The Drag /tags/the-drag The Drag en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Mon, 15 Jul 2024 10:01:00 GMT Welcome to Austin, where we don't pronounce a lot of things correctly. Here's a guide. /austin/2024-07-15/austin-mispronunciations-street-mueller-guadalupe-parmer-koenig-burnet It's BURN-it, durn it. Learn it. Mon, 15 Jul 2024 10:01:00 GMT /austin/2024-07-15/austin-mispronunciations-street-mueller-guadalupe-parmer-koenig-burnet Andrew Weber Why is The Drag so empty? /austin/2024-06-27/why-is-the-drag-so-empty Many of the storefronts across from one of the biggest universities in Texas are vacant. Thu, 27 Jun 2024 05:01:00 GMT /austin/2024-06-27/why-is-the-drag-so-empty Hasina Shah Hole in the Wall dodges closure, secures 20-year lease with $1.6M from city /life-arts/2023-08-15/hole-in-the-wall-austin-texas-live-music-venue-bar-lease The $1.6 million will help cover a portion of the club’s roughly $15,000 monthly rent over the length of its lease, and pay for improvements to the middle stage area and a rear building. Tue, 15 Aug 2023 20:46:54 GMT /life-arts/2023-08-15/hole-in-the-wall-austin-texas-live-music-venue-bar-lease Chad Swiatecki 'Hi, How Are You' mural lives on despite building’s demolition /austin/2023-04-17/hi-how-are-you-mural-lives-on-despite-buildings-demolition The free-standing wall featuring Daniel Johnston's mural of Jeremiah the Innocent, a shrine of "Old Austin," will be integrated into new development on the Drag. Mon, 17 Apr 2023 19:45:30 GMT /austin/2023-04-17/hi-how-are-you-mural-lives-on-despite-buildings-demolition Corey Smith Hole in the Wall wouldn't be razed under plan to extend Dean Keeton, but neighboring businesses would /transportation/2022-03-02/hole-in-the-wall-wouldnt-be-razed-under-plan-to-extend-dean-keeton-but-neighboring-businesses-would Project Connect planners want to extend Dean Keeton Street one block west so cars will have somewhere to go if they're limited or banned from Guadalupe Street. Wed, 02 Mar 2022 22:09:01 GMT /transportation/2022-03-02/hole-in-the-wall-wouldnt-be-razed-under-plan-to-extend-dean-keeton-but-neighboring-businesses-would Nathan Bernier Traffic could be banned from the Drag under light-rail plan /transportation/2021-12-09/austin-guadalupe-ut-campus-rail-lines Proposals for Guadalupe Street near the UT campus would prioritize public transit and pedestrians while drivers would have to "find another route." Thu, 09 Dec 2021 22:21:22 GMT /transportation/2021-12-09/austin-guadalupe-ut-campus-rail-lines Nathan Bernier UT, City Of Austin Partnership Could Yield Real-Time Traffic Research In Austin /transportation/2017-12-13/ut-city-of-austin-partnership-could-yield-real-time-traffic-research-in-austin A new partnership between UT-Austin and the city plans to automate the data-gathering process for traffic studies, while making the results immediately� Wed, 13 Dec 2017 22:02:59 GMT /transportation/2017-12-13/ut-city-of-austin-partnership-could-yield-real-time-traffic-research-in-austin Andrew Weber The Drag Is Getting Its Bus Lanes Repaved (Again) /transportation/2017-07-11/the-drag-is-getting-its-bus-lanes-repaved-again Anyone who has driven or taken a bus down Guadalupe Street near UT-Austin knows how bumpy the ride can be.Though the Drag was repaved just a few years� Tue, 11 Jul 2017 14:00:36 GMT /transportation/2017-07-11/the-drag-is-getting-its-bus-lanes-repaved-again Syeda Carrillo Opioid Abuse Is on the Rise in Texas, and Advocates Say the State Needs to Act Fast /health/2016-02-18/opioid-abuse-is-on-the-rise-in-texas-and-advocates-say-the-state-needs-to-act-fast As in most of the country, opioid abuse is a serious problem in Texas. A growing number of people in the state are becoming addicted to and even dying� Thu, 18 Feb 2016 13:23:11 GMT /health/2016-02-18/opioid-abuse-is-on-the-rise-in-texas-and-advocates-say-the-state-needs-to-act-fast Ashley Lopez