Month: September 2007
It IS time to raise fares, BUT
Austin
Economics
Funding of Transportation
PS: I am not a crackpot
Subsidies to Suburban Sprawl
Transit in Austin
Transportation
To my buddies at Cap Metro: Some fare advice.
Desperate hope for tomorrow
THIS IS THE YEAR DAMMIT
Austin drivers don’t come close to paying their own way
Austin
Driving in Austin
Funding of Transportation
I Told You So
Republicans Hate Public Transportation
Republicans Hate The Environment
Subsidies to Suburban Sprawl
Texas Republicans Hate Cities
Transportation
The gas tax needs to be about a buck a gallon higher in Texas to cover your bills.
Driving: Fixed versus variable
Economics
Funding of Transportation
Subsidies to Suburban Sprawl
Transit in Austin
Transportation
Use Cases
Don't assume you're going to save a lot of money on depreciation by leaving your car at home today and riding the bus. It doesn't…
Round Rock screws Austin again
Once again, Round Rock gets subsidized by Austin.
Why streetcars suck
Austin
Don't Hurt Us Mr. Krusee, We'll Do Whatever You Want
Transit in Austin
Transportation
Urban Design
No, there's no magical streetcar fairy dust.
Difference between streetcar and bus
Austin
Don't Hurt Us Mr. Krusee, We'll Do Whatever You Want
Funding of Transportation
Texas Republicans Hate Cities
Transit in Austin
Transportation
Tri-Rail
Urban Design
Use Cases
Streetcar wins us exactly jack squat over buses.
Rapid Bus slips to 2010
Austin
Don't Hurt Us Mr. Krusee, We'll Do Whatever You Want
I Told You So
Rapid Bus Ain't Rapid
Transit in Austin
Transportation
"Rapid" bus (the only thing All Systems Go is delivering to Central Austin) is now slated for 2010 or later. Yay.
Capital Metro misses huge opportunity
If a conservative is a “liberal who has been mugged”, approved there as the hoary old saying goes, here then a modern proponent of socialized…