Stories by Andrew Weber
Friday, July 27, 2018 by Andrew Weber
Austin
Equity Office proposes renaming 7 Confederate streets – and even the city itself
The Equity Office is recommending the city remove or change the names of streets, parks and markers in Austin that honor the Confederate States of America and slavery.The office also suggests eschewing the name “Austin” altogether, as Stephen F. Austin…
Tuesday, May 22, 2018 by Andrew Weber
AISD
AISD Board President Kendall Pace resigns after text message controversy
Kendall Pace, president of the Austin Independent School District Board of Trustees, said this morning that she would resign from her position as president and as Place 9 trustee after controversial text messages she sent to another board trustee surfaced…
Thursday, February 1, 2018 by Andrew Weber
Bicycles
Dockless bikes are (maybe) coming to Austin. But first, let’s talk it out.
Nobody wants to be the withholding stepparent.That’s why, when dockless bike companies Ofo and Spin rolled out during South by Southwest last year, they put the city in a tough spot. Austin, which markets itself as an innovative, tech-savvy city,…
Tuesday, December 5, 2017 by Andrew Weber
Bicycles
Research hopes to fill in the gaps for bicycle and pedestrian data
Traffic is terrible.City and state officials are really good at counting cars to see how terrible traffic is and how it got that way, but that sort of data-collection infrastructure doesn’t exist for bike and pedestrian data. New research hopes…
