What would you like to see the City of Austin spend money on? More parks? Better public transit? Affordable housing? This is the question the Bond Election Advisory Task Force is asking...
Some big changes are coming to Capital Metro. Last week, Cap Metro's board of directors voted to approve Connections 2025, a plan that will dramatically boost the frequency of Austin's bus system. On some routes, that means bus service every 15 minutes, seven days a week. So what exactly...
Live or work in Round Rock? Capital Metro has just launched a new express service reaching Round Rock, Scofield Ridge, and Wells Branch. Route 980 North MoPacExpress is now operating weekday service from Round Rock to downtown Austin. How to ride You can park your car at the Round Rock Transit Center or at the New Life Park...
Interested in learning more about climate change and its effects right here in Texas? Then check out the next "Hot Science - Cool Talks" event on Wednesday, November 29th at 8pm at the Paramount Theatre. The topic of discussion will be Planet Texas 2050, a new research initiative from the University of Texas aimed...
Sponsored Post - from the Sustainable Food Center Make this year's Thanksgiving dinner extra special...
Sponsored Post - from Green City Realty Thinking about selling your home or maybe just giving it a little spruce? Austin's eco-friendly real estate firm, Green City Realty, is here to help. In their latest informational (and comical) video, they give some tips about paint options...
This month marks an important anniversary for Austin bike-lovers. Three years ago, the Bicycle Master Plan was officially approved by City Council. Now in 2017, the Austin Transportation Department has announced that we're actually doing better than expected in reaching the goals laid out in the master plan and creating...
In case you missed it - One of the most vocal climate change deniers in Congress has announced his retirement. Representative Lamar Smith announced earlier this month that he will not seek reelection after his term ends in a year. Lamar Smith represents Texas’ 21st US Congressional District, which includes downtown and...
In Travis County (where Austin is located) 18 percent of the population and 25 percent of the children are food insecure. This means that they don't know where their next meal will come from. Meanwhile, 194.5 million pounds of food (worth more than $208 million)...
Love food? Have a business idea to make our food system more sustainable? Then the Food + City Challenge is just the competition for you. The Food + City Challenge has partnered with SXSW to create a pitch competition with a $50,000 grand prize. Here's how it works - Applications will be accepted until November 18th....