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Stories by Nathan Bernier, KUT
ABIA attempts 'unusual' use of eminent domain to force out South Terminal operator
Ask anyone stuck on an airplane waiting for a gate at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport if the Barbara Jordan Terminal is big enough, and you’ll hear something like this: “It’s mind-boggling to me that Bergstrom has not grown as it’s needed…
Transportation • By Nathan Bernier, KUT • May 23, 2022
Austin's airport now wants people to arrive three or more hours before departure
Austin-Bergstrom International Airport is busier than ever. With more than 250 flights a day, the airport is drawing an unprecedented number of passengers. But airline counters, TSA screening lines and concession businesses don’t have enough employees. The result has been notoriously…
Transportation • By Nathan Bernier, KUT • May 19, 2022
TSA lines are out the door again at Austin's airport
The lines for security screenings spilled out of the Barbara Jordan Terminal and onto the sidewalk Saturday morning at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. The wait was so long that some people who showed up well in advance missed their flights. “It…
Transportation • By Nathan Bernier, KUT • May 17, 2022
TSA wait times are improving at Austin's airport, but it's about to get a lot busier
The wait to get through TSA security at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport has improved in recent weeks, airport officials say. Lines are no longer stretching through the terminal and out onto the sidewalk as they were in March, when AUS Executive…
Transportation • By Nathan Bernier, KUT • May 12, 2022
Cap Metro CEO departs, leaving two Austin transit organizations without permanent leadership
Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority CEO Randy Clarke will leave Austin to head the public transit agency in Washington, D.C. The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority announced this morning Clarke will take over in late summer as general manager and CEO. Clarke’s…
Transit • By Nathan Bernier, KUT • May 11, 2022
After Leander vote secures transit service, Cap Metro looks to 'win over' skeptics
Now that Capital Metro service in Leander is secure for at least five years following Saturday’s election, the regional transit agency wants to get opponents on board with spending a 1 percent sales tax on public transit. Proposition A asked…
Transit • By Nathan Bernier, KUT • May 10, 2022
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Nueces Street in West Campus to be converted to two-way road
The city of Austin will start work this summer to convert one-way Nueces Street between 24th and Guadalupe streets into a two-way thoroughfare, part of a long-planned project that fits with the voter-approved vision to run light rail down the…
Roads • By Nathan Bernier, KUT • May 5, 2022
Dirty Martin's among a cluster of businesses slated to be forced out by light-rail line
When Austin voters approved the largest expansion of public transit in the city’s history, they signed up for higher property taxes to help pay for it. But now another cost of Project Connect is coming into focus: the loss of…
Planning • By Nathan Bernier, KUT • May 2, 2022
Construction material shortages are delaying TxDOT projects and driving up their costs
A shortage of building materials like steel and concrete is driving up costs for Texas Department of Transportation road projects and could delay some construction contracts. “We have also seen significant increases (over 100 percent in some cases) in some…
Roads • By Nathan Bernier, KUT • Apr 25, 2022
Airport plan for jet fuel tank farm can go ahead after narrow Council vote
Austin City Council narrowly blocked an effort to stop a massive new fuel storage facility from being built at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. The facility will store up to 6 million gallons of jet fuel a few hundred feet from homes. “Our hearts…
City Council • By Nathan Bernier, KUT • Apr 8, 2022
Why the long TSA lines at Austin's airport? Local and federal officials trade blame.
The early morning lines at Austin’s airport are gaining notoriety even among NPR game show hosts. “I fly a lot, and I often take early flights. I have never anywhere been in an airport that crowded that early in the…
Austin • By Nathan Bernier, KUT • Apr 5, 2022
Don't expect traffic problems around Circuit of the Americas to be fixed anytime soon
For the last 10 years, Circuit of the Americas has drawn thousands of people to major events, from races like the U.S. Grand Prix and MotoGP to concerts by megastars like Elton John and Kendrick Lamar, helping to pump millions…
