Parking Enterprise

If approved, Parking Enterprise Fund Resolution will invest in garages available to public, with revenues providing funding for transit, trails, sidewalks, and bike paths

"...that got bumped from last Thursday's council agenda: a Parking Enterprise Fund Resolution. If approved, a new Austin Parking..."

Dec. 21, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Developing Stories: Park Once, Invest Twice

Two new city-owned parking garages would pay for themselves under enterprising proposal

"...McCracken was presenting his initiative for a new municipal parking enter­prise, which would fund the construction of new city-owned..."

Nov. 23, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Growing Pains Hit West Campus

Area's utilities systems weren't built to support rapid development taking place

"...where water must be constantly pumped out of an underground parking garage, rain or shine. The developers said they..."

March 28, 2008 News Feature by Andrea Grimes

Reconnect Austin: Part One

The Great Depression

"...of "Reconnect Austin" – the proposal to send I-35 underground and unite the east-west street grid it interrupts. Led..."

Jan. 17, 2014 News Feature by Robyn Ross

From the Watergate Break-in to a Broken News Media

Key players in All the President's Men reflect on what 35 years have wrought

"...indeed, a nightscape noir, replete with secret meetings in underground parking garages and a sense of benighted anxiety –..."

April 15, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Tensions Rise Ahead of Meeting on Zilker Plan

Dazed and confused over Zilker

"...draft plan for its inclusion of up to three parking garages and the idea of a "unified nonprofit," which..."

May 19, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Ascension Seton Construction Plans Threaten Water Flow

Seiders Springs eternal?

"...doesn't revise their current development proposal to build an underground parking garage right where the springs water source flows...."

Dec. 2, 2022 News Feature by Leila Saidane

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The Texas Hill Country Wine & Food Festival is not sexist; the city/Bradley settlement bodes poorly for Barton Springs; golf courses pay their way; and more reader mail.

"...hall would cost $90 million, with $45 million for underground car parking. This was the plan at last year's..."

March 24, 2000 Column

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Former TFSC Counsel Responds

"...Streetcars, not Parking..."

April 9, 1999 Column

Downtown Developments

"...development includes a swimming pool, exercise room, and covered parking in what was once the state's Anson Jones Building...."

Feb. 5, 1999 News Feature

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Wrong John, Wrong Reason

"...is people. Hence the suggestion that the present asphalt parking lot down by the gazebo would possibly be better..."

Aug. 13, 1999 Column

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Losing Our Lunch

"...Why can they design, plan, and sell bonds for parking garages, but not for tram lines or bike stations?..."

Feb. 12, 1999 Column

Downtown's New Year

"...The existing parking garage here might see a complete transformation into 20..."

Jan. 17, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

Then There's This: Victory at Last?

After a string of losses, city wins fight over Downtown block

"...control of a Down­town block to build a public parking garage and cooling plant...."

Sept. 7, 2012 News Column by Amy Smith

Grow and Prosper

With neighbors still reeling from 1990 expansion, Hyde Park Baptist plans another growth project.

"...a zoning exception allowing it to build a 47-foot-high parking garage and a 74-foot-high sanctuary on Speedway. The zoning..."

Nov. 19, 1999 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Public Notice: The Zilker Master Plan Is Back

And so is the Community Advancement Network report

"...the two halves of the park together, with an underground parking garage under it, one of three new garages..."

Nov. 18, 2022 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: Zilker Park Vision Still Cloudy

It’s hard planning for the future, when humans insist on living in the present

"...proposing three very different strategies for traffic flow and parking...."

Feb. 18, 2022 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Streetcar Desires

The Austin streetcar has a consensus – it still needs champions

"...In addition, Austin could dedicate revenues from the new underground parking garage planned at the site; Portland, Ore., sold..."

July 20, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

More Park Than Bite

"...valid questions. For example: Why try to build an underground parking structure right on a sensitive waterway? Many of..."

May 30, 2023 Postmarks

Seaholm Powers Ahead, Amid Questions About the 'Public Interest'

Oft-delayed development getting serious at City Council

"...interest. Another Seaholm-related item on Thursday’s council agenda: A Parking Enterprise Fund Resolution. If approved, a new Austin Parking..."

Dec. 12, 2007 News Post by Katherine Gregor

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Readers' last gasps on light rail.

"...for vehicles just to sit in traffic, search for parking and pay outrageous gas prices. Light rail can help..."

Nov. 3, 2000 Column

Love Letter to a Klutz: The Secret Behind John Walch's Brilliant Plays

"...collaborating with John on a site-specific behemoth called The Parking Project, produced last summer as a work-in-process in the..."

April 20, 2001 Arts Feature by Lisa D'Amour

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Readers are baffled by the Chronicle's "no endorsement" for the mayoral race.

"...swimmers will notice that the cement cover of the underground drain is not slippery, at least not much. (I..."

April 28, 2000 Column

Social Dining Surrender

Dinner Lab Austin pops up with unconventional dishes

"...Lab hosts membership-based pop-up dinners at non-restaurant locations - parking garages, meadows, or former venues of various types -..."

June 13, 2014 Food Post by Jessi Cape

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Death Penalty Violates Constitution

"...improvements to Ben White Boulevard or to discuss an underground bypass tunnel to divert the wall of polluted water..."

Jan. 29, 1999 Column

Grand Opening

"...Ballet Folklorico from the Cantu/Pan Am Rec Center. Free parking in the City Hall underground garage and in the..."

Nov. 19, 2004 News Feature