Daily Archives: April 26, 2008

Recycle or lose it

Posted on April 26, 2008 by Charles Kuffner

If your neighborhood is lax about curbside recycling, it might lose that service. The city has compiled a naughty-and-nice list of neighborhoods that get curbside recycling pickup, and those with poor participation rates may get booted from the program, officials … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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TSU talks to Dynamo about sharing the stadium

Posted on April 26, 2008 by Charles Kuffner

This makes a lot of sense. Texas Southern would like its football team to play in the downtown stadium being proposed by the Dynamo, but the extent of the university’s interest has been limited to talks with the team. Incoming … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Austin to try again for light rail

Posted on April 26, 2008 by Charles Kuffner

Good luck, y’all. A consultant hired by the city is recommending a 14-mile light-rail system for Central Austin, not streetcars as proposed by Capital Metro. The system would run from the airport to downtown, through the University of Texas and … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Planes, Trains, and Automobiles | 2 Comments

Kirby Drive pain to be prolonged

Posted on April 26, 2008 by Charles Kuffner

Miya brings the bad news. The Kirby re-construction is a four-phase process. Phases one through three are basically going according to schedule. But phase four is a problem. Though work on the final phase isn’t scheduled for a while, we’ve … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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New digs for the Profs

Posted on April 26, 2008 by Charles Kuffner

Every now and then, procrastination pays off. I’d not gotten around to unsubscribing the Professors R-Squared feed from Bloglines because I’m lazy about things like that, and then I looked the other day and lo, they had a new post. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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