Postmarks

Benefits of Frankenfoods

"...and more than 10 thousand acres of "grandfather wannabe" developments. The answer will determine the face of Austin for..."

Aug. 20, 1999 Column

Council Wants More Housing Near Project Connect Stations

Bring on the trains

"...City Council hopes the Equitable Transit-Oriented Development (ETOD) overlay will incentivize that kind of building...."

April 19, 2024 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Preparing for Takeoff

Plans under way for major redo of Airport Boulevard and Highland Mall

"...Highway 290, the city is hoping to create a Transit-Oriented Development out of the current Leif Johnson Ford tract..."

Oct. 21, 2011 News Feature by Nick Barbaro

Developing Stories: Rent & Roll

French capitalism meets community bicycling

"...could be incorporated into the city's station-area planning for transit-oriented development, offering a way for Capital Metro rail commuters..."

Aug. 10, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

The Train's First Stop: Crestview

Developers try to capitalize on the Transit Oriented Development Ordinance in Crestview neighborhood

"...little more than a year since the Transportation Oriented Development Ordinance was passed by the Austin City Council, and..."

Sept. 8, 2006 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Naked City

Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...City Council will vote tonight (Thursday) on an Interim Development Regulation Ordinance. It reads: "protecting the character of older..."

Feb. 10, 2006 News Feature

Take the A-Train

Mike Clark-Madison discusses 10 years covering light rail, and urges voters to support it.

"...now are falling over their own feet to build transit-oriented development. Talk to folks at DART in Dallas (or..."

Oct. 13, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

A Lighter Shade of Rail

"...light-rail mojo is about higher-quality, higher-density land use, and transit-oriented development in center cities and along rail corridors and..."

Oct. 8, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks

Puzzled by Oppel

"...with any request for services in support of their development, the city's one and only response should be, "Yes..."

Aug. 27, 1999 Column

The Aerobic City

Ideas from "Rx for Healthy Places"

"...Lucy Galbraith, who plans transit-oriented development at Capital Metro, cited a presentation on an..."

June 9, 2010 News Post by Katherine Gregor

Urban Planning: A Roundup

How Austin is working toward getting better by design

"...invest in urban-planning efforts. Without the pressures of fast-paced development activity created by a go-go market, a city can..."

Dec. 26, 2008 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Oak Hill Redevelopment: Varying visions for town center

Concept of town center node in Oak Hill looks like it's getting tougher - not easier - as city's neighborhood plan progresses

"...of the draft plan focused on trying to balance redevelopment with environmental concerns, key neighborhood leaders are still pushing..."

June 29, 2007 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

LIGHT RAIL 101: The Facts, Figures, & Terms You Need to Know

"..."traditional town planning.") When you hear talk about mixed-use development (residential and commercial side by side), compact cities, urban..."

April 4, 1997 News Feature

Downtown Austin Plan: Why Do It?

At least three council members question cost

"...• Modernizing the city's development codes, which govern height and density;..."

March 20, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Naked City

"...oppose something that is positive like the Villa Muse development?" Dukes asked. (Villa Muse's request to carry out its..."

March 21, 2008 News Feature

Point Austin: Dreaming Downtown

The conversation resumes on how to remake the second street district

"...attempt to get their arms around the proposals for development of Block 21 and the Seaholm tract, the prize..."

March 4, 2005 News Column by Michael King

Top 10 Developing Stories: We got a plan

"...13) codifies design standards for new commercial and mixed-use developments: better architectural design, site layout, streetscapes, landscaping, green building,..."

Jan. 5, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Taking a Look at the Neighborhoods That Will Be Changed the Most by Project Connect

Diving into the iterations of the public transit redesign

"...Blue lines, but it connects the city's first true transit-oriented developments (TODs) – a preview of the Equitable TOD..."

June 3, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Article on Oak Hills Redevelopment Is Off-Base

"...Dear Editor, Kimberly Reeves’ article on Oak Hill Redevelopment has some errors [“Oak Hill Redevelopment: Varying visions for..."

July 3, 2007 Postmarks

Naked City

The city is planning to plan

"...major urban planning efforts: rewriting the land use and development code, planning the station areas along the future commuter..."

Sept. 2, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond.

"...and Lee Leffingwell the other members. The first priorities: development (and possible annexation) along the SH130 corridor, completion of..."

Aug. 26, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Point Austin: Beside the Point

What's ahead on the City Council agenda

"...On the morning's consent agenda, the Transit-Oriented Development Ordinance (Items 18 and 19) is scheduled for..."

April 29, 2005 News Column by Michael King

Naked City

Cap Metro's light rail proposals clear a major hurdle after receiving a "recommended" rating from the Federal Transit Administration.

"...the city and community's "proactive efforts ... supportive of transit-oriented development." Since the FTA has to re-rank projects every..."

March 24, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

'Completing Communities'

A conversation with Kathie Tovo

"...– that will be one tool to measure how development is going to impact schools. It was a recommendation..."

June 3, 2011 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Cap Metro Courting Prospective Partners

Transit authority could extend rail and bus service well beyond Austin

"...Coffee, city manager of Elgin and an advocate of transit-oriented development. "Elgin has incredible potential to implement the development..."

July 4, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Austin @ Large: The End of the Roads

The toll plan takes us down the right path, but there's still a long way to go

"...of new lanes in places where they, and attendant development, should not go, it should be rejected. It is..."

July 30, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

LIGHT RAIL U.S.A.: A Quick Scorecard on Other Cities

"...light rail connecting the city to the Mud Island/Harbortown development, a New Urbanist showpiece...."

April 4, 1997 News Feature

Developing Stories: The Promise of Planning

Can the city deliver on East Riverside?

"...River­side," July 3, 2009). "Leveraging the transformational powers of transit-oriented development, the corridor plan shows East Riverside losing its..."

Feb. 12, 2010 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Top 9 Developing Stories

"...3) MULLING 'GOOD' DEVELOPMENT Are central Austinites determined to remain anti-developer, no matter..."

Jan. 1, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

City Hall Hustle: The End Is Near ... Not

The Hustle turns his gimlet eye on Prop. 2

"...it as the end of the world. The Mueller development, resplendent with its empty Shoe Pavilion, shrunken tract homes,..."

Oct. 24, 2008 News Column by Wells Dunbar

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