Downtown Austin

A story of reflectivity.

The Downtown Austin Alliance tripled the size of its safety team due to the increased shortages the Austin Police Department is facing.

The biggest obstacle to putting beds in place of desks and work stations comes from the far different space needs for the two uses.

An agreement to buy the Block 21 development in downtown Austin – home to ACL Live at the Moody Theater and the W Hotel – is off due to the economic…

Austin is ordering dockless scooter operator Lime to pull 1,000 scooters from its fleet after the city alleges Lime violated its agreement with the city.A…

The city has given the go-ahead to a contract that would keep its portable public toilet operating for the next five years. The 24-hour toilet, which aims…

An effort to reduce crowds loitering outside the Austin Resource Center for the Homeless has made downtown safer, local service providers say. A 30-day…

Service providers are taking a new approach to addressing homelessness in downtown Austin, focusing particularly on the area around the Austin Resource…

Austin City Council is looking at using city-owned buildings as temporary homeless shelters.The idea comes from Mayor Pro Tem Kathie Tovo, who says…

The City of Austin says the new downtown Central Library will open Saturday, Oct. 28. The facility on Cesar Chavez Street, which is intended to replace…