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Dec. 7, 2001 Column
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Economic Cleansing
"...of Austin land use policy. You confess that Portland's urban growth limit has increased the cost of housing and..."
April 16, 1999 Column
Neighborhood Soup
"...with Austin Tomorrow, the noble, relevant, yet useless Seventies urban vision that's still the official and charter-mandated city plan...."
Aug. 1, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Can Project Connect Connect?
Advisory group receives preferred corridor recommendation
"...Connect team presented its Locally Preferred Alternative recommendation for urban rail to Mayor Lee Leffingwell's Central Corridor Advisory Group..."
May 9, 2014 News Feature by Michael King
The Next New Neighborhood
City and residents plan a sustainable Colony Park
"...won in 2012 from the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Sustainable Communities program – will result in a..."
April 4, 2014 News Feature by Robyn Ross
Austin's Land Use Debate Returns to the Spotlight
A new draft code has risen out of CodeNEXT's ashes
"...of town," and "a development pattern that supports 50/50 Transportation Mode share by 2039" – that means half of..."
Oct. 11, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders
Point Austin: Running in Place
On November rail vote, Leffingwell says ... not just yet
"...last Friday, that he will not be supporting an urban rail bond proposal for the November election. "Taking ......"
June 8, 2012 News Column by Michael King
Reinventing Airport Boulevard
Can 'form-based zoning' transform a suburban drag into walkable neighborhoods?
"..."I would absolutely welcome anything that's positive!" McGuire said urban blight in the area has affected his business, which..."
Jan. 8, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor
Top 10 Developing Stories
"...completed a streetcar alignment recommendation and a draft multimodal transportation plan; the team is working on affordable-housing and density-bonus..."
Jan. 2, 2009 News Column by Katherine Gregor
ECT Envisions the Legislative Session
Will the Lege grant more regional planning authority to local communities this time around?
"...crowd, the panelists teed up hot policy topics – transportation, water, air quality – that need increased regional planning..."
Nov. 28, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor
Naked City
"...• Capital Metro's urban commuter rail project rolled closer to reality this week..."
Dec. 21, 2007 News Feature
Developing Stories: Park Once, Invest Twice
Two new city-owned parking garages would pay for themselves under enterprising proposal
"...ground-floor shops, restaurants, and streetscape amenities that keep the urban fabric oh so lively. Financial modeling shows that municipal..."
Nov. 23, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor
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"...hidden behind the pleasant, materialist facade of every middle-class, suburban American, family. The review says more about the mind..."
July 7, 2006 Column
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Puzzled by Oppel
"...Pricey Urban Jewels..."
Aug. 27, 1999 Column
False Accusations
"...who choose to forego a big yard and a suburban school for social stimulation. The endless miles of half-dense..."
March 21, 1997 Column
Developing Stories: Charrette Duet
Curing Congress and going green
"...more trees, getting rail transit Downtown, and creating attractive urban "people places." At the end of the day, both..."
March 19, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor
Design Advocacy Voices: Austin
"...districts; [to repeat known stereotypes] we have ... West (suburban rich), East (poor), Central (city rich), South (bubba). Garner..."
June 27, 2008 News Column by Katherine Gregor
Naked City
"...6-1 to renew the contract between the city, the Urban Renewal Agency, and the Austin Revitalization Authority (formed in..."
Nov. 16, 2007 News Feature
Lee Leffingwell: 'Think Long-Range'
The incumbent mayor defends his record
"...a big part of what I've concentrated on is transportation – how we solve our transportation problems. And I..."
April 27, 2012 News Feature by Michael King
Point Austin: The Convert
Mike Krusee on New Urbanism, Smart Growth, toll roads, and the importance of regional planning
"...to stay active in the issues I care about, Transportation and New Urbanism, both here in Texas and nationwide."..."
Dec. 7, 2007 News Column by Michael King
Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
"...encompass bike projects, eliminating funding hopes until the 2009 transportation bill, according to TBC. TxDOT has received 332 bike-trail..."
Dec. 29, 2006 News Feature
Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
"...council's move, consistent with a recent Land Use and Transportation Subcommittee decision, as a political cop-out, accommodating the on-street..."
March 3, 2006 News Feature
The Traffic Report
Rail rolls forward, but toll roads encounter slowing
"...referendum the caveat that the Red Line "commuter rail urban service" – as opposed to future "regional" rail service,..."
Sept. 10, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
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"...underlying zoning issues. The tug-of-war here is between innovative, urban, high-density, mixed-use, transit-oriented development and obsolete, suburban, low-density, stand-alone,..."
July 2, 2004 Column
Naked City
Over objections from two council members, the City Council votes to reduce parkland dedication fees for the Four Seasons Residences on Town Lake, but doesn't -- as the project's developer would like -- waive the fee entirely
"...Downtown "is a very urban setting, and we are trying to make it even..."
Feb. 9, 2001 News Feature by Emily Pyle
Naked City
Off the Desk:
"...Pflugerville Mayor Haywood Weir, is also working to coordinate transportation issues such as efforts to speed up construction on..."
June 28, 1996 News Feature
The Action's in Place 3
Shade, Tovo, Nofziger race most watched and closely contested
"...the last decade, even as property values rose and urban living became more popular. The change in raw numbers..."
April 29, 2011 News Feature by Wells Dunbar
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
Opinion: Bring Back East Avenue – Downtown Is No Place for a 20-lane Death Machine
The case for running freeways around cities, rather than through them
"...highway department, now known as the Texas Department of Transportation, has known this for a long time. As you..."
Sept. 17, 2021 Column by Chris Riley
Every Comment Counts to Get TxDOT to Try Harder on Plans for I-35
A look at the many roads not taken
"...to submit your comments to the Texas Department of Transportation at its "virtual public meeting" for what it calls..."
