Austin’s Exclusionary Housing Policies Are Getting Revolutionary Rewrites

After decades of resistance doors open for less-wealthy Austinites

"...$40,000 per space); it takes away scarce land in urban areas that could be used for housing, parkland, or..."

July 28, 2023 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Bondology

How does one schedule a bond? Very carefully, and with a lot of advance planning.

"...hit when voters rejected a $1 billion ask for urban rail. Rather than wait four years, the city returned..."

Oct. 27, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Why Rail?

The city is pushing for a 2012 vote to build urban rail. The critics are asking, 'Who needs it?'

"...including Mayor Lee Leffingwell, push to put a new "urban rail" line – a hybrid of streetcars and light..."

April 8, 2011 News Feature by Lee Nichols

The Daily Hustle: 11/29/10

Urban rail pulls into town. Sorta.

"...up to speed on various and sundry city initiatives: urban rail boosterism, the Imagine Austin comp plan, and more...."

Nov. 29, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Naked City

"...• Professor McCracken? Faculty who teach urban design and community and regional planning at UT report..."

Oct. 26, 2007 News Feature

The ACM Machine

Assistant City Managers Outlive Rumors of Their Demise

"...Although she started out with a graduate degree in Urban Planning, she immediately moved into city government. After getting..."

Sept. 12, 1997 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

Wrong Side of the Tracks?

Light Rail May Be a Heavy Burden for East Austin

"...to relieve traffic congestion, curb pollution, and rein in urban sprawl, several East Austin residents fear that they'll find..."

April 4, 1997 News Feature by Karl Pallmeyer

Streetcar Blow-Up

Splitting rails over the latest transit plan

"...nor has it finalized a proposal for a light-rail urban transit system. Consultant ROMA Austin, as part of its..."

May 2, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Public Notice: How Small Is a Small Area?

Out of the ruins of CodeNEXT and into the next round of city planning drama... CodeWHAT?

"...and into the next round of the ongoing city planning drama which, for now, we'll call CodeWHAT?...."

Nov. 16, 2018 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice Light

Planning for the weekend

"...Big Ideas for Small Area Planning: MIT's Depart­ment of Urban Studies & Planning and the..."

Oct. 26, 2018 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Plans in Play

The Big Eight

"...resource provides a comprehensive list of all current long-range planning efforts in the region. (No agency we contacted had..."

July 16, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

A Capitol Idea? The Capitol Complex Meets the Downtown Austin Plan.

Texas Facilities Commission takes another look at Capitol redevelopment

"...state Capit­ol complex – could become a whole new urban district. TFC staff – since Decem­ber under the executive..."

May 21, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Downtown Austin Plan: Why Do It?

At least three council members question cost

"...in General Fund cuts and poised to hire a comprehensive-planning consultant for $1.3 million, the Downtown Austin Plan contract..."

March 20, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

City Shaper

Beloved – and snubbed – at home, Sinclair Black to be nationally honored for lifetime achievement

"...it. The honor from the Congress for the New Urbanism – to be presented at its upcoming congress, CNU..."

March 28, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

New Kid on the Block

Neighborhood Services office aims to help neighborhoods help themselves

"...produced the ONS came from the city's pilot neighborhood planning program and its subsequent corporate parent, the Smart Growth..."

Jan. 14, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks

Economic Cleansing

"...of Austin land use policy. You confess that Portland's urban growth limit has increased the cost of housing and..."

April 16, 1999 Column

Rental Health Worries

Pecan Springs Gives Apartments Thumbs Down

"...to make a decision that was "politics rather than urban planning." Mind you, this is coming from a woman..."

Dec. 26, 1997 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Developing Stories: A Long Route to Go

Will we vote on urban rail in November 2010?

"...to serve Downtown and Central Austin has been rebranded "urban rail." (That's because it's a hybrid of technologies.) Second,..."

Oct. 2, 2009 News Column by Katherine Gregor

LIGHT RAIL 101: The Facts, Figures, & Terms You Need to Know

"...exclusive and capacious rights of way, which in crowded urban areas usually means going up -- elevated tracks, like..."

April 4, 1997 News Feature

Budget Games

As the economy improves, Council looks toward next year's budget

"...Although budget planning goes on year-round, and departments are currently compiling their..."

Feb. 22, 2013 News Feature by Michael King

Point Austin: 'Free' Is Much Too Expensive

Donald Shoup on the high cost of free parking

"...Shoup is a professor of urban planning at UCLA (where, he notes, it's hard to..."

April 6, 2012 News Column by Michael King

Developing Stories: Charrette Duet

Curing Congress and going green

"...more trees, getting rail transit Downtown, and creating attractive urban "people places." At the end of the day, both..."

March 19, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Design Standards

Austin's new commercial design standards are ready for prime time

"...Austin will grow, but how. For the converted New Urbanists at City Hall, the shining City on a Hill..."

Aug. 11, 2006 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

22 to Think About

Austin Museum of Art shows new local art that engages the mind

"...the viewers of their work to access things like urban planning, control over the environment, social distance, and the..."

Aug. 26, 2005 Arts Feature by Rachel Koper

Naked City

California regional planner John Landis shares his thoughts about high-tech growth in San Jose and Austin.

"...And despite Mayor Kirk Watson's prediction that the upcoming "urban century" will lead to improved quality of life and..."

March 31, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Page Two

"...a time of growth and change in Austin. The Urban Planning series, which started a month ago and concludes..."

Dec. 22, 1995 Column by Louis Black

Developing Stories: Concord – At Last

Up from the muck at Concordia

"...to the inclusion of a developer-funded HNA attorney and urban planner ROMA Design Group in crafting the final agreement...."

March 30, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

Thoughts on land use, social justice, and making Austin look, feel, and work better.

"...the trees and ignoring the forest. That's why neighborhood planning, nearly 10 years into the experiment, is still not..."

July 25, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

The wise aftermath of Smart Growth

"...fact is, most of us support something -- neighborhood planning, corner stores, destination parks, conservation easements -- that has..."

Oct. 5, 2001 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Public Notice: Houston, You Have a Problem

Let's not make the same one here

"...Pool who's pointing out that Houston's laissez-faire zoning and planning policies have contributed to its problems. And it's not..."

Sept. 1, 2017 News Column by Nick Barbaro

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