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May 10, 2002 Column
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"...on 51st from Cameron requires two left turns against traffic with no signals and poor visibility -- they need..."
May 3, 2002 Column
Road TRIPping
Austin has the fifth-highest rate of traffic fatalities in the nation, according to a highway lobbyist organization.
"...is the fifth-deadliest urban area in the nation for traffic fatalities, according to "Getting Home Safely: Strategies to make..."
Jan. 11, 2002 News Feature by Lee Nichols
Georgetown Smackdown
Suburbanites Wrestle Over Managed Growth, Smart Growth, and "Stupid Growth"
"...commercial parcels, and require developers to pay for all traffic mitigation upgrades on the roads surrounding proposed developments. Significantly,..."
Aug. 17, 2001 News Feature by Jordan Smith
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What destroys a neighborhood? How can bikes help? What's wrong with the Julia Roberts/Brad Pitt vehicle THE MEXICAN? A few answers
to these questions---and more!---right here, right now.
"...are ill-served by our elected officials. The atrocious gridlock traffic situation. The lack of traffic law enforcement. Failing schools...."
March 23, 2001 Column
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The opposition to Light Rail is rebutted by our Editor.
"...billions available for roads, and we can dramatically reduce traffic congestion. According to this theory, light rail won't work..."
Oct. 27, 2000 Column by Louis Black
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Neighbors relate their own housing crunches in
response to last week's cover story.
"...building more roads as the only answer to Austin's traffic problems. ROAD believes in mobility. And ROAD believes that..."
Aug. 4, 2000 Column
311 Story in Error
"...is a concise statement of the mainstream opinion on traffic planning. The mainstream opinion is that we don't have..."
Oct. 25, 1996 Column
Race and Class Inform Disparities in Road Deaths
All crises are not created equal
"...why. "Because of all the trauma around cars and traffic violence that I've experienced, personally, it makes me anxious..."
Sept. 2, 2022 News Feature by Benton Graham
How DPS's Occupation of a Border Town May Have Crippled Its Economy
Rio Grande City sees a marked decline in sales and tourism
"...drugs. The area has a notorious, decades-long reputation for narco-trafficking. Agents also troll for undocumented immigrants, and sometimes they..."
Oct. 6, 2017 News Feature by Debbie Nathan
Bump in the Road for Bike Boulevard
City switches gears on Nueces bicycle plan
"...is true – in the draft, much of the traffic calming and other devices intended to benefit bicyclists have..."
April 9, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols
Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (and What It Says About Us)
Understanding the sociological mechanics behind traffic problems and why they exist everywhere
"...Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (and What..."
Oct. 31, 2008 Books Feature by Sofia Resnick
The Common Law
Can my bicycle be towed?
"...if it's parked in a way that violates a traffic ordinance. Austin Ordinance 12-2-15 prohibits parking a bicycle in..."
March 7, 2008 Column by Luke Ellis
Fun, Healthy, and Green
A profile of the practice and business of pedicabbing
"...are intact, it's safe – unless, like anything in traffic Downtown, it gets hit by a motorized vehicle. "I've..."
Dec. 28, 2007 News Feature by Sofia Resnick
Riding at Risk
Austin's streets still a hazard for two-wheeled transportation
"...wrong way – in the opposite direction of auto traffic – something bikers should never do, say experts. Adequate..."
Nov. 10, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola
Shall We Bike?
Local bike advocates pedal optimistically uphill
"...to retrofit bike lanes to a street and its traffic mix limits the choices of preferred bike facilities. And..."
May 26, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola
Racial Profiling Data Illuminating, yet Inconclusive
The nation's most comprehensive study to date
shows a pattern suggesting profiling, but reporting
methods need more uniformity
"...were far more likely to be searched during a traffic stop, but were less likely to be found with..."
March 11, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith
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"...favor of less suburban sprawl and increasing urban pedestrian traffic, but running local businesses out of downtown and clearing..."
July 26, 2002 Column
Great Streets, Not So Great Parks
Battle at the park over Riverside Drive
"...the South First/Cesar Chavez area, and create unacceptably long traffic delays, the city traffic engineers concluded. In rejecting Broussard's..."
April 12, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple
From Austin to Travis County -- With $$$$$$
Travis County's upcoming bond election asks mostly urban voters to fund suburban sprawl.
"...-- repairing bridges, expanding and correcting roads for easier traffic flow, and fixing drainage problems. But pity the poor..."
Oct. 19, 2001 News Feature by Amy Smith
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Cap Metro wants to hear your complaints; a reader asks whether the Summer Smut issue was worth the offense it generated; a radio fan finds sustenance in a substitute; and more letters to the editor.
"...control, like road construction (have you driven downtown lately?), traffic accidents, or mechanical problems. The goal we've set for..."
Sept. 1, 2000 Column
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Theatre reviews! Film reviews! The Summer Smut Issue! Get your snipes here!
"...that time AFD's concerns on response delays due to traffic calming projects were silenced here in Austin. The public's..."
Aug. 25, 2000 Column
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SUVs are not sluggish, the Internet is not homogenous, and roads are not decongestants.
"...what does this imply about others involved in the traffic-control biz? Is this sort of hands-off activity the way..."
Feb. 11, 2000 Column
Hitting the Books
Budget Schedule
"...• Traffic Signal Network -- There's more cash in store for..."
Aug. 13, 1999 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett
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"...light rail will not make a perceptible difference in traffic congestion. This is a reasonable point. An equally reasonable..."
April 9, 1999 Column by Louis Black
A Sister Bridge
Bicyclists, Peds to Have Own Path Across River
"..."sister bridge" is designed to facilitate bike and foot traffic from the bridge to other points, including Fifth Street,..."
June 12, 1998 News Feature by Bryan Mealer
Bumpy Road
Neighbors, Businesses Split on Barton Springs Road
"...the four plans, each of which proposes to improve traffic control on Barton Springs Road between Lamar and Robert..."
May 15, 1998 News Feature by Bryan Mealer
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Park and Ride
"...County and beyond onto MoPac. We need to reduce traffic on MoPac, not increase it. Truck traffic on Brodie..."
Oct. 31, 1997 Column
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The Xicanindio Poet
"...so am rather unacquainted with the severity of the traffic there. Mr. Quinn writes "[I-35] cuts through the heart..."
April 11, 1997 Column
Patching Things Up
Triangle Developers and Neighbors Work Together
"...and provided this document that's divided into land use, traffic and access, site design, and building design, formatted with..."
Feb. 14, 1997 News Feature by Lee Nichols
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