AURA is a grassroots, all-volunteer organization that advocates for an Austin that is inclusive, open to change, and welcoming to everyone. The first draft of the new Land Development Code is a solid step in the right direction. While any…
A brief introduction to Austin's Land Development Code rewrite.
Over the past few months, a proposed plan to rezone the Hancock neighborhood as a Local Historic District has garnered significant community interest. While still in its nascent phases, this is a clear step in the wrong direction for the…
North Campus's density makes it a wonderful place to live for students, seniors, and everything in between.
Mixed-use development in Mueller makes for a great life. The rest of Austin should follow suite.
The AURA Board urges council to adjust the proposed per-ride fee for micromobility vehicles down considerably from the $0.40 proposed by staff to somewhere in the range of $0.10 to $0.15.
West Campus. Wampus. Hell on Earth. Heaven on Earth. Whatever you choose to call it, West Campus is a predominant feature of the University of Texas. On any given day, one can see an abundance of students bustling around the area; walking…
Electric cars alone will not save us. Yes, they are much better than regular, fossil fuel-burning cars, but even if we replaced every single car in the world with an electric car, it wouldn’t save us. We must drastically reduce…
As of June 20th, 2019, the Austin Board of Realtors (ABoR) reports that the median price for single-family homes in Austin has hit an all time high of $400,000. We often hear from City Council that we need to save the…
Activity Centers as described in Imagine Austin are akin to the Multiple Nuclei Model for a city layout created by Chauncy Harris and Edward Ullman in the 1945 article The Nature of Cities. Harris and Ullman argued that cities do not grow a…
