For Immediate Release AURA will host a press conference Tuesday, November 17 at 8:30 am at City Hall November 17, 2015 Austin, Texas AURA, an urbanist grassroots non-profit that works toward an Austin for Everyone, along with a diverse coalition…
Should you and I, as residents of Austin, have a say on CodeNext, the first major rewrite of Austin’s Land Development Code in 30 years? Yes. Should you and I, as registered voters of Austin, get to vote on CodeNext,…
Dear CMTA Board members: I am President of the Board of Directors of AURA and write to you today to support Connections 2025 in the strongest possible terms. I know you have been hearing many different things about the Connections…
Following a vote of its members last week, AURA has taken positions on each of the November 2017 Travis County bonds. AURA opposes Proposition A: Roadway, Draining, Bridge, Bicycle and Pedestrian Projects. AURA supports Proposition B: Parks and Conservation Easements. As seen in the…
Over the last two years, AURA members have advocated a bold, visionary overhaul of Austin’s land use rules that would create a more environmentally friendly, livable, and affordable city. The release of the CodeNEXT Draft 2 last weekend made clear that…
This post is part of a series on Imagine Austin’s priority programs, in light of Austin’s current CodeNEXT rewrite process. View the entire series here. This program is focused on conserving water resources and improving watershed health. This includes issues such…
One year ago this week, AURA released its Transit Vision for the city of Austin. It recommended a set of small, incremental improvements that collectively would have a greater effect than a multibillion rail line or set of rail lines. For transit,…
AURA Board Member and Multimodal Citizen Advisory Committee member Susan Somers offers her suggestions on responding to the latest Project Connect survey. In April, Capital Metro released a survey about potential high-capacity transit corridors under study as part of their Project Connect planning…
For Immediate Release CodeNEXT Mapping Reveals Near-Fatal Flaws April 19, 2017 Austin, Texas Mayor Adler was right: the maps are wrong. “The CodeNEXT maps revealed yesterday are so deeply flawed that further tinkering block by block around the edges of…
In August 2016, AURA released its CodeNEXT Expectations. Although these expectations lay out broad policy priorities for CodeNEXT, a well-written code with a feeble on-the-ground implementation could still spell disaster. Austinites need a zoning map that’s designed to solve for Central…
