...of things to come); and info on the Enhanced Traffic Incident Management Program. ETIMP also goes by the nom..."

April 28, 2006 News Column by Wells Dunbar

The Towers of Power

Are high-rises the key to a middle-class Downtown?

"...Street, where Burns' UrbanSpace realtors is doing a brisk traffic, and where the 7-week-old will not be the only..."

Nov. 11, 2005 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Grow and Prosper

With neighbors still reeling from 1990 expansion, Hyde Park Baptist plans another growth project.

"...sheer wall going up right where my back yard stops, and that would effectively cut off all sunlight to..."

Nov. 19, 1999 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Postscripts

Shuttle Carnage Looms

"...to speed, run red lights, and take countless other traffic risks. The result is a 30% increase in accident..."

Aug. 22, 1997 Column

Cap Metro Adopts High Tech Timetables

Smartphones conquer the bus stops

"...replacing regular bus timetables at the city's 2,700 bus stops. Cap Metro is rolling out the signs as a..."

March 16, 2012 News Feature by Katie Tomasino

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Austin-San Antonio Intermunicipal Commuter Rail District would make 14 stops between Georgetown and San Antonio, using the existing Union..."

March 18, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Things That Go Bump

Young writer Eli Kooris spends the night in a haunted photography shop to see what he can scare up.

"...and the city has already begun to swell with traffic. Sixth Street lies a block to our north and..."

Oct. 29, 1999 Features Feature by Eli Kooris

Postmarks

Press Bush on Wiccans

"...Manhattan or San Francisco, where a small number of stops can serve a large number of citizens. But in..."

June 18, 1999 Column

The Opportunity to Reimagine Public Safety Is Here Right Now. Will Austin Take It?

“We want everything that can be done outside of the police, to be done outside of the police.”

"...Another major "decoupling" goal for Mitchell is traffic enforcement, which was not originally handled by armed officers..."

April 30, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

How to Jail the Poor

Travis County tries to fix its Driving While License Invalid issue

"...of financial failures: drivers either did not pay their traffic tickets or neglected to pay auto insurance. The Texas..."

Sept. 21, 2018 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

End of the Road for Five-Way Stop?

A proposal to close Bruning Avenue stirs neighborhood debate

"...Back in October, traffic lights were installed, but the city found that due..."

May 27, 2011 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Reinventing Airport Boulevard

Can 'form-based zoning' transform a suburban drag into walkable neighborhoods?

"...walk it), you see no pedestrians except at bus stops – virtually no one out strolling to shop, no..."

Jan. 8, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Here Come the Transporters

In the endless Central Texas transportation wars, the lions and the lambs look for ways to make peace

"...– with dedicated bus lanes and technology to pre-empt traffic signals – as a "near-term" solution, i.e., a potential..."

June 4, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Austin Stories

"...last session. The report also has stats on pedestrian stops, though these aren't required by law until 2004. To..."

March 7, 2003 News Feature

Naked City

Gandy Promotes Ped Power

"...workshops that give neighborhoods across Texas tools to calm traffic and increase livability. "I'm in the business of creating..."

Sept. 6, 2002 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...public station throughout the state included local news (even traffic reports) in their NPR news hours. When is KUT..."

May 24, 2002 Column

Standing on Opposite Sides of the Road Bonds

"...The Yes! Travis County Bonds Committee pulled out all stops and raised a whopping $122,775 in one month's time,..."

Nov. 2, 2001 News Feature by Amy Smith

Postmarks

More Light Rail hubbub and a few Naderite cries in the wilderness.

"...You suck! Austin sucks! Fortune 500 sucks! Traffic sucks! George www.bush.com sucks and so does Starbucks! People..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Column

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