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Headlines / Quote of the Week
"...the Austin Journal reports. Greenhouse gas emissions in the area are trending downward, but we had more poor air..."

May 17, 2024 News Feature

Opinion: Clean Air Can’t Wait – How We Can Improve the I-35 Project
There are urgent environmental considerations to the highway expansion
"...Texas Commission on Environmental Quality announced that the Austin area now exceeds safe concentrations of soot according to the..."

May 17, 2024 Column by Natasha Harper-Madison

Hundreds Rally Against I-35 Expansion
TxDOT’s pricey project proving unpopular with Council members, congressmen, and regular Austinites
"...as well: To urge the crowd to email the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization Board and ask them to..."

Nov. 10, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Council Set to Ask TxDOT to Pause I-35 Expansion Until Regional Climate Plans Done
If approved, the resolution will be the strongest stance the City of Austin has taken against the highway expansion
"...to reduce those emissions" and asks TxDOT and the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization to delay funding for construction..."

Oct. 20, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Rethink35 Is Suing TxDOT Over I-35 Expansion With Broad Community Support
TxDOT vs. basically everyone in Austin
"...expansion. The only entity that did was the regional Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization; three Austin City Council members..."

Sept. 1, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Takeover of Walnut Creek Trail Section for Self-Driving Cars Halted
Walnut Creek vs TxDOT
"...On April 6, the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization postponed a vote that would..."

April 21, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Oops!
"...stated that Mackenzie Kelly would represent the city at Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (CAMPO); that will be Vanessa..."

Feb. 3, 2023 Column

Lumbering Toward a Long-Held Vision for a New I-35
Riding on TxDOT's endless highway
"...that commenced in 1989. Back then, the Austin metro area was home to fewer than 600,000 people; today, it's..."

Jan. 27, 2023 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

A Light Meeting as the New Council Gets Itself Sorted
First work session focused on committee memberships
"...to Council committees, such as the coveted Housing and Planning Committee, and intergovernmental committees such as the Capital Area..."

Jan. 27, 2023 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Headlines / Quote of the Week
"...Depot Boulevard to MoPac. Funded by mobility bonds and Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization, the project is expected to..."

Feb. 18, 2022 News Feature

Will TxDOT’s Plans for Loop 360 Leave Cyclists and Pedestrians in the Dust?
Bikin’ down the highway
"...In its current form, Capital of Texas Highway – Loop 360 – on Austin's..."

June 18, 2021 News Feature by Benton Graham

Austin Leans in Hard to Change TxDOT’s Mind on I-35
The road not taken
"...public and private stakeholders, pile up in the I-35 Capital Express Central comment files like cars stuck on the..."

April 2, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Will the Third Time Be a Charm for an Austin Rail System?
Project Connect looks to help make connections
"...That's why the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (CAMPO), which guides the region's..."

Sept. 25, 2020 News Feature by Jack Craver

Headlines / Quote of the Week
"...As we go to press Wednesday (May 27), the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (CAMPO) Transportation Pol­icy Board held..."

May 29, 2020 News Feature

Highways and Scooters and Impact Fees, Oh My!
Austin mobility plans are moving right along
"...mobility front. Most expensive among them is the I-35 Capital Express Central reconstruction project, which the Texas Transportation Commission..."

May 8, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Headlines / Quote of the Week
"...CAMPO Transpo In its Monday (May 4) meeting, the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (CAMPO) board approved its $42..."

May 8, 2020 News Feature

Public Notice: Life Goes On
Even while you’re not paying attention
"...CAMPO, the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization, is moving ahead with its..."

April 24, 2020 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Headlines / Quote of the Week
"...CapMetro Feels Crunch: Capital Metro could see $8.7 million to $13 million in..."

April 24, 2020 News Feature

More Money, More Options for I-35
The decades-long plan to rebuild Interstate 35 through the heart of Austin is picking up speed
"...in what the Texas Department of Transportation calls the Capital Express project to $7.5 billion, adding new non-tolled, managed..."

March 6, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Public Notice – Code X: The Final Chapter?
What to look for when the new LDC draft comes out tomorrow
"...each of the city's watersheds, and each of the areas of localized flooding...."

Oct. 4, 2019 News Column by Nick Barbaro

City Takes Mobility Plan to Reddit
“Ask Me Anything” covers funding barriers, safety improvements, cyclist support, more
"...it with the highway plans for the five-county metro area produced by the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization and..."

July 19, 2019 News Feature by Savana Dunning

Austin Contemplates How to Make I-35 Suck Less
The past, present, and future of the man-made barrier through the heart of our town
"...Act of 1991 (ISTEA, pronounced "ice-tea"), which created regional metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) to manage federal investments in state..."

June 21, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin at Large: This Road’s Gone On Forever
Is it wrong, or dumb, or evil to spend billions to fix I-35?
"...Four of those Council members also sit on the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization's Transportation Policy Board, including that..."

May 17, 2019 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

CAMPO Throws Money at I-35
$400 million in new funding will go to the "Capital Express" project
"...The Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization's Transportation Policy Board voted Monday..."

May 10, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

What Land Use Code Do We Need to Build the City We Want?
Planning a way forward after CodeNEXT
"...is executive director of HousingWorks, a research and advocacy organization promoting affordable housing. Like other advocates, she was disappointed..."

April 12, 2019 News Feature by the News Staff

With Little Enthusiasm, City OKs Opting Into Oak Hill Parkway Project
Plus more items from City Council's first substantive meeting of the year
"...project." Adler also serves as vice chair of the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization, the six-county body that approves..."

Feb. 8, 2019 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Council Set to OK New Contract for Downtown Homeless Shelter
Council ready to take next (Front) Steps
"...construction delays." Council is being asked by TxDOT, the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organ­iz­ation, and the city's own transportation..."

Feb. 1, 2019 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Vision Zero: Remembering Is Not Enough
Friends and family gather for third annual Day of Remembrance Vigil
"...Austin, is comprised of families in the greater metro area who have lost loved ones to traffic violence and..."

Nov. 24, 2017 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Headlines
"...Witness testimony continues today in the capital murder trial of Mark A. Norwood. Norwood, already convicted..."

Sept. 16, 2016 News Feature

Public Notice: Good City, Bad City
City staff does some things right, some things wrong
"...or code violations issued for a specific address or area within a given time frame – including their current..."

Sept. 2, 2016 News Column by Nick Barbaro

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