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Our Bodies, Our Cars
Time to walk the walk on making cities healthy
"...exposure to particulate matter, as occurs immediately adjacent to highways. (So, for example, should Austin be investing in a..."

June 11, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Letters at 3AM: A Paradox of Oligarchy
'Am I my brother's keeper?' is the fundamental question of government
"...in favor of Medicare, Social Security, good schools, wide highways, a strong military – and low taxes." Leonhardt called..."

May 21, 2010 Column by Michael Ventura

Day Trips
The Koffee Kup Family Restaurant built its reputation the old-fashioned way – by serving good, basic comfort food
"...Family Restaurant is in Hico at the intersection of Highways 281 and 6. The cafe is open from 6am..."

May 7, 2010 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Biking Is Key for a Livable City
"...bridges and tunnels over and under major streets and highways. It will also be necessary to turn all creeks..."

May 6, 2010 Postmarks

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

April 30, 2010 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: Sounds Like a Plan
CAMPO's 2035 Plan reads like a dream of a different Central Texas
"...where the transportation money will come from. For new highways, the state of Texas and the Texas Department of..."

April 16, 2010 News Column by Michael King

Thanks for Article on Bike Lanes
"...not add to the gridlock of automobiles on the highways. I would also like to thank Annick Beaudet, the..."

March 19, 2010 Postmarks

From the Dept. of Weird-Ass Press Releases
How to anti-sex your pet without the snip-snip
"...those emails – about business trends, faith healers, Texas highways, the like – get trashed without out a second..."

Feb. 17, 2010 Design Post by Kimberley Jones

Developing Stories: Driving in Two Directions
CAMPO's trends vs. centers debate is shaping our future
"...remaining $7.1 billion would go to freeways, more state highways, and arterial roadways. Minimal or no monies would be..."

Nov. 27, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

The Common Law
I Don't Want the Government to Take My Property
"...population grows, the government's desire to build infrastructure – highways, roads, rail lines, electric transmission lines, and pipelines –..."

Oct. 9, 2009 Column by Luke Ellis

Page Two: Drowning in Triviality
Instead of addressing our real problems, partisans fight over manufactured nonsense
"...require increased spending. The national system of roads and highways, and especially bridges, needs repair. According to some observers,..."

Sept. 18, 2009 Column by Louis Black

All About Steve
Sandra Bullock plays it kooky in this romantic comedy in which she stalks a CNN cameraman (Bradley Cooper) with whom she's smitten.
"...baby born with three legs in Colorado. In these highways-and-byways vignettes, All About Steve aims for the sort of..."

Sept. 11, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Day Trips
George Kalesik is the sign king of the 'Watermelon Capital of Texas'
"...down on the pump jack at the corner of highways 80 and 183 in Luling. Anyone who has driven..."

Sept. 11, 2009 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Q&A: Austin’s Coastal Neighbors
How Galveston looks to its past to prepare for its future – and what that means for Austin
"...the state comes in. Once you hit the state highways, they're in charge...."

Sept. 11, 2009 News Feature by Kate X Messer

Increase Ozone for Change
"...huge amounts of federal money into building ever more highways. In the best of cases, these highways will contribute..."

Aug. 25, 2009 Postmarks

Austin Cannot Avoid Dirty Air
"...to enable continued sprawl and the construction of specific highways (MoPac, Highway 130) which support largely unrestrained, low-density development..."

July 28, 2009 Postmarks

Can Austin Avoid the Stigma of Dirty Air?
The Clean Air Force aims to keep the Austin area out of the ozone
"...blogger and transportation gadfly Mike Dahmus argues, building new highways could simply further encourage driving and make it even..."

July 24, 2009 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Compact, Climate-Friendly, Competitive
To restart the economy while saving the planet, the Congress for the New Urbanism advocates traditional neighborhoods for all
"...just moving cars has harmed cities like Detroit. Fast highways bypass neighborhood shopping centers and business districts; old-fashioned street..."

June 26, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Gov. Perry: Special Session Begins July 1
Lege to consider sunset, TxDOT bonds, and TxDOT authority
"...by continuing to provide options for financing our state’s highways.”..."

June 25, 2009 News Post by Lee Nichols

Point Austin: Out of Balance
As we sit down to balance the books, we might consider our largest deficits
"...argument on the state level, especially about Sacred Texas Highways: "You'll charge tolls over our dead bodies," went the..."

June 12, 2009 News Column by Michael King

Day Trips
Stephen F. Austin is honored with a statue south of Angleton
"...10-acre Henry William Munson Park near the intersection of highways 288 and 35 at the geographic center of Brazoria..."

June 12, 2009 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

The Big Legebowski
The session will be remembered largely as an opportunity lost to partisan displays
"...The highways – if any ever are built again – might..."

June 12, 2009 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Dale Watson
"...sturm und twang tailgates his 1998 journey on the highways with mostly traditional themes. Neon's lure in the darkness..."

May 22, 2009 Music Review by Margaret Moser

Sunset Comes in Many Colors
How agencies are faring at the Sunset Advisory Commission
"...but policies and priorities. "We're going to keep building highways; we're going to keep keeping the streets safe; we're..."

May 22, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Strayhorn, Ingalls, and the Comeback That Wasn't
After running an attack-filled campaign, Strayhorn gracious in defeat
"...unlikely coalition, or the message, such as it was: highways, attack-headlines, and back to the Eighties. Nope, it was..."

May 15, 2009 News Feature by Michael King

Developing Stories: The State Eyes an Eastern Campus
And about that regional plan …?
"...unfunded and unauthorized. To serve a campus near the highways' intersection, track and service would need to be extended..."

May 15, 2009 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Carole's Top 10 Greatest Hits
In our hearts she's No. 1 with a bullet
"...budget writers had inadvertently axed $200 million from a highways fund...."

May 8, 2009 News Feature by Amy Smith

Lee & Carole & Brewster & All of Us ...
Five candidates for mayor jockey to be first among equals
"...– although it's plain that by transit, she means highways. "Deficit spending while we're stuck in traffic?" complains her..."

May 1, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Day Trips
Mason isn't your normal small Texas town
"...popular with deer hunters, spring brings wildflowers along the highways, in summer the bats emerge from Eckert James River..."

March 27, 2009 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

A Film With Me In It

March 20, 2009 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

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