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Billboard Battle Continues
Does keeping Austin scenic mean keeping the billboards right where they are?
"...as best we can." After lengthy consultation with city commissions, billboard companies, and environmental groups, Martinez is cutting back..."

May 2, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Naked City
"...time for five members of the Zoning and Platting Commission and four of the Planning Commission, the first round..."

July 5, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Hill Country Militia
Grassroots homesteaders tighten ranks to fight urban encroachment
"...and all. Dissenters have sprung up across the so-called "urban" counties linking San Antonio to Austin...."

June 27, 2008 News Feature by Greg Harman

They Shoot Movies, Don't They?
Heather Page on the state of the Texas Film Commission
"...the business – as director of the Texas Film Commission...."

April 22, 2016 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Council: At War on Two Wheels
More scooters, a possible interim deal with the APA, and more from City Hall
"...As if the city's Transportation Depart­ment didn't have enough on its hands with an..."

April 20, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

The Daily Hustle: 4/28/10
No 15% reduction to the Hustle's grind 
"...and Finance Committee, news bearing implications for this November's transportation bond vote …..."

April 28, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Naked City
"...in the death of 25-year-old Kevin Brown in June. Commission members will hear Olsen's appeal to get his job..."

Dec. 14, 2007 News Feature

The Daily Hustle: 1/27/11
Agenda highlights from today's council meeting
"...the Holly hullabaloo, Fire Department hiring trouble, tons of transportation bond spending, and much more...."

Jan. 27, 2011 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
"...Urban Transportation Commissioner..."

Jan. 21, 2005 Column

Corridor Conundrum
The Truth Is Out There on the Highway
"...like, "We must learn to grow with grace," or "Urban sprawl must be curtailed," or "We may not have..."

May 8, 1998 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

On the Lege
Christian Sabotage?
"...fanning the flames of gang warfare and preying on urban blight. But in Green's view, that's just good marketing..."

Feb. 26, 1999 News Column

Mixing Young, New Voters Worked for Kim
Place 3
"...the sort who drink mojitos and get excited about urban planning. Jay Reddy of the Planning Commission said he..."

May 13, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Postscripts
Shuttle Carnage Looms
"...in our neighborhood. City staff reported to the planning commission during the zoning hearing last week that our southeast..."

Aug. 22, 1997 Column

#ATXLDC: And on the Sixth Day, There Was More Public Input
Familiar hopes, fears shared at Planning Commission hearing
"...on the Land Development Code draft with the Planning Commission...."

Oct. 27, 2019 News Post by Austin Sanders

The Daily Hustle: 8/6/10
Bond vote set; Seaholm wall tumbles
"...suggested the wall project be run by the Downtown Commission, which has members pulled from several other boards and..."

Aug. 6, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

City Counseling: CU L8R, Texters!
Technology takes a backseat to safety
"...and chair of the city's Com­mun­ity Technology and Telecommunications Commission, spoke for other opponents in that he didn't oppose..."

Oct. 30, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Naked City
Austin Stories
"...Urban Transportation Commissioner Tommy Eden is spearheading a petition drive..."

Jan. 10, 2003 News Feature

Naked City
"...Zachry, the state's largest highway contractor. If the Texas Transportation Commission agrees, contract talks will start next month...."

April 12, 2002 News Feature

Neighborhood Soup
"...as 13 community groups made pitches to the Planning Commission for the two open slots in the city's pilot..."

Aug. 1, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Road to Somewhere
Citizens' Planning Committee Draws a Map
"...together by the city council to look at Austin's urban planning process, or lack thereof. Since their mandate began..."

Dec. 22, 1995 News Feature

Developing Stories: The State Eyes an Eastern Campus
And about that regional plan …?
"...A shining New Urbanist outpost: "a state-of-the-art, sustainable government campus that's among the..."

May 15, 2009 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Their Reputations Precede Them
Run-off rivals Galindo and Morrison set the record straight
"...his developer plans in groovy green building and New Urbanist garb from his perch on the Planning Commission...."

June 6, 2008 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Naked City
"...• Travis Co. commissioners unanimously approved participation in a 20-year tax-increment finance district..."

March 30, 2007 News Feature

Preparing for Takeoff
Plans under way for major redo of Airport Boulevard and Highland Mall
"...rest of the Highland site as a dense "new urban" community. Meanwhile, just south of Highway 290, the city..."

Oct. 21, 2011 News Feature by Nick Barbaro

Naked City
"...new attorney, Tom Stribling, and the city's Civil Service Commission has granted a 60-day continuance in his case, meaning..."

Dec. 21, 2007 News Feature

Naked City
News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere
"...Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization finally adopted a detailed Transportation Investment Decision Tree by which to evaluate transit proposals...."

June 27, 2008 News Feature

Finding the Sweet Spot
For Austin's 'density bonus' development program – what's on our wish list?
"...people," says Mayor Will Wynn), concentrating density in the urban core has been adopted by the city as the..."

Oct. 26, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Opinion: Public Transit Alone Won’t Fix Traffic Woes. Is Congestion Pricing the Solution?
This lesser-known traffic control strategy encourages the diversion of traffic through ulterior routes, means, or times
"...Regarding areas outside of transportation experiencing latency or congestion-inducing traffic, such as telephone services..."

Nov. 10, 2023 Column by Aarnav Chitari

City of Dreams
Visions in Earlier Austin Plans Not Unlike Our Own
"...zoning, subdivision controls, limited-purpose annexation, extra-territorial jurisdiction, a Planning Commission and public input thereto -- that form the skeleton..."

Dec. 1, 1995 News Feature

From Runways to Sidewalks
The Mueller neighborhood at midcourse
"...Drawn by the promise of a "New Urbanist" neighborhood three miles from Downtown, the Mueller pioneers hit..."

Aug. 9, 2013 News Feature by Robyn Ross

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