Council: Task Lists and Wish Lists

On the agenda: Green Water Treatment Plant, Seaholm, urban rail and Austin Pets Alive!

"...As described in a Transportation Depart­ment memo that went to council last week, the..."

May 25, 2012 News Feature by Michael King

Taking Budget Mountain by Strategy

To balance the city's long-term accounts, financial discussions need to climb beyond the General Fund

"...the question of which projects should be funded through bonds instead of ongoing maintenance expenses is always deserving of..."

July 23, 2010 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Special Morning

Could the three-day session become a two-day session with victims?

"...will go through on the nod. The Prop. 12 bonds part of HB 1 seems to be going through..."

July 2, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Tracking Cap Metro's Eastward Proposal

The Green Line takes conceptual shape

"...for the East Austin growth corridor a wise regional transportation investment? For the first time, the just-released Capital Metro..."

Sept. 12, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Spring Training

Seasonal snapshots of the council candidates

"...wants to support Austin's ecologically friendly industries, improve public transportation and nonautomobile forms of transportation, implement strict transparency at..."

March 21, 2008 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Learning From Portland

"..."Transportation is never an end in itself," notes Portland, Ore.'s..."

July 20, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...far more than other reasonable alternatives for funding our transportation needs. CAMPO's 2030 plan to toll portions of existing..."

March 3, 2006 Column

Bondage and Discipline: City $$$

Time for taxpayers to take their spanking

"...• transportation and drainage;..."

Sept. 23, 2005 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Naked City

Local energy experts gather to discuss the peak oil theory

"...of peak oil or its potential effects on world transportation, food production, and economic systems. Crude Awakening predicts that..."

Aug. 12, 2005 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Capital Metro Stays Its Course

All Systems Go!, but no extensions added, to a November commuter-rail vote

"...Leander, Austin Mayor Will Wynn, and the city Urban Transportation Commission's Patrick Goetz, who noted he "somewhat reluctantly" supported..."

Sept. 3, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Battle for the Springs: A Chronology

"...and the conservation district sue the Texas Department of Transportation to halt construction of the southern extension of MoPac..."

Aug. 9, 2002 News Feature

Governing Post-Boom Austin

Now that the lawsuits are over, we hope the council campaigns will turn to issues.

"...much of a chance of success as anything around here."Transportation Brewster McCracken identifies Austin's traffic woes as his No...."

April 12, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large: W.W.P.D.?

The curious semantics of "progressive" politics

"...her true stripes. But by that reasoning, since said bonds are targeted toward roads that all exist in the..."

March 22, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Light Rail Debate

Former City Council Member Max Nofziger vs. Current City Council Member Daryl Slusher

"...One of the biggest challenges is transportation. Roads alone cannot do the job. Neither can rail..."

Nov. 3, 2000 News Feature by Daryl Slusher

Naked City

Council comes back after a month's hiatus with a number of potentially divisive issues on its plate.

"...proposed tacking $125 million onto Mayor Kirk Watson's vaunted transportation bond package to invest in parks and housing. And..."

Aug. 4, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Postmarks

SUVs are not sluggish, the Internet is not homogenous, and roads are not decongestants.

"...stand to be bound to such sluggish modes of transportation -- if they'd moved any slower, they'd've been in..."

Feb. 11, 2000 Column

The Price of Progress

Worldly Roots

"...Arthur Sampson, project inspector for the Public Works and Transportation Department, said construction of the new tracks, which began..."

Feb. 26, 1999 News Feature by Charles Nafus

The General Obligation Bond Package

"...Cash Funded Election Ballot Proposition 1: Public Works & Transportation Americans w/ Disabilities Act Improvem'ts $8,061 8,061 0 Neighborhood..."

Aug. 14, 1998 News Feature

A Light-Rail Named Desire

Capital Metro Plows Ahead With Studies on Cedar Park Line

"...the transit authority to bring fixed-guideway (that is, rail) transportation to our town, so he is this week's big..."

Feb. 28, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Council Watch

Where There's a Bill, There's a Way

"...residential utility ratepayers will see an increase in the transportation fee, offset by a decrease in the drainage fee...."

Sept. 22, 1995 News Column

Chronicle Endorsements: City Propositions

Up or down, yes or no

"...raise taxes, but when combined with all the other bonds, the total cost to the median homeowner is $5..."

Oct. 19, 2018 News Feature by The Chronicle Editorial Board

Which Way to CodeNEXT?

A conversation with Mayor Pro Tem Kathie Tovo and Council Member Greg Casar

"...Certainly I think we agree on the affordable housing bonds; I think we need to use that as an..."

Sept. 15, 2017 News Feature by Nick Barbaro

Votes Pending: The Case for Connect

Cap Metro board endorses initial rail route

"...on a $200,000 home – not counting any additional bonds dedicated to road construction...."

June 27, 2014 News Feature by Mac McCann

What to Expect When You're Expecting a Special Session

New bill numbers and potential arguments imminent

"...two more bills down with it: More cash for transportation, and new sentencing for 17 year olds charged with..."

July 1, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Exiled From Main Street

Can Austin's stock of affordable housing keep pace with high-speed growth?

"...the city. It's a problematic concept, considering the exponential transportation costs, quality of schools, and lack of services found..."

June 28, 2013 News Feature by Elizabeth Pagano

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

Summertime Blues

Auditioning for the blues – at band camp!

"...free for kids 12-18, and some may qualify for transportation and lodging. Jones runs the Blues Camp as a..."

June 22, 2012 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

What the Task Force Wrought

Austin ISD's facilities review became a panic drill of cuts, closings, and contradictions

"...list comprising seats for "key staff, like teachers, principals, transportation, technology, at the table for staff, and then an..."

May 27, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Preserving a 'Special Kind of Place'

Scott Swearingen on the ‘environmental city’

"...SOS. ... We passed a lot of money for bonds in the Nineties to get that upper portion there...."

April 23, 2010 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Naked City

"...also include $9.25 billion in new non-self-supporting general obligation bonds, to be spent on construction, highway improvement, cancer research,..."

Sept. 14, 2007 News Feature

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