Urban Planning: A Roundup

How Austin is working toward getting better by design

"...is tasked with maintaining and enhancing the aesthetics, livability, walkability, human scale, design quality, and visualization and planning of..."

Dec. 26, 2008 News Column by Katherine Gregor

What's the Fencing Story?

"...us? Do miles of barrier fencing increase the city’s walkability? Meanwhile, bus fares are increasing, 'Dillo service is reduced..."

Oct. 28, 2008 Postmarks

Ways We Can All Fight Pollution

"...sidewalks, how about pedestrian lanes? Austin talks big about “walkability” and treats pedestrians like dirt. Why don't we have..."

March 31, 2008 Postmarks

Working on the Railroad

The regional Transit Working Group is poised to make progress on passenger rail

"...it wants to enjoy TOD's positive effects on diversity, walkability, community, urban form, and streetscapes. (When a small Texas..."

Feb. 22, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Mixed Use, Mixed Emotions

An anniversary review of Austin's vertical mixed-use program discovers a range of responses to density, change, and planning

"..."We think that the density levels, density zones, and walkability requirements described in the TOD [transit-oriented development] and TN..."

Feb. 1, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

The Making of Downtown North

The Domain may sound like just another fancy mall – but planners say it's the seed of a second Austin

"...the greater area plan, will depend on that idealized walkability and whether even Austinites can be consistently separated from..."

Sept. 28, 2007 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

37th Street Lights

Will the elaborate holiday illuminations burn brighter or burn out?

"...an Austinite since 1988. She said the area's convenient walkability outweighed what she had heard about the street's holiday..."

Dec. 22, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere.

"...from SustainLane for its efforts in green building, urban walkability, and preservation of open space. "We're doing things to..."

June 10, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Naked City

McCracken leads charge for a prettier Austin

"...– the idea being that storefront parking lots discourage walkability. City Hall's south plaza exceeds the 15-foot limit, and..."

May 6, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Weird by Design

City's proposed design standards emphasize livability, walkability, and flexibility

April 1, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

The fuss over historic zoning is a symptom of larger city problems.

"...that these 'hoods offer precisely the advantages -- scale, walkability, compactness -- that modern planning gospel wants to return..."

Aug. 22, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

The Devil in the Details

After 10 years, the Great Streets master plan runs into controversy over two-way streets.

"...fashion, what a Great Street might look like, since walkability was woven into the city's Smart Growth Matrix. Projects..."

Oct. 4, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

No One Way About It

Which Way for Our Downtown Streets?

"...commute for Austinites and suburban dwellers without destroying downtown's walkability -- and livability. Consensus will be hard-won in the..."

Aug. 2, 1996 News Feature

Planning a Compact City in the Midst of Urban Sprawl

"...creeks could preserve green space and dramatically increase Austin's walkability. Meanwhile, Rick Waring, Austin's new bicycle coordinator, is working..."

Dec. 22, 1995 News Feature

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