Musical Chairs

Re-shuffling the Deck at the City's Enviro Department

"...years, has, in that span, worked in three different departments. "And I've never changed jobs," says the mid-level worker...."

Sept. 12, 1997 News Feature by Robert Bryce

City Plots Rideshare's Course

Stakeholder meetings begin on TNC pilot program

"...terms of a pilot program for Austin’s future with Transportation Networking Companies (TNCs): taxi cabs, Car.ma cars, mustachioed Lyft-mobiles,..."

June 12, 2014 News Post by Chase Hoffberger

Kimley-Horn Is Staff Pick

National engineering and planning firm recommended to be Strategic Mobility Plan consultant

"...the California experience of finalist Fehr & Peers using transportation planning to reduce GHG emissions...."

Nov. 2, 2009 News Post by Katherine Gregor

Work in Progress

Council members' transportation projects

"...The following transportation and mobility projects are selected from lists in development..."

Jan. 15, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

What's Your Mobility Fix?

Community forums continue all week

"...Mobility Forums. This morning at the Mexican-American Cultural Center, Transportation Director Robert Spillar said he’ll present the results plus..."

Feb. 9, 2010 News Post by Katherine Gregor

Austin City Council Prepped to Tackle Palm District, Micro-Mobility, and More

A preview of the May 23 Council meeting

"...City Council is meeting Thursday, May 23 at the..."

May 22, 2019 News Post by Mike Clark-Madison

Council to Vote on TNC Ordinance

Ride-for-hire companies face regulation

"...with its first official, not-temporary-on-a-yearly-basis set of regulations for transportation network companies (TNCs)...."

Dec. 14, 2015 News Post by Chase Hoffberger

Public Notice: Happy Earth Day, and More

Earth Day celebration meets transportation policy

"...odd nexus between Earth Day and your own Austin Transportation Department...."

April 20, 2018 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Council Recap: Too Little Affordable Housing, or Too Much?

Two Southeast projects divide dais; APD’s state grants OK’d

"...Council approved several state grants to the Austin Police Department in relatively short order that will provide additional funding..."

Aug. 28, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

Climate, Meet Mobility

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

"...half years have passed, and, well, Austin ain't Copenhagen. Transportation Referendum..."

Nov. 6, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

City Hall's Bumpy Road

Can Austin planners and the City Council ever bring an end to the local transportation wars?

"...7:10am, Katie Larsen, a senior planner in the city's Transportation, Planning, and Sustainability Dept., catches the No. 16 bus..."

May 23, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Sunset Staff: Scrap TTC, Overhaul TxDoT

Legislature's Sunset Commission staff make their sweeping recommendations for state transportation agencies

"...agency, has released its staff report on the Texas Department of Transportation, and it's a pretty serious "could do..."

June 3, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Born to be Reviled

Interstate 35's worst stretch is also its most politically organized -- and that's a problem for TxDOT.

"...Instead, they're found in a squat Texas Dept. of Transportation office building, stacked with dozens of other rolled-up highway..."

Sept. 20, 2002 News Feature by Dave Mann

Will TxDOT’s Plans for Loop 360 Leave Cyclists and Pedestrians in the Dust?

Bikin’ down the highway

"...used by most pedestrians or nonathletic cyclists for either transportation or recreation. When not congested at rush hour, cars..."

June 18, 2021 News Feature by Benton Graham

Police Pushing Pedicabbers' Patience

Are pedicab regulations out of touch?

"...now faces as it expands; according to the city's Transportation Department, Austin now counts some 16 separate pedicab companies,..."

Sept. 17, 2010 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

'Y' Can't We Be Friends?

The Fix290 Coalition provides a test case for highway and community compatibility

"...stop toll roads – whether it's to accuse all transportation boards of being comprised of nothing but "crooks" and..."

June 16, 2006 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Pete Buttigieg Is Thinking Big

Transportation secretary considers climate change in SXSW keynote

"...Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg has ambitious plans. When he talks about..."

March 18, 2021 SXSW Post by Benton Graham

Public Notice: Good City, Bad City

City staff does some things right, some things wrong

"...a story by Nolan Hicks, detailing how the Austin Transportation Department flubbed a March report on the project's Traffic..."

Sept. 2, 2016 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Both Roads and Transit

Central Austin roads are at capacity, and we need to find better ways to move

"..."Reduce driver frustration." While the city Transportation Department's new Austin Mobility Program has other noble goals..."

Sept. 4, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Compact, Climate-Friendly, Competitive

To restart the economy while saving the planet, the Congress for the New Urbanism advocates traditional neighborhoods for all

"...stupid: how smart city-shaping, supported by the right federal transportation policy and funding, offers a powerful tool for communities..."

June 26, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Austin Scientists Focus on Helping AI Do Good

Weighing the pros, cons, and concerns of humanity's future overlords

"...concerns around its "full self-driving" mode.) But AI in transportation is not limited to cars. Refraction AI's REV-1 robots..."

March 10, 2023 News Feature by Benton Graham

Race and Class Inform Disparities in Road Deaths

All crises are not created equal

"...the share of population," said Lewis Leff, the Austin Transportation Depart­ment's transportation safety officer. "It's to reduce fatalities and..."

Sept. 2, 2022 News Feature by Benton Graham

"No Kill" for Traffic

Vision Zero action plan aims to eliminate traffic fatalities

"...pedestrians will make mistakes, but argues that a local transportation system should be designed in a way that those..."

July 8, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Q&A: Austin’s Coastal Neighbors

How Galveston looks to its past to prepare for its future – and what that means for Austin

"...We have the Red Cross, the Salvation Army, MHMR [Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation] – which here..."

Sept. 11, 2009 News Feature by Kate X Messer

City Takes Mobility Plan to Reddit

“Ask Me Anything” covers funding barriers, safety improvements, cyclist support, more

"...The Austin Transportation Department took to Reddit on July 10 for an..."

July 19, 2019 News Feature by Savana Dunning

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

Austin Mobility Gets a Federal Funding Boost

Cap Metro, city both draw millions from bipartisan infrastructure package

"...More transportation dollars are heading Central Texas' way courtesy of the..."

Feb. 10, 2023 News Feature by Benton Graham

Vision Zero Goals for No Traffic Fatalities Not On the Horizon

City Auditor finds goal unlikely

"...the city's work with Capital Metro and the Texas Department of Transportation to achieve its goal, but found that..."

Oct. 4, 2019 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

CodeNEXT’s New Friend, the Strategic Mobility Plan

Plans can’t be made in silos

"...Transportation Department Assistant Dir­ec­tor Annick Beaudet provided commissioners with a..."

Jan. 26, 2018 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Not So Cool

Austin's 2009 Climate Protection Program update confirms progress on energy – but reflects a feeble citywide effort

"...shown as avoided through 2008 are from two city departments: Fleet Services (the city department managing vehicles, which has..."

June 19, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

« 1    ‹ BACK    1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10     NEXT ›    34 »