Raising the alarm on false alarms
& CM are finding their voices...too much perhaps.
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The first APN Happy Hour!
And Siegel worries about license plate readers.
How much should Austin Energy dig?
Study says it would take $50 billion to bury Austin's power lines.
Kirk Watson is right
The housing crisis is crushing young families.
What do poor & rich neighborhoods have in common?
They both lack sidewalks.
Designing roads for drunks
People make bad decisions. Road design can mitigate the damage.
Central Texas is growing -- from abroad
Some very curious population
Some personal news
I'm moving, but APN is not.
Watson warns of budget hits
And JD Vance gives Austin props on zoning.
Process liberalism & its casualties
PLUS: new podcast interview with Vanessa Fuentes
The sprawl apartment boom
Affordable apartments in Austin are often barely in Austin.
Cars on 6th Street seem to be working
And DOGE teases the Austin real estate world.
More housing ≠ more flooding
Should drainage be a private or public responsibility?
Austin's hotel tax problem is a national problem
The hotel industry has captured & duped many other cities & states.
Council passes STR reform
Finally, we'll start collecting taxes.
In defense of public employees
And when did Austin adopt a 40-hour workweek?
How many Airbnbs is too many?
And can urbanists be NIMBYs?
Hooray for earmarks
Federal earmarks are good for Austin, bad for Trump.
Cautious optimism for the Statesman
The embattled daily gets a new owner.
Another piece of Project Connect rolls out
Two new bus routes.
2nd podcast episode with Selena Xie of Austin EMS
Episode 2 of Urban Affairs, my new podcast, is here! Click here to listen on Apple Podcasts or here to listen on Spotify. And please make sure to follow the podcast on either podcast and, if you think it deserves it, leave a good review! Similar to my guest last
Get outta the bike lane
That's the rule!
What happens to the I-35 grant?
The ground holding up the I-35 caps just got shakier.
A heavy lift for a "lighter" site plan
City staff is digging in its heels.