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Austin's Land Use Debate Returns to the Spotlight
A new draft code has risen out of CodeNEXT's ashes
"...new draft code has risen out of the previous effort's ashes...."

Oct. 11, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Bus Stops Here: Two Finalists for Top Spot
Agency looks outside for new leadership
"...Metro's board of directors announced Tuesday the two finalists for its president/CEO position: Linda S. Watson of Orlando, Fla.,..."

May 14, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Austin @ Large: Austin At Large: Backseat Driver
Karen Rae resigns from Cap Metro
"...Obviously, Jesus Garza disagrees, because Austin's departing city manager gave more than three months' notice,..."

Feb. 1, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin FC Fans Prepare to Pack the Trains on MetroRail
The Red Line turns Verde
"...had removed their shirts, bellowed, "Olé olé olé olé, Austin FC!" in honor of their team's come-from-behind draw against..."

Oct. 14, 2022 News Feature by Benton Graham

Austin at Large: The Cost of “Whatever It Takes”
Project Connect hits a patch of rough news but – so far – stays on the tracks
"...For 30 years, Austin civic leaders and scenesters negotiated among..."

April 15, 2022 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Various Possibilities for the Future of I-35
So many options, but only one (or none) can be our new highway
"...1) Reconnect Austin cut-and-cap vision This illustration from Reconnect Austin shows the..."

June 21, 2019 News Feature

Rebooted City Council Gets a New Chance to Fix Austin
10-1, take two
"...When the brand-new 10-1 Austin City Council took office in 2015 with a grand..."

Jan. 11, 2019 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Implementing the Mobility Bond and Corridor Construction Program, if You Can Wait for It
Going to take a long, long time
"...If you live and drive in Austin, traffic congestion is one of your problems. And no..."

June 8, 2018 News Feature by Jack Craver

Public Transit Necessary
"...Editor, Mayor Lee Leffingwell remarked that the arrival of Formula One racing reflected Austin’s “maturation” [“The Birth of Formula..."

Nov. 19, 2012 Postmarks

ATU vs. Martinez: 'Better a Dog' for Council
ATU 1091 President Jay Wyatt has some choice words about Martinez
"...Presumably, every endorsement a candidate for public office doesn't get stings the ego. Some must..."

April 13, 2012 News Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Point Austin: Whistling for the Train
City says latest bond delay just another stop on the line
"...just as Capital Metro finally announces a start date for its Red Line commuter rail, the city announces that..."

March 19, 2010 News Column by Michael King

The Chronicle’s Favorite Austin Albums of 2023
Ten music writers reflect on the records they loved this year
"...our headphones, turntables, and car speakers, these are the Austin-made albums Chronicle music contributors kept coming back to. Ten..."

Dec. 15, 2023 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Oak Hill Redevelopment: Varying visions for town center
Concept of town center node in Oak Hill looks like it's getting tougher - not easier - as city's neighborhood plan progresses
"...environmental concerns, key neighborhood leaders are still pushing hard for a town center centered on a Capital Metro transit..."

June 29, 2007 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Austin @ Large: The End of the Roads
The toll plan takes us down the right path, but there's still a long way to go
"..."over the top" seems to be the designated locale for much toll road rhetoric, so I must be in..."

July 30, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Public Notice: Setting an Agenda for Land Use
"...week (June 9) regarding properties along the city's priority transit corridors. One is a largely technical fix to the..."

June 3, 2022 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Austin Moves Up Target Date for Net-Zero Emissions Goal
City emphasizes equity as it ramps up climate action
"...Sept. 30, that would move up the target date for effectively emitting zero greenhouse gases to 2040 – 10..."

Oct. 1, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Opinion: We Still Haven’t Solved Austin’s Public Transit Problems
People don't get out of their cars to use public transit because it's inefficient
"...Austin isn't unique in having a traffic problem it refuses..."

May 7, 2021 Column by Barbara Epstein

Austin at Large: The Big Engine That Must
Proposition A is wobbling around the final curve. We can’t let it derail.
"...Carver Library to celebrate. Proposition A, the Project Connect transit plan, is in real danger of going down to..."

Oct. 30, 2020 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin At Large: Let Me Make Things Clear
Yes, we need to move ahead quickly – but not recklessly – with a new land code
"...always yet to come.) Let me break it down for you...."

Feb. 21, 2020 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Breaking Down the Costs of Austin's Big Transit Plans
Double your ridership, at a price
"...importance of this milestone in the current Project Connect effort is that we now all have a common set..."

Jan. 17, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Fare-Free Transit
"...in the United States to offer universal fare-free public transit. At a cost of only $8 million, all bus..."

Dec. 9, 2019 Postmarks

A Capitol Idea? The Capitol Complex Meets the Downtown Austin Plan.
Texas Facilities Commission takes another look at Capitol redevelopment
"...the Texas Facilities Commission, the dullest swath of Downtown Austin – the state Capit­ol complex – could become a..."

May 21, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Point Austin: Tell Us Something We Don't Know
Capital Metro report discovers that the agency's been badly managed. Who knew?
"...at the public school budget lately?), sustainable expenditures (like, for example, prisons and highways?), safety practices (in a state..."

April 30, 2010 News Column by Michael King

Austin @ Large: For Whom the Road Tolls
The Regional Mobility Authority takes small but necessary steps in the direction of multi-modal transportation
"...peerless illustrator Doug Potter when we discussed the idea for the drawing above. Well, maybe so, but it also..."

May 21, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin City Council Shows Surprising Interest in Upzoning
Mayor throws a curveball in advance of Monday's new Land Development Code revision report
"...City Council met Monday, Nov. 18, to discuss the..."

Nov. 22, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Point Austin: Let Us Begin
The transportation bond represents useful and necessary progress
"...Unlike seemingly every other Austinite, I don't profess to be a traffic engineer. I..."

Oct. 28, 2016 News Column by Michael King

Transit in 3D
"...Dear Editor, Kudos to Lee Nichols for a superb article on the Austin urban rail proposal..."

April 12, 2011 Postmarks

Downtown Austin Plan: Why Do It?
At least three council members question cost
"...time of economic gloom and city budget-slashing, the Downtown Austin Plan was almost a casualty last week. When City..."

March 20, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Transit Chickens Have Come Home to Roost
"...handicapped and cannot drive, I have always been a mass-transit advocate. But this pie-in-the-sky proposal is dead on arrival..."

Aug. 1, 2008 Postmarks

Point Austin: Double or Nothing
Cap Metro fumbles the ball ... again
"...triple (or more) ancillary fares that directly affect the transit system's most vulnerable and dependent customers, often on Special..."

Sept. 21, 2007 News Column by Michael King

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