Category: Texas Republicans Hate Cities

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Blame TXDOT

Austin Driving in Austin Funding of Transportation Texas Republicans Hate Cities
Frontage roads suck. And the city can't help you with your Ben White problems.
frontage roads suck TXDOT TXDOT hates pedestrians
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Rapid Bus Ain’t Rapid

Austin Don't Hurt Us Mr. Krusee, We'll Do Whatever You Want Driving in Austin Funding of Transportation I Told You So Republicans Hate Poor People Republicans Hate Public Transportation Republicans Hate The Environment Texas Republicans Hate Cities Transit in Austin
Capital Metro is trying to get you excited about Rapid Bus, since if you're an Central Austinite, you're not getting rail.
Rapid [sic] Bus
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Cars’ FRR is often zero

Austin Driving in Austin Funding of Transportation Republicans Hate Poor People Republicans Hate Public Transportation Texas Republicans Hate Cities Transit in Austin
Buses are horrible, because we subsidize their users! But what about your car?
FRR glibertarians subsidizing suburbanites subsidizing the suburbanites suburban drivers love welfare suburban freeloaders
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Capital Metro, Empty Buses, and Farebox Recovery Ratio

Austin Driving in Austin Empty Buses Funding of Transportation I Told You So Republicans Hate Poor People Republicans Hate Public Transportation Republicans Hate The Environment Texas Republicans Hate Cities Transit in Austin
The buses aren't empty, and local libertarians are still hypocrites
driving empty buses glibertarians suburban drivers love welfare
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The “Exit Test”: Suburb vs. City: Major Roads, from I-35

Austin Driving in Austin Funding of Transportation I Told You So Republicans Hate Poor People Texas Republicans Hate Cities Transit in Austin
Check the exit signs when you're driving on I-35.
driving subsidizing suburbanites subsidizing the suburbanites suburban drivers love welfare suburban freeloaders
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The “HEB test”

Austin Driving in Austin Funding of Transportation I Told You So Republicans Hate Poor People Texas Republicans Hate Cities
The "HEB test" shows that Central Austin gets screwed on gas taxes
driving subsidizing suburbanites subsidizing the suburbanites suburban drivers love welfare suburban freeloaders
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Many More Major Roads In The Suburbs DO Get Gas Tax Money

Austin Driving in Austin Funding of Transportation I Told You So Republicans Hate Poor People Texas Republicans Hate Cities
Same exercise as the last entry of this type. I couldn’t get the scale exactly right – this section of Round Rock / Pflugerville is…
driving suburban drivers love welfare suburban freeloaders
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Most Major Roads In Cities Don’t Get Any Gas Tax

Austin Driving in Austin Funding of Transportation Politics (Outside Austin) Republicans Hate Poor People Republicans Hate Public Transportation Republicans Hate The Environment Texas Republicans Hate Cities
Background for future commentary on tolls vs. gas tax -- basically most major roads in Austin are paid for out of property and sales taxes,…
driving suburban drivers love welfare suburban freeloaders
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More on What We’re In For

Austin Don't Hurt Us Mr. Krusee, We'll Do Whatever You Want Personal Republicans Hate Poor People Republicans Hate Public Transportation Republicans Hate The Environment Texas Republicans Hate Cities Transit in Austin Tri-Rail
More cautionary tales from the land of Tri-Rail. Uh-oh.
Mike Krusee Red Line Tri-Rail
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Pedestrian problems on US 183

Austin Personal Republicans Hate Poor People Republicans Hate Public Transportation Republicans Hate The Environment Texas Republicans Hate Cities Transit in Austin Walking in Austin (Pedestrian Issues)
183 sidewalk photo essay Prentiss appeared to have beat me to the punch on the photo-essay thing, but I have archives of this very blog…
TXDOT hates pedestrians walking
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