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For game-changing public transit, Austin needs the feds to chip in

Austin and the surrounding metro area needs a transportation game-changer, and it’s not going to come from more roads. And to build it, we’ll need some help from Washington, D.C. That was the message that officials from Capital Metro delivered…

Transit • By Jack Craver • Aug 7, 2018

McKalla proposals hold promise, with no promises from city

Tuesday is the day when those with hopes of turning the city’s property into something other than a 20,000-seat soccer stadium will get a chance to convince City Council members that everything from open space and performance stages to high-concept…

City Council • By Chad Swiatecki • Aug 7, 2018

Capital Metro eyes a zero-emissions future

The Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority is getting ready to bring electric buses to Austin. But they still have a lot of details to work out. At the agency’s July 30 board meeting, Dottie Watkins, vice president of bus operations, discussed…

Transit • By Ryan Young • Aug 7, 2018

Lower public safety bill cuts tax growth

Austin taxpayers will catch a break from the typical sharp escalation of city taxes, utility bills and other fees, so that the owner of a median priced home of $332,366 will pay only about $78 more in 2019 than they…

Budget • By Jo Clifton • Aug 6, 2018

Austin Water lays the path forward for the next 100 years of water conservation

There’s no denying it: The climate as we know it is changing, but access to water sources is not. Three years ago the second iteration of the Water Forward Task Force convened in an effort to draft a 100-year water…

Water • By Jessi Devenyns • Aug 6, 2018

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Capital Metro attempts to reverse falling college student ridership

In a bid to get more college students to hop on the bus, the Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority is making several changes to its subsidy agreements with the University of Texas at Austin and the Austin Community College system. Both…

Transit • By Ryan Young • Aug 6, 2018

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East Austin affordable housing resident advocates for better living conditions

Candace Hunter applied to live at the Reserve at Springdale as soon as she could. When the nearly 300-unit property was completed last year, it brought much-needed affordable housing to East Austin. Within the year, the complex – which houses…

Housing • By Syeda Hasan • Aug 6, 2018

Reporter's Notebook: Valuable lessons

In other soccer news… Precourt Sports Ventures and the other parties involved in their ongoing lawsuit in Ohio – Major League Soccer, the city of Columbus, and the state of Ohio – will have to file updates every two weeks…

Reporters' Notebook • By Austin Monitor • Aug 6, 2018

Austin Monitor Radio: District 1 candidate Reedy Spigner

This week, City Council candidate Reedy Spigner joins Austin Monitor freelancer Caleb Pritchard and editor Elizabeth Pagano to talk about why he’s running for the District 1 seat, and to explain what issues he hopes to tackle if elected. It’s…

Radio • By Austin Monitor • Aug 6, 2018

Austin Monitor Radio: Shoal Creek Conservancy

Shoal Creek Conservancy Executive Director Joanna Wolaver visits the show this week to discuss the Shoal Creek Vision to Action Plan, long-term goals, short-term plans, and everything else Shoal Creek with Austin Monitor freelancer Caleb Pritchard and editor Elizabeth Pagano.…

Radio • By Austin Monitor • Aug 6, 2018

As fear rises among undocumented community, Austin ISD reminds families schools are a safe place

As the new school year approaches, the Austin Independent School District is preparing for more immigrant families to rely on it for resources outside of education. Leonor Vargas, AISD’s administrative supervisor of parent programs, said when there’s a rise in…

AISD • By Claire McInerny, KUT • Aug 3, 2018

Environmental Commission votes against tram, arguing for safety

Everyone knows the saying, “If everyone jumped off a cliff, would you do it too?” Well, spoiler alert, the answer should be no. Although that was not exactly the question that the Environmental Commission asked at its Aug. 1 meeting,…

Planning • By Jessi Devenyns • Aug 3, 2018

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