While the myth of “driving til you qualify” remains strong in the media, public opinion, and public policy decisions across Texas, it’s not quite a true story for most people – if you talk about all housing options instead of simply owning a single family home. On average, living in the dense urban part of Austin costs less for both …
Farm&City received the following alert from CAMPO, the Austin region’s metropolitan planning organization. This information did not seem to be available on the CAMPO website. The full email is presented below. The Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (CAMPO) invites you to attend an open house for the 2019-2022 Transportation Improvement Plan (TIP) and the Regional Arterials Study. All open houses are 4-7 …
The City of Austin grew from 678,457 to 931,840 people in just ten years between 2005 and 2015, adding 253,383 new residents. While not as much growth as the City of Houston – which added 357,198 in the same period – this growth is harder on Austin with its segregationist zoning code and its extraordinarily high rate of sprawl. Displacement, traffic, and …