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March 4, 2022 News Feature
Longtime Commissioners Face Challenges From Their Left
In the hot seats
"...traffic fatalities? Maybe [that requires] law enforcement on the highways, but maybe it's addressing five killer intersections," as the..."
Feb. 18, 2022 News Feature by Lina Fisher
Faster Than Sound: Is the Broken Spoke Too Broken?
Allegations of intolerant behavior at the honky-tonk arise following Queer Eye feature
"...Ph.D. student Kameron Dunn published an essay in Texas Highways celebrating Terri's classes and the Spoke as an unexpected..."
Jan. 14, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe
Public Notice: Top 10 Stories of 2021
Some top topics on the community news front
"...Aug. 6: "Trade-Offs and Throughput" A spirited protest and..."
Dec. 17, 2021 News Column by Nick Barbaro
Dead & Beautiful
Heavy-handed vampire story isn't even that pretty to look at
"...Anastasia (Marchenko) and Lulu (Zhong), speeding down the Taiwan highways until they are forced to abruptly stop for an..."
Nov. 5, 2021 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf
Solving Georgian Acres' Mobility Problem With Buses, Bikes, and Scooters
Solar-powered mobility hub planned for "transit desert"
"...the U.S. "Some neighborhoods have sacrificed accessibility to state highways, and the residents have a hard time accessing the..."
Oct. 1, 2021 News Feature by Lina Fisher
Block the Bulldozers
"...Sept. 17] this week regarding I-35 through Downtown and Highways 290 and 71 through Oak Hill. I lived in..."
Sept. 20, 2021 Postmarks
Don't Take the Trees
"..."Public Notice" piece on the Oak Hill expressway [“Oaks, Highways, and No Pickleball?” Sept. 17], I live in the..."
Sept. 18, 2021 Postmarks
Public Notice: Oaks, Highways, and No Pickleball?
A potpourri of upcoming happenings
Sept. 17, 2021 News Column by Nick Barbaro
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
"...centers while the freeway lanes loop around. When state highways do pass through urban areas, the speed limit often..."
Sept. 17, 2021 Column by Chris Riley
Opinion: Oak Hill Road Plan Is Taxpayer Abuse
The argument against TxDOT's plan for a freeway flyover at the intersection of U.S. 290 and Texas 71
"...Hill Neighbors, representing residents living near the Y of Highways 290 and 71...."
Sept. 17, 2021 Column by Carol Cespedes
The Work Matters
A look back at some of our most impactful reporting
"...Austin and Texas news beats: battles over housing and highways, environmental assaults and defenses, voting rights and repressions, official..."
Sept. 3, 2021 Features Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Austin at Large: Ain’t No Highway Wide Enough
TxDOT abandons any pretense of new thinking about I-35. It's time to stop them.
"...about emergency access and response time that other tunnelized highways everywhere in the world can mitigate but that are..."
Aug. 20, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison
Will TxDOT’s Plans for Loop 360 Leave Cyclists and Pedestrians in the Dust?
Bikin’ down the highway
"...2222 and Bee Cave Road (RM 2244) are state highways that intersect Loop 360, but any TxDOT work on..."
June 18, 2021 News Feature by Benton Graham
AFS Cinema Announces Reopening Date, First Lineup of Films
The arthouse mecca brings new titles, immortal classics
"...the restoration of James Szalapski's Outlaw Country archive, Heartworn Highways Aug. 1, 3-4, 8, 11, 14), and a local..."
June 9, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
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
"...one such city, Milwaukee's John Norquist, successfully executed a "highways to boulevards" project there and then led CNU as..."
June 4, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Day Trips & Beyond: May Travel Roundup
Flowers, birds, and more to spy on spring road trips
"...May flowers are lining the highways and the number of fun events are increasing around..."
May 3, 2021 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod
If or When I Call: Will Johnson Discusses His Debut Novel
Long-held itch harvests the road, autobiography, and compassion
"...Set along the rivers and highways of Southeastern Missouri where he was born, If or..."
April 9, 2021 Music Post by Matt White
Pete Buttigieg Is Thinking Big
Transportation secretary considers climate change in SXSW keynote
"...more than that. It wasn't just incidental that often highways tore up minoritized groups neighborhoods, communities,” he explained. “There..."
March 18, 2021 SXSW Post by Benton Graham
Heartworn Highways
Restored documentary brings back the founding voices of outlaw country
"...When Heartworn Highways finally received a theatrical release in 1981, it was..."
Feb. 5, 2021 Movie Review by Doug Freeman
Hotrod Golgotha
In this collection, the Austin poet delivers a high octane paean to cars and all that makes them cool
"...gunning accelerators, shifting gears, or roaring down streets, strips, highways. He's not even in the car. He's in the..."
Jan. 1, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
For One Austinite When the Pandemic Closed the Border, Uzbekistan Rolled Out the Welcome Mat
Jennifer Whiddon reflects on what it was like getting trapped abroad for six months
"...anyway. Meanwhile, the government was quickly shutting down the highways in an effort to prevent spread. Residents were instructed..."
Dec. 25, 2020 Food Feature by Sara Hutchinson
Neighbors and Green Advocates Slow TxDOT’s Roll
“Parkway” no more?
"...intervene in other cases to protect the aquifer. "Those highways were built with a lot of oversight because of..."
Dec. 4, 2020 News Feature by Lina Fisher
Austin at Large: Too Late to Turn Back Now?
The long, slow slog to a new I-35 could still change direction
"...jagged rip in the urban fabric like so many highways in America; as a symbol and an instrument of..."
Nov. 20, 2020 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison
Council Recap: Taking It (For) the Streets
New impact fee plan makes its first trip to the dais
"...In a discussion that took up the largest portion..."
Nov. 13, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders
APD Audit and DACC Move Top Council Agenda
Back to business at City Hall
"...In other business, the controversial street impact fee program,..."
Nov. 13, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders
Election Ticker: Are We There Yet?
The latest – and last! – news from the campaign trail before Election Day
"...free to low-cost immunizations. "If you go east of highways 71 and 183," he said, "there's no major food..."
Oct. 30, 2020 News Feature by the News Staff
Will the Third Time Be a Charm for an Austin Rail System?
Project Connect looks to help make connections
"...more likely to live next to busy roads and highways, are impacted the most. More Bad Road Ahead..."
Sept. 25, 2020 News Feature by Jack Craver
New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week
What we’re listening to
"...Colwell's vocals. "Singing" lazes in the Texas sunshine, endless highways, and restless evenings of urban ennui running through a..."
Sept. 18, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez
#VanLife Isn’t Just a Trend Anymore. It’s a Tether to Home.
A cross-country trip to unite a family in the pandemic
"...wouldn't be the first time we've traversed this nation's highways in a vehicle equipped with a toilet and bed...."
