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While flight activity in Austin levels off, the airport is still buzzing with 30% to 40% more flights than before the pandemic and Delta introducing new connections that offset cuts by American Airlines and others.
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Attorneys clashed in the courtroom over the Austin Transit Partnership's authority to issue bonds for the city’s multibillion-dollar light-rail project.
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The City Council and Austin Transit Partnership are not giving an inch in their response and are working to advance the project.
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FAA contractors who serve as a human backup to automated weather systems have to exit the air traffic control tower just to see if it's raining, according to federal government documents.
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Around the country, cities are throwing out their own parking requirements, hoping to end up with less parking – and more affordable housing, better transit, and walkable neighborhoods.
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After rapidly expanding its self-driving car program, things took a disastrous turn for Cruise when one of its robotaxis struck a pedestrian.
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A listener who drove to Austin from California hadn't seen them until he hit West Texas. He initially thought they were “cute, and quaint, and Texan."
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The City Council approved moving forward with replacing the bridge, built in 1926, but the city still needs $37 million to pay for construction.
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The vibrant pathways are more than just a splash of color.
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Capital Metro's electric bus plans face a setback as its primary electric bus provider, Proterra, declares bankruptcy, complicating the city's green transit goals.
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More than 2% of Travis County's 1 million registered vehicles are powered exclusively by batteries. That's the highest rate in Texas and less than a percentage point behind California, the nation's EV leader.
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The local air traffic controller union applauds the new measures while warning that staffing at Austin's control tower has not kept up with ABIA's rapid growth.