Why Rail?

The city is pushing for a 2012 vote to build urban rail. The critics are asking, 'Who needs it?'

"...challenge him, makes an apparently devastating case. O'Toole paints transit-oriented development as a sham, rail as a transit-agency budget-buster,..."

April 8, 2011 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Reinventing Airport Boulevard

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

"...and sustainable as those promoted for Downtown – walkable, transit-oriented, dense yet human-scaled – with its own unique neighborhood..."

Jan. 8, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Developing Stories

Connect-the-dot conversations heard around town

"...the Austin Chamber of Commerce – longtime right-leaning economic development boosters. Now, "RECA believes that achieving a sustainable balance..."

Nov. 9, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Developing Stories: East Riverside: The Road Ahead

Let's capture the value – and federal funds

"...Austin hasn't yet been successful in delivering big public-private redevelopments. The city must figure out how to organize and..."

March 5, 2010 News Column by Katherine Gregor

East Riverside

Master plan at Planning Commission tonight

"...to the airport … Leveraging the transformational powers of transit-oriented development, the corridor plan shows East Riverside losing its..."

Feb. 9, 2010 News Post by Katherine Gregor

The Road to Rail

Can light rail in Austin work well with Smart Growth?

"...have, will at least direct growth into our Desired Development Zone, currently undesired because it has lousy infrastructure. But..."

July 21, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Streetcar Desires

The Austin streetcar has a consensus – it still needs champions

"...of cities nationwide planning new streetcar systems and neighboring transit-oriented development. Because of streetcar's positive effect on property values..."

July 20, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Crestview at the Crossroads

Near north neighborhood faces redevelopment transformation

"...the next couple of years – and two major redevelopment plans – could well reshape Crestview's future more profoundly..."

Oct. 6, 2006 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Look to Dallas for TOD Success

"...Dear Editor, Austin’s meager success with transit-oriented development can largely be explained by contrasting Austin with..."

Dec. 1, 2010 Postmarks

The Next New Neighborhood

City and residents plan a sustainable Colony Park

"...Like the Mueller development, the project is a rare opportunity to create a..."

April 4, 2014 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Streetcar Plan Takes Shape

Rail advocates hope a downtown circulator will help boost usage of the new commuter rail

"...centers – Downtown, the Capitol, UT, and the Mueller redevelopment – to the new commuter line, now called MetroRail...."

Aug. 18, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

10 Reasons to Love a Streetcar

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

"...B. As fixed-rail transit, they uniquely shape urban land-use, development, and growth patterns. The "streetcar effect" serves to stimulate..."

July 20, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Building From Scratch

It Takes a City and a State to Raise a Village

"...Mueller into a progressive "urban village" -- mixed-use, pedestrian-friendly, transit-oriented, green, diverse, affordable, sustainable -- was first advanced by..."

Feb. 19, 1999 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...Thursday to hear local officials describe the impact that transit-oriented development zones will have on their industry. Leander Mayor..."

Sept. 22, 2006 News Feature

Tracking Cap Metro's Eastward Proposal

The Green Line takes conceptual shape

"...the benefits addressed under question No. 2: Mobility, economic development, environmental and public health, and social equity/quality of life...."

Sept. 12, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Developing Stories

Plans unveiled for rail transit

"...connecting major central-city destinations. (The ridership estimates assume no transit-oriented development upzoning; in fact, ridership-boosting density increases along Manor..."

Aug. 1, 2008 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Naked City

Headlines and happening from Austin and beyond

"...time, the City Council postponed any decision on the Transit-Oriented Development Ordinance for one month; the new discussion date..."

Feb. 11, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

New Urbanism and the Booming Metropolis

Austin welcomes the Congress for the New Urbanism XVI

"...congress that will showcase, shame, and enlighten our local development leaders April 2-6. Not unlike a certain local music-industry..."

March 28, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Mixed Use, Mixed Emotions

An anniversary review of Austin's vertical mixed-use program discovers a range of responses to density, change, and planning

"...to sell or rent, less required parking, etc.), a development team must stack several stories of housing atop shops,..."

Feb. 1, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Public Notice: Zoom Zoom Zoom

Flitting from meeting to meeting, pretending it’s real life

"...is enough of a commitment to transit" to make transit-oriented development viable. Expect to hear a lot more about..."

Aug. 21, 2020 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Plaza Saltillo Ground-breaking Set for Wednesday

After a long wait, the Eastside redevelopment finally kicks off

"...any unforeseen circumstances, construction on the 10-acre Plaza Saltillo redevelopment will begin Wed., June 28, after more than two..."

June 23, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

TODs and Their Zones

What's what (and what's planned) at Austin rail stops

"...A total of nine transit-oriented development zones have been created by city of Austin,..."

Nov. 26, 2010 News Feature

More Developing Stories

A calendar of upcoming urban planning events

"...and design, judging from recent and upcoming events around town.Transit-Oriented Development Is a rail station coming to a neighborhood..."

April 13, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

New Urbanism Comes to East Riverside

Tranforming car-heavy Riverside into a pedestrian-friendly place to live and work

"...out to the airport. Leveraging the transformational powers of transit-oriented development, the corridor plan shows East Riverside losing its..."

July 3, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

By the Numbers

The Green Line

"...20% to 40%; Potential ridership increase if transit-oriented development along route is fully implemented (and as gas..."

Sept. 12, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Hot Corners: Land Use, Light Rail, and Smart Growth

"...system would open up vast amounts of land to development. The difference is that, in the case of urban..."

July 21, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

"...rankings calling attention to Austin's economy, Leffingwell urged the development community to protect the city's future economy and quality..."

Feb. 5, 2010 News Feature

Weird by Design

City's proposed design standards emphasize livability, walkability, and flexibility

"...adobe. Instead, its core provisions govern land use and development orientation (i.e., where the building is in relation to..."

April 1, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

City Bets the Farm on Robinson Ranch

Austin prepares to enable a new city on a huge chunk of Williamson County

"...approve preliminary zoning for Robinson Ranch as a planned-unit development; the PUD calls for mixed-use, New Urbanist, transit-oriented development..."

May 28, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Developing Stories: 'Every Day It's Getting Worse'

Strategic Mobility Plan marks a way out of permanent gridlock

"...– yet has barely dipped a toe into the transit-oriented development business. Transit-successful cities (e.g., Portland, Ore.) fund streetcars..."

March 12, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

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