Environmental sustainability implications of Austin’s regional growth policies

by Jay Blazek CrossleyGrowing Weirder, TexurbanPosted on Comments are Disabled

In the Austin region, we must reduce our metropolitan carbon emissions to play a responsible role in the 21st century world community. Unfortunately, many of our public policies continue to increase our carbon footprint – especially land use and transportation policies. As we grow from two to four million, we have the opportunity to lower …

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Austin Considers Expanding Regressive Homestead Exemptions

by Ashkan JahangiriGrowing WeirderPosted on Comments are Disabled

Tomorrow, Austin City Council will vote on a proposal to cut next year’s revenue by $5 million by increasing the city’s property tax homestead exemption from 8% to 10%, a reduction in taxes for the minority of city residents who own homes. While affordability is a major concern that city council can address through legislation, homestead …

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Where Austin’s CapRemap Provides Better Transit and For Whom?

by Jay Blazek CrossleyOne Thousand Texans for TransitPosted on Comments are Disabled

Sunday morning, Austin’s Capital Metro transit agency relaunched its core service, with a reconfiguration of its bus service into a frequent grid network. More than a year ago, we explored how the changes would provide more low income people with access to frequent transit. There have been reasonable equity concerns in the Cap ReMap process, …

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