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Austin unveils how light-rail could change the city in new report with detailed maps

The curtain is finally lifting on Austin’s long-planned light-rail system, as a newly released report from the Austin Transit Partnership (ATP) reveals a more detailed vision for the 9.8-mile route. For the first time, Austinites can view block-by-block maps, see specific station…

Transit • By Nathan Bernier, KUT • Jan 13, 2025

Project Connect trial to resume after Paxton appeal rejected

Editor’s note: The original version of this story contained an error conflating two of AG Ken Paxton’s opinions. The story has now been corrected. A little over a year ago, a group of prominent Austin citizens filed suit against the…

Transit • By Lina Fisher • Oct 16, 2024

Where do Austin's mayoral candidates stand on transportation issues?

When Austinites cast their ballots this election, transportation will be front and center – not just because it’s a major challenge for the region, but also because voters will have just navigated their way to a polling station. Austin’s mayor plays…

Elections • By Nathan Bernier, KUT • Oct 15, 2024

Class action lawsuit targets Austin taxes over Project Connect

A new class-action lawsuit is seeking to block the city from collecting any property taxes, potentially starving Austin’s municipal government of almost all revenue, until it kills a tax approved by voters in 2020 to fund the largest public transit expansion…

Courts • By Nathan Bernier, KUT • Aug 28, 2024

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Case study offers early praise for the structure and organization of Project Connect

A new report from an advocacy group in support of mass transit projects across the country has praised Austin’s Project Connect initiative, which is still roughly a decade away from realizing its goal of providing light-rail service through the city.…

Transportation • By Chad Swiatecki • Aug 21, 2024

Project Connect anti-displacement funding gets close look from Community Development Commission

Members of the Community Development Commission have requested more information from city staff about the decision-making process for spending Project Connect funds intended to preserve or create affordable housing near the mass transit system. Last week, the commission received a…

Housing • By Chad Swiatecki • Aug 20, 2024

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Cap Metro stops shift to all-electric bus fleet

Capital Metro is slamming the brakes on an ambitious goal of transitioning to an all-electric bus fleet, citing problems with the range of battery-electric buses. Austin voters were promised a transit system with exclusively electric vehicles when they authorized a…

Transit • By Nathan Bernier, KUT • Jul 26, 2024

Panelists offer cautious optimism on HOME and other city land use changes

Local real estate and development professionals weighed in Wednesday on the potential impact of the city’s many recent changes in land use policy, which were intended to add housing stock and address the affordability problem that has affected the area…

Housing • By Chad Swiatecki • Jun 27, 2024

Attorney general files appeal before rail trial begins

The Texas attorney general’s office filed an appeal to the 3rd Court of Appeals on Monday morning after Judge Eric Shepperd told a packed Travis County courtroom that he would not rule on a challenge to the jurisdiction before hearing…

Courts • By Jo Clifton • Jun 18, 2024

Project Connect lawsuit likely headed to appeal before trial

The Project Connect lawsuit expected to go to trial Monday appears destined for appeal instead. Assistant Attorney General Alyssa Bixby-Lawson, whose office opposes efforts by the city of Austin and the Austin Transit Partnership to validate voter-approved bonds for constructing…

Transit • By Jo Clifton • Jun 14, 2024

Project Connect lawsuit finally headed to court Monday

Although the matter has been postponed in the past, it seems likely that Monday will be the trial date for the Austin Transit Partnership and the city of Austin lawsuit to validate voter-approved bonds for Project Connect, combined with the…

Transit • By Jo Clifton • Jun 13, 2024

Wheatsville to close Guadalupe Street store that opened in 1981

Wheatsville Food Co-op – a local, member-owned natural food store operating in Austin since 1976 – plans to close its location on Guadalupe Street and focus on building smaller stores. In a special edition of Wheatsville’s newsletter, General Manager Bill Bickford…

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Austin unveils how light-rail could change the city in new report with detailed maps

Transit • By Nathan Bernier, KUT • Jan 13, 2025