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Update on FTA and Lamar

2008 Light Rail Austin I Told You So
I don’t claim to know Leffingwell’s motivation, what is ed but everything else in this short post from Dave Dobbs via twitlonger is accurate: “Austin’s…
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Bill Spelman was a bully.

2008 Light Rail PS: I am not a crackpot
Bill Spelman is a bully. Austin deserves better.
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My speech from last night

2008 Light Rail Austin I Told You So PS: I am not a crackpot Rapid Bus Ain't Rapid Red Line Myths Texas Republicans Hate Cities Transit in Austin Transportation
I ripped up one of the copies I had and gave a short excoriation of the lack of meaningful public input, as this KUT story…
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Project Connect Phase 1 Lie Number 2

2008 Light Rail Austin Rapid Bus Ain't Rapid
“We can’t ask the Federal government to fund urban rail on Lamar/Guadalupe because they already paid for Rapid Bus, and they told us they wouldn’t…
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Project Connect Phase 1 Document Revealed!

2008 Light Rail Austin I Told You So
I discovered this today, and it clearly shows Project Connect did, in fact, rate the top four options against each other (and some others we…
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MetroRapid: What you REALLY need to know

Austin Don't Hurt Us Mr. Krusee, We'll Do Whatever You Want I Told You So Rapid Bus Ain't Rapid
A comment I posted to this PR fluff piece by Movability: What you need to know is that this REDUCES frequency for current 1/101 riders…
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The FTA and last night

2008 Light Rail Don't Hurt Us Mr. Krusee, We'll Do Whatever You Want High Grade Bile I Told You So Rapid Bus Ain't Rapid Republicans Hate Poor People Republicans Hate Public Transportation Republicans Hate The Environment Texas Republicans Hate Cities Transit in Austin
if you parse Langmore’s comments it makes me think he was asking them about cancelling the project now (rather than moving the middle third in…
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No sir, I don’t buy it.

2008 Light Rail Austin Don't Hurt Us Mr. Krusee, We'll Do Whatever You Want I Told You So Rapid Bus Ain't Rapid Republicans Hate Poor People Republicans Hate Public Transportation Republicans Hate The Environment Subsidies to Suburban Sprawl Texas Republicans Hate Cities Transit in Austin Transportation
My work situation is going to prevent me from making much effort on this today so please assume I endorse this product and/or service 100%.…
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A bird in the hand should be worth ten in the bush.

2008 Light Rail Transit in Austin
You may see a lot of people talking about how it’s important to serve future growth with rail transit – and what that means in…
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Reaction from around the dial

2008 Light Rail Austin Don't Hurt Us Mr. Krusee, We'll Do Whatever You Want I Told You So PS: I am not a crackpot Transit in Austin Transportation
Going backwards; reaction from around the country to the Project Connect rec and the Mayor’s endorsement of the process and the result: Stephen Smith at…
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