City Council Preview: Juggling Act to Include Budget, Transportation Bond

Council agenda occupied by a handful of pressing subjects

"...Bonds to Remember The ordinance establishing the November Mobility Bond..."

Aug. 12, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Leffingwell Proposes Rail/Comp Bond Vote in 2012

Change to city attorney's office, single-member districts also

"...The question posed this week by the announcement of transportation bond projects – what does this mean for future..."

June 16, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

What Would $720 Million for Transportation Buy?

City Council mulls the "Go Big" bond in preparation for the November ballot

"...The centerpieces of the proposed Nov. 8 transportation bond – dubbed the "mobility bond" or "Go Big"..."

Aug. 5, 2016 News Feature by Nick Barbaro

The Odds on Mayor Adler’s $720 Million Mobility Bond

Is the plan just daring enough to work?

"...Steve Adler delivered a brief pitch on the mobility bond ballot proposition to a Downtown Demo­crat­ic group. It was..."

Oct. 28, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

City Announces 'Multimodal' Bond Package

Package notable less for its contents than for how it came to be

"...officials last week to characterize the proposed list of transportation projects for a likely $85 million November bond referendum...."

June 25, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Point Austin: Mayor Adler's Superhighway to the Mobility Bond

Speeding toward November

"...Although the final City Council approval of a November transportation bond proposition – or its slightly more upscale moniker,..."

July 29, 2016 News Column by Michael King

City Hall Hustle: Bond Bout

New groups spring forth to fight transportation measure

"...about Austin's own down-ballot initiative, our $90 million mobility bond election...."

Oct. 22, 2010 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Martinez Endorses Mobility Bond

Mayoral adversaries join on transportation proposition

"...advocates issuing statements of support for the $720 million bond proposal, which has not yet received final approval from..."

Aug. 5, 2016 News Post by Michael King

Point Austin: November Mobility Bond Begins to Take Shape

Consensus on the proposed $720 million bond remains a work in progress

"...discussions, any consensus on the proposed $720 million "Mobility Bond" remains a work in progress. Today's Council meeting (Aug...."

Aug. 12, 2016 News Column by Michael King

Growth Funds: ACC's Bond Proposal

Community college asking for $386 million

"...their June 16 meeting, trustees moved to put two bond packages, for a combined value of $386 million, on..."

June 27, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Mobility Bond: Ready, Set, Go

Roads? Where we're going, we don't need roads.

"...Proposition 1 supporters celebrated passage of the $90 million transportation bond package – and looked toward the next round of..."

Nov. 5, 2010 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Chronicle Endorsements: Prop. 1 Mobility Bond

Consideration for that congestion

"...are many, and it will take more than one transportation bond proposition, even a big one, to address them..."

Oct. 21, 2016 News Feature

Breaking Down the Bond

The basic numbers of the mayor's mobility bond proposal

"...On May 26, Mayor Steve Adler announced his bond proposal for the November election. Some of the specifics..."

June 3, 2016 News Feature by Amy Kamp

Mapping the Mobility Bond

Track progress with this handy online tool

"...there be any curmudgeons claiming that the $720 million transportation bond did nothing, the city of Austin has come..."

Aug. 11, 2017 News Feature by Jack Craver

City Council: Zimmerman, Bond, and Budget

(And a few other things got done)

"...• Mobility Bond: Council managed final passage of the $720 million November..."

Aug. 26, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Council Divided But Moving on With Bond

$385 million package passes first vote, but nays not quitting

"...first vote to move forward with the $385 million bond package. Now expect a lot of pushing, pulling and..."

Aug. 15, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Implementing the Mobility Bond and Corridor Construction Program, if You Can Wait for It

Going to take a long, long time

"...it. In fact, according to a recent study by transportation analysis firm INRIX, Austin drivers in 2017 spent less..."

June 8, 2018 News Feature by Jack Craver

Bond Brouhaha

Council Reenacts for Public What It Did in Private

"...roster of proposals to be included in the fall bond election. Those were the sentiments echoed by many who..."

Aug. 14, 1998 News Feature by Jenny Staff

Council on Transportation: Pondering the Bond

On Aug. 7, Council will discuss putting a $1 billion bond proposal on the Nov. 4 ballot

"...expected to decide whether to place a $1 billion bond proposal on the Nov. 4 ballot, in support of..."

Aug. 1, 2014 News Feature by Mac McCann

Developing Stories: Future Mobility: Shaping the Transportation Bonds

Urban rail is what you won't see this November – so what will you see?

"...November," he said he would still propose a 2010 bond referendum for other projects within Austin's emerging multimodal Strategic..."

March 26, 2010 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Then There's This: Bond Election Crib Sheet

Here's a thumbnail of the seven bond propositions, from transportation to film

"...voters will decide are Propositions 12-18, a $385 million bond package that would provide funding for a range of..."

Sept. 21, 2012 News Column by Amy Smith

Road Bond Vote Heads to Hays

After rejecting a road bond proposal in 2007, Hays voters asked to reconsider in November

"...unanimously approved ballot language for a $207.1 million road bond election in November. Months of studies, a dozen committee..."

Sept. 12, 2008 News Feature by Jacob Cottingham

First of Final Four Bond Election Task Force Listening Sessions Tonight

Members working with $640 million framework

"...The Bond Election Advisory Task Force is holding an additional four..."

Jan. 9, 2018 News Post by Sarah Marloff

Proposition One (City of Austin): $720 Million Mobility Bond

Mobility Bond stumbles after initial, unanimous vote

"...Proposition 1 (City of Austin): $720 Million Mobility Bond..."

Aug. 26, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Bond Election Cliffs Notes

General Obligation Bonds

"...Propositions 1-5 authorize the city to sell GO bonds, which are paid back out of the city's property..."

Oct. 23, 1998 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Page Two: Bond on Bond

All seven propositions on the current ballot represent a triumph of thought, vision, and planning

"...defense, stability, education, health, mental health, food, water, and transportation, among others. There are all kinds of government-inspected, -developed,..."

Oct. 27, 2006 Column by Louis Black

To Bond, or Not to Bond?

Bonds dominate the immediate City Council horizon

"...Despite the newly unanswered questions hanging over the Great Bond Election of 2006 – like, when's the damn thing..."

Jan. 13, 2006 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Proposition B: Getting Behind Active Transportation

Voters also have the chance to approve a record investment in pedestrian, bike infrastructure, and traffic safety improvements

"...only way that this year's ballot could help transform transportation. Voters also have the chance to approve a record..."

Sept. 25, 2020 News Feature by Jack Craver

May 11 AISD Bond Election: The 'Chronicle' Endorsements, With a Note From the Publisher

"...Austin Independent School District School Bonds: YES..."

May 10, 2013 News Feature by Nick Barbaro

AISD Board to Consider $420 Million Bond Package

The Citizens' Bond Advisory Committee settles on a figure that offers relief while still being acceptable to voters

"...initial weeks of public feedback, the Austin ISD's Citizens' Bond Advisory Committee is putting the final touches on recommendations..."

March 19, 2004 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

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