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Austin’s Steady Strides Toward Climate Sustainability
How are we doing and how effective can local policies be at mitigating a worldwide crisis?
"...areas: Electricity and Natural Gas, Materials and Waste Management, Transportation and Land Use, and Industrial Process Emissions." Its goal..."

Nov. 1, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Going Big
How to spend $720 million on mobility
"...of his Council colleagues to approve his $720 million transportation bond proposal for the Nov­em­ber ballot – an unprecedented..."

July 1, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Point Austin: Sounds Like a Plan
CAMPO's 2035 Plan reads like a dream of a different Central Texas
"...the Capital Area Metro­politan Planning Organization's latest draft 25-year transportation plan – the plosively platted "People, Planning and Preparing..."

April 16, 2010 News Column by Michael King

Heavy Pedal
Will City's Bike Plan Ever Hit the Road?
"...also among the first council-sanctioned remedies for Austin's growing transportation needs. The plan, approved last week, is divided into..."

May 15, 1998 News Column by Jenny Staff

Race and Class Inform Disparities in Road Deaths
All crises are not created equal
"...the share of population," said Lewis Leff, the Austin Transportation Depart­ment's transportation safety officer. "It's to reduce fatalities and..."

Sept. 2, 2022 News Feature by Benton Graham

Public Notice: Good City, Bad City
City staff does some things right, some things wrong
"...a story by Nolan Hicks, detailing how the Austin Transportation Department flubbed a March report on the project's Traffic..."

Sept. 2, 2016 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Bigger, Better, Smarter
San Diego is everything Austin wants to be: livable, transit-oriented, pedestrian-friendly, and downtown-centric. But will tools that worked in the nation's largest border and military base town translate to Central Texas?
"...look to San Diego for ways to reweave our urban fabric? Because if you can do it there, you..."

Jan. 14, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Fast Track
The Capital Area Metropolitan Organization approved Capital Metro's light rail plans; now it's up to voters.
"...(MPO), which every five years produces a long-range (25-year) transportation plan for the area and authorizes the spending of..."

Nov. 12, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Light Headed?
What Commuters Want
"...Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (CAMPO, the former Austin Transportation Study), the Texas Department of Transportation, and the various..."

July 23, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

As Austin's I-35 Mess Gains National Attention, the City Refocuses on the Palm District
Applying an "equity lens" to reimagine the blocks alongside Austin's gnarliest highway
"...been "recognized" by the influential Congress for the New Urbanism in its 2021 "Freeways Without Futures" report. The national..."

June 4, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Early Data Shows Progress at Four High-Crash Intersections
Number of accidents dramatically drops at intersections outfitted with new safety controls
"...and Rundberg Lane; and Lamar Boulevard and Parmer Lane. Transportation Department staff "annualized" the numbers and found some striking..."

Dec. 29, 2017 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Cap Metro Hangs Hopes on “Connections 2025”
High frequency bus lines attempt to increase commuter freedom
"...describes the basis for a sound system of public transportation. "High frequency means transit is coming soon, which means..."

Nov. 3, 2017 News Feature by Jack Craver

District 7: Back to the Future
"...voters who have arrived in a big city anticipating urban infrastructure; Tovo, with a base in Austin neighborhood associations,..."

Dec. 5, 2014 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Randall Stephens: 'I Can Handle the Job'
"...RS: The city – transportation's very important to all of us. I'm as green..."

May 30, 2014 News Feature

Scenarios at a Glance
Five different versions of Austin's future
"...see the sections "The Buffet: Scenario Indicators" and "Major Transportation Changes" in "Comp Plan Combo Platter.")..."

Oct. 1, 2010 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Taking Budget Mountain by Strategy
To balance the city's long-term accounts, financial discussions need to climb beyond the General Fund
"...Leffingwell's proposal to proceed with a (now) $90 million transportation bond vote this November, while holding off on an..."

July 23, 2010 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Imagining Austin
Austinites begin a new comprehensive plan for the city's future
"...including Jeb Boyt and Glenn Gadbois of the Austin Urban Coalition. That group is advancing a New Urbanist, or..."

Jan. 29, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Envision Next Session
Having lost its two big battles at the Lege, Envision Central Texas retrenches to win the war
"...make decisions on their own" regarding land use and transportation authority. "I misjudged it," admitted Watson, recounting his pre-session..."

Sept. 11, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Downtown Austin Plan: Why Do It?
At least three council members question cost
"...Downtown: A solid plan for central-city rail transit and transportation is crucial to making the whole region's mobility work...."

March 20, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Tracking Cap Metro's Eastward Proposal
The Green Line takes conceptual shape
"...for the East Austin growth corridor a wise regional transportation investment? For the first time, the just-released Capital Metro..."

Sept. 12, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Res Publica
This week's civic agenda, Aug. 28-Sept. 4
"...URBAN RAIL MEETING The city wants your input on the..."

Aug. 29, 2008 News Feature

The Local Politics of Climate Protection
Q&A with Will Wynn on his efforts to fight global warming
"...the next year, we'll study and develop policies for transportation, land use, waste management, landscapes and natural areas. We'll..."

April 18, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
"...week that his request for $420,000 from this year's transportation bill to be used for improvements to East Seventh..."

Aug. 19, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Keeping Austin Wild
As the population swells, officials and activists look for ways to preserve open space
"...announced its intention to sue the Texas Department of Transportation and other highway entities for inadequately assessing the environmental..."

July 8, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

The Usual Suspects
The first year of the Will Wynn era closes to very mixed reviews, as Austinites wonder whether the city leadership is floundering.
"...is a community – and the hub of an urban region – with a lot of chronic, systemic problems..."

July 9, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Where Has All The Money Gone?
Most of the city's General Fund is spent on things City Hall doesn't want to cut.
"...Planning, Transportation, Development..."

May 30, 2003 News Feature

Lines in the Sand
Austin Legislators Prepare to Redraw Their Own Districts -- While Doing Business as Usual
"...into the Capitol complex, said she'll be working on transportation issues, and will try to protect the one-quarter-cent sales..."

Jan. 19, 2001 News Feature by Louis Dubose

Postmarks
Mueller Will Gentrify
"...confused cause and effect. Interest in non-car forms of transportation led us to sell recumbent bicycles, not the other..."

March 5, 1999 Column

Bond Brouhaha
Council Reenacts for Public What It Did in Private
"...Recreation; Libraries, Museums, and Cultural Centers; Public Works and Transportation; and Flood Erosion and Control (see chart )...."

Aug. 14, 1998 News Feature by Jenny Staff

Postmarks
"...No.14], as a member and chairman of the city's Urban Forestry Board for seven years, I would like to..."

Dec. 19, 1997 Column

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