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Union Visit Livens Up CAMPO Meeting
Picture Cap Metro with a big bull's-eye painted on it.
"...their way to the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization's Transportation Policy Board on Monday night, proving the point that..."

Sept. 16, 2005 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Naked City
City leaders announce plan to push hybrid cars here and nationwide
"...Plug-In Austin advocates uniting the transportation and utility sectors by electrifying the transportation grid. In..."

Aug. 26, 2005 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
"...week that his request for $420,000 from this year's transportation bill to be used for improvements to East Seventh..."

Aug. 19, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

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

Keeping Austin Wild
As the population swells, officials and activists look for ways to preserve open space
"...announced its intention to sue the Texas Department of Transportation and other highway entities for inadequately assessing the environmental..."

July 8, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

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"...labor and life, which includes the "right" to good transportation, neighborhood shops, restaurants, music venues, shopping malls, biking and..."

July 1, 2005 Column

Velorution
"...when they find they must join this group themselves. Transportation using your God-given legs and heart is free. That's..."

May 4, 2005 Postmarks

Naked City
Strayhorn kisses up to anti-tollsters, but other pols hold at arm's length
"...While the Toll Party and its People for Efficient Transportation Political Action Committee have taken every opportunity to lambast..."

April 29, 2005 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Delay of Game
Seaholm, Block 21 challenge the Downtown Domino theory
"...urban-core retail, or above all any future enhanced Downtown transportation systems – probably won't be made until after Seaholm..."

April 8, 2005 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Strayhorn Takes Toll on the CTRMA
Comptroller delivers scathing audit of road agency
"...regional county commissioners with the approval of the Texas Transportation Commission – the first of several planned RMAs around..."

March 18, 2005 News Feature by Michael King

Here Comes the Train
Can city staff, citizens, and neighborhoods realize – and build – a more livable city?
"...goals," says George Adams, principal planner in the city's Transportation, Planning, and Sustainability Department. "We want to create a..."

Jan. 28, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Now Appearing on Local Stages: Willie Nelson and Austin Biofuels
The Red-headed Stranger tries to cut down on smoke in the air. The bad kind, that is.
"...goals for encouraging renewable energy, the city should include transportation fuels in its green planning, utilizing biodiesel in city..."

Jan. 28, 2005 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

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"...Urban Transportation Commissioner..."

Jan. 21, 2005 Column

Austin @ Large: Highway Ho-Ho-Ho!
As concrete Christmas arrives, who's got the last laugh now?
"...least once a month as chair of the Texas Transportation Commission. At last week's meeting of the governor's glee..."

Dec. 24, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

The Big Three Bike Projects – Still Spinning Their Wheels?
Austin still struggles with bicycle mobility
"...to the Seaholm District, poised to become a major transportation hub – breaking down barriers like major highways and..."

Dec. 10, 2004 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Bicycle Nomads and the Winds of Change
Backers say winter migration to Mexico creates 'a whole new way of life'
"...a mission to build solidarity partnerships by promoting autonomous transportation and cultural arts. It also represents innovation in economic..."

Dec. 3, 2004 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Transit-Use Growing
"...public is more aware of and supportive of public transportation than a decade ago. Four in five Americans believe..."

Oct. 27, 2004 Postmarks

We Think It Can, We Think It Can ...
Capital Metro may have finally found a rail plan everybody can … tolerate
"...commuter line is the first step in providing more transportation choices for Austin residents," calls out the pro-rail forces..."

Oct. 15, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Ashcroft's Porn Wars Come to Texas
Adult-video magnate's bust part of DOJ anti-obscenity effort
"...to a single count of obscenity, "involving ... interstate transportation" of the film Nympho Bride, a German-made hardcore porn..."

Oct. 1, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Austin @ Large: Money and Power
Where Austin's city budget is concerned, the two really do go together
"...air-quality program – orphaned by Futrell's dismembering of the Transportation, Planning, and Sustainability Department – which has something to..."

Sept. 10, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

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

City, County Budgets Hold the (Bottom) Line
At both City Hall and the courthouse, it's all quiet on the fiscal front
"...Hospital District, along with "efficiencies" borne of dismantling the Transportation, Planning, and Sustainability Department and creating the much-vaunted "one-stop..."

Aug. 6, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Consensus? What Consensus?
"...key false claims while ignoring reality. When our elected transportation officials receive an unprecedented 6,000 public comments against the..."

Aug. 4, 2004 Postmarks

Austin @ Large: Toll Roadkill
The dead armadillos are on the sides of the highway, not in the middle
"...sadly out of touch with on-the-ground realities on the transportation front, does not make them allies, any more than..."

July 23, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

The Usual Suspects
The first year of the Will Wynn era closes to very mixed reviews, as Austinites wonder whether the city leadership is floundering.
"...decisions – about the economy, the environment, growth management, transportation and infrastructure, and future budget priorities – that will..."

July 9, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: The Metro Message
It’s not a ‘campaign,’ exactly, but what is the transit authority’s tune?
"...but objectively verifiable – we've all heard the Texas Transportation Institute findings that Austin is the most congested city..."

June 25, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

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"...I am struck anew by the impracticality of Texas transportation planning. Oil supplies are down, air pollution and global..."

May 28, 2004 Column

The Time to Encourage Bicycling Is Now!
"...I am struck anew by the impracticality of Texas transportation planning. Oil supplies are down, air pollution and global..."

May 26, 2004 Postmarks

The Hightower Report
Kill car alarms!; taxpayer-built facilities get corporate names
"...To help kill screeching car alarms, call Transportation Alternatives: 212/629-8080...."

Jan. 16, 2004 News Column by Jim Hightower

Where Has All The Money Gone?
Most of the city's General Fund is spent on things City Hall doesn't want to cut.
"...Planning, Transportation, Development..."

May 30, 2003 News Feature

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