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Todd Phelps: 'Creativity and Common Sense'
"...Austin Chronicle: I understand you're both a musician and a..."

May 30, 2014 News Feature

Spring Train-ing
Rob Spillar and transit advocates work toward a 2014 rail vote
"...transportation department says. "This town has a lot going for it."..."

Feb. 22, 2013 News Feature by Mike Kanin

City Hall Hustle: Riding the Riverside Rail
Which comes first, the train or the passengers?
"...and this week, humble reader, was no exception. Except for one out-of-the-ordinary consideration: the buckets of white stuff falling..."

Feb. 26, 2010 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Roadblocks
Transit agency's self-evaluation report reflects frustration over impediments
"...serving the public, says Capital Metro, if it weren't for a major impediment: the public. That seems to be..."

Oct. 16, 2009 News Feature by Lee Nichols

We Think It Can, We Think It Can ...
Capital Metro may have finally found a rail plan everybody can … tolerate
"...it's blue) to pull the agency's All Systems Go! transit vision (and political future) over the mountain for the..."

Oct. 15, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
"...letter showing that the beer cans had been tested for DNA. The letter contained evidence that no one on..."

June 7, 2002 Column

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Light rail, affordable housing, and reverse racism.
"...current DART light rail experience to passenger trips projected for Capital Metro for the years 2010 and 2025 when..."

Jan. 14, 2000 Column

Postmarks
The Gotham backlash continues.
"...Avenue. Gotham provides a small number of residential units for the wealthy, with potentially disastrous consequences for the surrounding..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Column

Planning a Compact City in the Midst of Urban Sprawl
"...Sic Transit Gloria..."

Dec. 22, 1995 News Feature

Project Connect Unveils Vision of a Car-Free Drag
Cars, buses, and trains jockey for position on revamped Guadalupe Street
"...Project Connect planners unveiled a new plan for Guadalupe Street at a community meeting Tuesday, June 14,..."

June 17, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Public Notice – Code X: The Final Chapter?
What to look for when the new LDC draft comes out tomorrow
"...proposed land development code rewrite this Friday (keep reloading www.austintexas.gov/ldc) and let the spin begin. FWIW, here are the..."

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
"...The Austin Transportation Department took to Reddit on July 10 for..."

July 19, 2019 News Feature by Savana Dunning

Sen. Kirk Watson on the 86th Texas Legislature
“In Texas, we don’t focus on what our needs are; we focus on what we want to pay”
"...Kirk Watson, the former Austin mayor, is entering his fifth term representing most..."

Jan. 4, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Rockin' Solutions: A Four-Piece Combo
Highlights of solutions emerging from the four Live Music Task Force subcommittees
"...Helping Musicians: Tip jars to transit..."

July 18, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

'Y' Can't We Be Friends?
The Fix290 Coalition provides a test case for highway and community compatibility
"..."crooks" and "sellouts," to recruit candidates whose sole qualification for office is a virulent opposition to tolls, or simply..."

June 16, 2006 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

The Little Engine That Did
Capital Metro rides the train out of the political doghouse
"...through the arrival of heavily Democratic Central and East Austin boxes, Capital Metro's commuter-rail referendum led handily. The ballot..."

Nov. 5, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Round Up the Usual Suspects
Cap Metro tries to re-make its image, Beverly Griffith considers her options, and the budget strains
"...that anyone, even John Kelso, would really think that Austinites had voted on (and down) light-rail transit for the..."

Aug. 24, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Inching Toward Higher Heights to Get More Housing
Advocates for low-income tenants urge a go-slow approach
"...Vertical Mixed Use density bonus program, designed to create affordable housing on Austin’s core transit corridors...."

June 13, 2022 News Post by Maggie Q. Thompson

CapMetro Suspends MetroExpress Service, Eliminates Fare in April
New measures installed to minimize spread of COVID-19
"...Beginning Wednesday, April 1, Capital Metro implemented free fares for all customers throughout the month of April. The free..."

April 3, 2020 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

What Land Use Code Do We Need to Build the City We Want?
Planning a way forward after CodeNEXT
"..."policy guidance" questions to gauge Council's energy and appetite for diving back into a process that has already consumed..."

April 12, 2019 News Feature by the News Staff

Where the Sidewalks End
Austin's patchwork sidewalk system has a history – and just maybe a better future
"...If you're in Austin, and you're trying to get from point A to..."

July 11, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

It's Nice To Car Share
The more hands on the wheel, the merrier
"...Like I said, last straw. For the last four years, my relationship with cars has..."

Dec. 31, 2010 News Feature by Kate X Messer

Cap Metro Cans Veolia
Rail firm dumped, two new contractors to be voted on this afternoon
"...board will vote on replacement contracts this afternoon: Herzog Transit Services, Inc. for MetroRail operations and rail maintenance, and..."

Dec. 9, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Lee & Carole & Brewster & All of Us ...
Five candidates for mayor jockey to be first among equals
"...isn't the be-all and end-all of local politics. In Austin, Hizzoner or Heroner doesn't even have much traction on..."

May 1, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Urban Planning: A Roundup
How Austin is working toward getting better by design
"...downcycle is the ideal time to invest in urban-planning efforts. Without the pressures of fast-paced development activity created by..."

Dec. 26, 2008 News Column by Katherine Gregor

More Developing Stories
A calendar of upcoming urban planning events
"...It's spring in Austin, the bluebonnets are blooming, and a young metropolis' thoughts..."

April 13, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
"...flee to Mexico.Headlines• At press time Wednesday, frantic rescue efforts continued along the Gulf Coast, and authorities were only..."

Sept. 2, 2005 News Feature

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Light Rail, Green Politics, and much ado about the city's growing pains.
"...The recent use of Austin icon Lance Armstrong in the campaign to promote light..."

Oct. 13, 2000 Column

Preaching to the Converted
"Troubling Era"
"...about their wholesale abandonment, as if the citizens' reasons for leaving were as individual as a thumbprint. We allow..."

Dec. 25, 1998 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Over a Troubled Bridge
Neighborhoods Battle Plan to Widen Lamar Bridge
"...city's Department of Public Works and Transportation outlined options for widening the Lamar Bridge over Town Lake at a..."

Oct. 11, 1996 News Feature

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