Charts and Graphs – M1EK's Bake-Sale of Bile

Will you save money or time by taking the bus?

Austin Bicycle Commuting Bicycling in Austin Charts and Graphs Driving in Austin Economics Transportation Use Cases

This is a brief resumption of blogging for reasons due to the bonehead billionaire1 In fall 2021, I switched employers from a suburban cubicle hellscape…

AURA sucks bike commute bus commute commutes rapid bus sucks

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Cap Remap is a disaster

Austin Charts and Graphs Connections 2025 Empty Buses I Told You So Transit in Austin

Let’s recap: AURA, run by grifters and con-artists, bought in heavily to the grid redesign fairy dust theory. It didn’t hurt that their 2 chief…

AURA Austin Capital Metro Fact Check game-changer proving the obvious

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Let’s Go To The Movies: Also: Why Nobody Takes The Bus There!

Charts and Graphs Urban Design Use Cases

In a happy coincidence, this twitter thread came to me as I was about to take the family over to our go-to theatre; the Alamo…

Austin bad economics Capital Metro driving economic ignorance free parking sucks mueller pretty pictures proving the obvious urbanism

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Cap Metro: Same as it ever was

Austin Charts and Graphs Honesty Agenda I Told You So Transit in Austin Worst Person In Austin

They’ve just cut off access to one of the few members of the press willing to report fairly and honestly on them because they didn’t…

AURA Austin Capital Metro honesty agenda Not happy about being proven right pretty pictures randy clarke

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Time is a flat circle

Austin Charts and Graphs Transit in Austin

In the circle of life It’s the wheel of fortune It’s the leap of faith It’s the band of hope Till we find our place…

asshats AURA Capital Metro pretty pictures proving the obvious

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Know how you can tell they’re not honest?

Austin Charts and Graphs Don't Hurt Us Mr. Krusee, We'll Do Whatever You Want Economics High Grade Bile Honesty Agenda I Told You So Subsidies to Suburban Sprawl Transit in Austin Transportation

Capital Metro edition Yes, it’s been a while1. In a recent twitter thread, Karl-Thomas Musselman posted the tweet below. I am making this blog post…

Austin bad economics bad financial decisions Capital Metro Fact Check honesty agenda operating subsidies operating subsidy Red Line subsidizing suburbanites subsidizing the suburbanites subsidy suburban freeloaders

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Austin’s land use ISN’T the problem behind Capital Metro’s poor ridership

Austin Charts and Graphs PS: I am not a crackpot Rapid Bus Ain't Rapid Transit in Austin Transportation Urban Design VMU

I just sent the slideshare version (contains more slides) to all city council members. I’ve exported some to images for this blog post; but going…

Austin Capital Metro Fact Check pretty pictures TOD VMU

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Central Austin boxes: 2014 versus 2000

2014 Light Rail Austin Charts and Graphs

I’ve started this spreadsheet (read-only link; you can save and edit as you like) of mostly strong pro-rail boxes in 2000 (basically central Austin, until…

Austin Fact Check

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Rapid Bus has degraded bus service overall

Austin Charts and Graphs Don't Hurt Us Mr. Krusee, We'll Do Whatever You Want Rapid Bus Ain't Rapid Transit in Austin Transportation Urban Design VMU

This VMU on Lamar at North Loop (google maps link; as of 9/5/2014 the streetview picture is from construction) is open now. I like it.…

Austin Capital Metro Fact Check game-changer horrible ideas pretty pictures proving the obvious Rapid [sic] Bus VMU

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A Really Crappy Chart For Your Monday

2008 Light Rail Austin Charts and Graphs Don't Hurt Us Mr. Krusee, We'll Do Whatever You Want High Grade Bile Republicans Hate Poor People Republicans Hate Public Transportation Republicans Hate The Environment Texas Republicans Hate Cities Transit in Austin Transportation

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