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Riverside and I-35 by quicksand/flickrA "Public Visioning Meeting" to discuss the City of Austin's master plan for development in the East Riverside Corridor area will take place tonight at the Travis High School cafeteria. According to Phil Jones, who is representing the City of Austin Neighborhood Planning and Zoning Department,... continue reading on Austinist

bluemodern/flickrThe Downtown Austin Alliance (DAA) is looking for Austin-area artists to design sculptures that can double as bicycle racks on Congress Ave. downtown. The Alliance's request for proposals (pdf) calls for artists to create eye-catching public art bicyclists can lock their rides to, and offers a $10,000 grant to those... continue reading on Austinist

iboy_daniel/FlickrYou no longer have to curse your inability to remember that westbound Cesar Chavez Street stops at Brazos Street. At 9:30 a.m. this morning, a ribbon-cutting ceremony did away with that awkward and rueful jog to the right for good as Cesar Chavez became a two-way street between Brazos and... continue reading on Austinist

Photo by NatalieMaynor on FlickrAccording to a National Resources Defense Council report released Tuesday, Texans spent 6 percent of their income on gasoline in 2007, a figure that is sure to rise in 2008 unless people curb their car use considerably (or everybody gets a raise, which seems unlikely). The... continue reading on Austinist

Photo of Beijing’s 3rd Ring Road by Marc van der Chijs on FlickrFast swimmers aren't the only University of Texas students with Beijing on their minds this summer. The UT School of Architecture announced Wednesday that a group of UT students and faculty will be collaborating with their counterparts at... continue reading on Austinist