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==References== {{reflist|refs= <ref name="CityGovernment">{{Cite web |title=Government |url=http://www.austintexas.gov/government |access-date=July 27, 2024 |website=austintexas.gov |language=en}}</ref> <ref name="Census 2010">{{Cite web |title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Austin city, Texas |url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4805000 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213041636/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4805000 |archive-date=February 13, 2020 |access-date=February 8, 2018 |website=American Factfinder |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> <ref name="motto">{{Cite web |title=Live Music Capital of the World |url=http://www.cityofaustin.org/music/ |access-date=June 12, 2007 |website=Austin City Connection |publisher=City of Austin}}</ref> <ref name="atx_motto">{{Cite web |title=The ATX |url=http://www.atxfest.com/general_info.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070406212857/http://www.atxfest.com/general_info.php |archive-date=April 6, 2007 |access-date=April 6, 2007 |publisher=ATX Fest |df=mdy-all}}</ref> <ref name="weird">{{Cite news |last=Kanter |first=Alexis |date=September 9, 2004 |title=Keep Austin Weird? |work=The Daily Texan |url=http://media.www.dailytexanonline.com/media/storage/paper410/news/2004/09/09/Focus/Keep-Austin.Weird-713824.shtml |access-date=July 28, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724172638/http://media.www.dailytexanonline.com/media/storage/paper410/news/2004/09/09/Focus/Keep-Austin.Weird-713824.shtml |archive-date=July 24, 2008 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> <ref name="HOT: Hays Co">{{Handbook of Texas|name=Hays County |id=hch11 |retrieved=February 17, 2010 |author=Cecil, Paul F.; Greene, Daniel P.}} Texas State Historical Association.</ref> <ref name="HOT: Bastrop">{{Handbook of Texas|name=Bastrop, Texas|id=hgb04|retrieved=Feb 17, 2010|author=Marks, Paula Mitchell}} Texas State Historical Association.</ref> <ref name="HOT:Travis Co">{{Handbook of Texas|name=Travis County|id=hct08|author=Smyrl, Vivian Elizabeth|retrieved=February 17, 2010}} Texas State Historical Association.</ref> <ref name="HOT: Austin">{{Handbook of Texas |id=hda03 |name=Austin, Texas |author=Humphrey, David C. |retrieved=February 17, 2010}} Texas State Historical Association.</ref> <ref name="census">{{Cite web |title=Historical Census Statistics on Population Totals by Race, 1790 to 1990, and by Hispanic Origin, 1970 to 1990, for Large Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States |url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0076/twps0076.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120812191959/http://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0076/twps0076.html |archive-date=August 12, 2012 |access-date=December 24, 2011 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> <ref name="austin history">{{Cite web |title=The History of Austin |url=http://www.cityofaustin.org/library/ahc/briefhistory.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120208122826/http://www.cityofaustin.org/library/ahc/briefhistory.htm |archive-date=February 8, 2012 |access-date=December 28, 2007 |website=Austin City Connection |publisher=City of Austin}}</ref> <ref name="NWSC-NOAA">{{Cite web |title=NowData - NOAA Online Weather Data |url=https://w2.weather.gov/climate/xmacis.php?wfo=ewx |access-date=November 30, 2012 |publisher=[[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]]}}</ref> <ref name="Data Foundry: Austin Risk Assessment">{{Cite web |title=Data Foundry: Austin Risk Assessment |url=https://www.datafoundry.com/pdf/Austin_Risk_Assessment.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170416045310/https://www.datafoundry.com/pdf/Austin_Risk_Assessment.pdf |archive-date=April 16, 2017 |access-date=April 15, 2017}}</ref> <ref name="rainfall">{{Cite web |last=Anchondo|first=Carlos |date=October 22, 2018 |title=Austin issues city-wide boil water notice; calls for action "to avoid running out of water" |url=https://www.texastribune.org/2018/10/22/austin-water-boil-water-notice-after-historic-flooding/ |access-date=December 18, 2018 |website=Texas Tribune}}</ref> <ref name="TXReligion">{{Cite web |title=Austin, Texas Religion |url=https://www.bestplaces.net/religion/city/texas/austin |access-date=August 29, 2018 |website=www.bestplaces.net}}</ref> <ref name="Bova">{{Cite web |last=Bova|first=Gus |date=November 1, 2019 |title=Greg Abbott vs. Austin's Homeless |url=https://www.texasobserver.org/homelessness-austin-greg-abbott-crisis/ |access-date=January 9, 2020 |website=Texas Observer}}</ref> <ref name="CityDataEconomy">{{Cite web |title=Austin: Economy |url=http://www.city-data.com/us-cities/The-South/Austin-Economy.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080923223922/http://www.city-data.com/us-cities/The-South/Austin-Economy.html |archive-date=September 23, 2008 |access-date=September 20, 2008 |website=City-Data.com}}</ref> <ref name="Nielsen Company">{{Cite web |title=The Nielsen Company Issues Top Ten U.S. Lists For 2007 |url=http://www.nielsenmedia.com/nc/portal/site/Public/menuitem.55dc65b4a7d5adff3f65936147a062a0/?vgnextoid=d5df7b5dd2ac6110VgnVCM100000ac0a260aRCRD |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080119221644/http://www.nielsenmedia.com/nc/portal/site/Public/menuitem.55dc65b4a7d5adff3f65936147a062a0/?vgnextoid=d5df7b5dd2ac6110VgnVCM100000ac0a260aRCRD |archive-date=January 19, 2008 |access-date=December 12, 2007 |publisher=[[Nielsen Company]]}}</ref> <ref name="FoodTrucks">{{Cite web |last=Downing|first=Amber |date=May 25, 2017 |title=Austin is a food truck heaven, says census data |url=https://www.khou.com/article/life/food/austin-is-a-food-truck-heaven-says-census-data/285-442823361 |access-date=October 5, 2018 |website=[[KHOU]]}}</ref> <ref name="texasmonthly.com">{{Cite magazine |date=August 1, 1966 |title=The UT Tower Shooting Archives |url=http://www.texasmonthly.com/category/topics/ut-tower-shooting/ |magazine=Texas Monthly |access-date=May 25, 2017}}</ref> <ref name="austin-chamber.org">{{Cite web |title=Austin Chamber of Commerce Greater Austin Profile |url=http://www.austin-chamber.org/DoBusiness/GreaterAustinProfile/education.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100618080314/http://www.austin-chamber.org/DoBusiness/GreaterAustinProfile/education.html |archive-date=June 18, 2010 |access-date=July 8, 2010}}</ref> <ref name="nytimes.com">{{Cite news |last=Pérez-Peña |first=Richard |date=July 17, 2009 |title=Web News Start-Up Has Its Eye on Texas |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/18/business/media/18texas.html |access-date=September 19, 2014}}</ref> <ref name="2020Pop">{{Cite web |title=2020 Population and Housing State Data |url=https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/2020-population-and-housing-state-data.html |access-date=22 August 2021 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> <ref name="2019 Gazetteer">{{Cite web |title=2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_place_48.txt |access-date=August 7, 2020 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> <ref name="Statesman Prop A 2020">{{Cite web |date=October 7, 2020 |title=Endorsement: Prop A's Project Connect is a steep but overdue investment |url=https://www.statesman.com/opinion/20201007/endorsement-prop-arsquos-project-connect-is-steep-but-overdue-investment |access-date=October 13, 2020 |website=[[Austin American-Statesman]]}}</ref> <ref name="Wear 2009">{{Cite news |last=Wear |first=Ben |date=September 28, 2009 |title=Positive signs for financial future of Texas 130 tollway |page=B1 |work=Austin American-Statesman |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/85064103/ |access-date=September 10, 2021 |quote=Report on the tollway...has been making more money than projected. |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> <ref name="LA Times Closed">{{Cite news |date=May 24, 1999 |title=Service Begins at New Austin Airport |page=2 |work=Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/421536061/}}</ref> <ref name="Turimex">{{Cite web |title=Turimex Internacional |url=https://www.turimex.com/ |access-date=September 9, 2021 |website=Turimex Internacional}}</ref> <ref name="Megabus PR">{{Cite press release |title=Megabus.Com Expands Service To/From Dallas, Houston, San Antonio And Five Cities |date=May 31, 2012 |url=http://us.megabus.com/Megabus%20expands%20service%20tofrom%20Dallas%20Houston%20San%20Antonio%20and%20five%20cities.aspx |access-date=September 19, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120806001637/http://us.megabus.com/Megabus%20expands%20service%20tofrom%20Dallas%20Houston%20San%20Antonio%20and%20five%20cities.aspx |archive-date=August 6, 2012 |website=Megabus.com}}</ref> <ref name="Amtrak Texas Eagle">{{Cite web |title=Texas Eagle Train |url=https://www.amtrak.com/texas-eagle-train |access-date=10 September 2021 |website=Amtrak |language=en}}</ref> <ref name="Cap Metro All Systems Go 2009">{{Cite web |title=All Systems Go Long-Range Transit Plan |url=http://allsystemsgo.capmetro.org/capital-metrorail-qa.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090303163125/http://allsystemsgo.capmetro.org/capital-metrorail-qa.shtml |archive-date=March 3, 2009 |access-date=April 23, 2009 |website=CapMetro}}</ref> <ref name="Clark-Madison 2000">{{Cite news |last=Clark-Madison |first=Mike |date=October 13, 2000 |title=The Facts So Far: Light Rail |work=Austin Chronicle |url=http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid:78940 |access-date=January 2, 2011}}</ref> <ref name="Curington 2014">{{Cite web |last=Curington |first=Jennifer |date=August 7, 2014 |title=Austin City Council puts rail bond on ballot |url=http://impactnews.com/austin-metro/central-austin/austin-city-council-puts-road-and-rail-bond-on-ballot/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812203357/http://impactnews.com/austin-metro/central-austin/austin-city-council-puts-road-and-rail-bond-on-ballot/ |archive-date=August 12, 2014 |access-date=September 15, 2014 |website=Community Impact Newspaper}}</ref> <ref name="Cap Metro Project Connect">{{Cite web |title=Project Connect |url=https://capmetro.org/projectconnect/ |access-date=August 13, 2020 |website=CapMetro}}</ref> <ref name="Rossie 2009">{{Cite book |last1=Rossie |first1=Cam |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k6692W5sYakC |title=Insiders' Guide to Austin |last2=Hylton |first2=Hilary |publisher=Global Pequot |year=2009 |isbn=978-0-7627-4864-8 |location=Guilford, Connecticut |page=247}}</ref> <ref name="Uber Austin">{{Cite web |title=Uber in Austin, TX |url=https://www.uber.com/global/en/cities/austin/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190726100232/https://www.uber.com/global/en/cities/austin/ |archive-date=July 26, 2019 |website=Uber}}</ref> <ref name="Maas 2016">{{Cite news |last1=Maas |first1=Jimmy |last2=Philpott |first2=Ben |date=October 18, 2016 |title=CAMPO Vote Derails Lone Star Rail Project |work=[[KUT]] |url=http://kut.org/post/campo-vote-derails-lone-star-rail-project |access-date=May 18, 2018}}</ref> <ref name="Vines 1984">{{Cite book |last=Vines |first=Robert A. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zdzusoTpjUMC |title=Trees of central Texas |publisher=University of Texas Press |year=1984 |isbn=978-0-292-78058-3 |location=Austin, Texas |pages=4–6}}</ref> <ref name="Lyft Austin">{{Cite web |title=Austin |url=https://www.lyft.com/rider/cities/austin-tx |access-date=February 26, 2020 |website=Lyft}}</ref> <ref name="RideAustin">{{Cite web |title=About us |url=http://www.rideaustin.com/about-us |access-date=February 26, 2020 |website=RideAustin |language=en-US |archive-date=February 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200226000115/http://www.rideaustin.com/about-us }}</ref> <ref name="MacMillan 2016">{{Cite news |last1=MacMillan |first1=Douglas |last2=Silverman |first2=Rachel Emma |date=May 9, 2016 |title=Uber, Lyft Shut Down in Austin Over Fingerprint Vote |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/texas-capital-city-votes-to-keep-fingerprinting-for-uber-lyft-drivers-1462796972 |access-date=August 14, 2016}}</ref> <ref name="Patoski 2010">{{Cite journal |last=Patoski |first=Joe Nick |date=July–August 2010 |title=It's Just Different Here |url=http://www.preservationnation.org/magazine/2010/july-august/austin-tx.html |journal=[[National Trust for Historic Preservation|Preservation]] |page=38 |access-date=October 31, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306080227/http://www.preservationnation.org/magazine/2010/july-august/austin-tx.html |archive-date= Mar 6, 2012}}</ref> <ref name="Woodyard 2016">{{Cite news |last1=Woodyard |first1=Chris |last2=Toppo |first2=Greg |date=May 8, 2016 |title=Uber, Lyft halt Austin service after losing vote |work=[[USA Today]] |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2016/05/08/uber-lyft-halt-austin-service-after-losing-vote/84119554/ |access-date=August 14, 2016}}</ref> <ref name="Samuels 2017">{{Cite news |last=Samuels |first=Alex |date=May 25, 2017 |title=Uber, Lyft returning to Austin on Monday |language=en |work=The Texas Tribune |url=https://www.texastribune.org/2017/05/25/uber-lyft-returning-austin-monday/ |access-date=September 10, 2021}}</ref> <ref name="Abbott 2003">{{Cite book |last=Abbott |first=Mary Lu |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z6TOeGvQdFsC |title=Romantic Weekends Texas |publisher=Hunter Publishing |year=2003 |isbn=978-1-58843-358-9 |edition=2 |location=Edison, New Jersey |page=80}}</ref> <ref name="Baird 2009">{{Cite book |last=Baird |first=David |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CBJ5p4oC7HsC |title=Frommer's San Antonio & Austin |publisher=[[Frommer's]] |year=2009 |isbn=978-0-470-43789-6 |location=Hoboken, New Jersey |page=24}}</ref> <ref name="Erlichman 2006">{{Cite book |last=Erlichman |first=Howard J. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nNAwb0ycptoC |title=Camino Del Norte: How a Series of Watering Holes, Fords, And Dirt Trails Evolved into Interstate 35 in Texas |publisher=Texas A&M University Press |year=2006 |isbn=978-1-58544-473-1 |location=College Station, Texas |page=61}}</ref> <ref name="Swearingen 2010">{{Cite book | last=Swearingen | first=William Jr. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=raCa0HuWAX0C |title=Environmental City: People, Place, and the Meaning of Modern Austin |date=April 1, 2010 |publisher=[[University of Texas Press]] |isbn=978-0-292-72181-4 |location=Austin, Texas |pages=18, 19 |access-date=July 25, 2010}}</ref> <ref name="Long 2010">{{Cite book |title=[[Weird City|Weird City: Sense of Place and Creative Resistance in Austin, Texas]] |date=May 1, 2010 |publisher=University of Texas Press |isbn=978-0-292-77815-3}}</ref> <ref name="Jechow 2018">{{Cite web |last=Jechow |first=Andy |date=March 2, 2018 |title=Ride-hail app Fasten shutting down operations in Austin |url=https://www.kxan.com/news/business/ride-hail-app-fasten-shutting-down-operations-in-austin/1031529515 |access-date=September 30, 2018 |website=KXAN}}</ref> <ref name="Denney 2018">{{Cite web |last=Denney |first=Amy |date=February 15, 2018 |title=Free electric cab service expands into downtown Austin, sees success at Domain Northside |url=https://communityimpact.com/austin/northwest-austin/environment/2018/02/15/free-electric-cab-service-expands-downtown-austin-sees-success-domain-northside/ |access-date=October 1, 2018 |website=Community Impact Newspaper}}</ref> <ref name="Turner 2019">{{Cite web |last=Turner |first=Sammy |date=September 27, 2019 |title=Car2Go pulling out of Austin and 4 other cities |url=https://www.kvue.com/article/money/car2go-leaving-austin/269-58475e94-bf1d-458f-a43a-a5b56bd94d4c |access-date=10 September 2021 |website=KVUE}}</ref> <ref name="Dunbar 2013">{{Cite web |last=Dunbar |first=Wells |date=May 9, 2013 |title=Austin is Reddit's No. 1 City for Views Per Capita – Worldwide |url=http://www.kut.org/post/austin-reddits-no-1-city-views-capita-worldwide |access-date=September 29, 2018 |website=[[KUT]]}}</ref> <ref name="Castillo 2012">{{Cite news |last=Castillo |first=Juan |date=December 3, 2012 |title=New Federal Courthouse opens in Austin |work=[[Austin American Statesman]] |url=http://www.statesman.com/news/news/crime-law/new-federal-courthouse-opens-in-austin/nTMCQ/ |access-date=January 27, 2013 |archive-date=December 7, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121207084526/http://www.statesman.com/news/news/crime-law/new-federal-courthouse-opens-in-austin/nTMCQ/ }}</ref> }}
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