Category: Transit in Austin

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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…
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Round Rock screws Austin again

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Once again, Round Rock gets subsidized by Austin.
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Why streetcars suck

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No, there's no magical streetcar fairy dust.
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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.
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Rapid Bus slips to 2010

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"Rapid" bus (the only thing All Systems Go is delivering to Central Austin) is now slated for 2010 or later. Yay.
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Capital Metro misses huge opportunity

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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…
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First of many “TOD”‘s collapses

Austin Don't Hurt Us Mr. Krusee, We'll Do Whatever You Want I Told You So Transit in Austin Transportation Tri-Rail Urban Design
Crappy tract housing projects in Leander labelled "TOD" start collapsing, matching the experience with Tri-Rail in South Florida.
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8 habits of highly successful commuter rail lines

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Here's what it takes to succeed with commuter (not light) rail, according to Houston experts. How do we stack up?
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Better than I could put it

Austin Don't Hurt Us Mr. Krusee, We'll Do Whatever You Want I Told You So Transit in Austin Transportation Urban Design
Dense development is most likely to occur in places that are already dense. An inconvenient truth for commuter rail.
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Why I do it

Austin Don't Hurt Us Mr. Krusee, We'll Do Whatever You Want I Told You So metablog PS: I am not a crackpot Republicans Hate Public Transportation Republicans Hate The Environment Texas Republicans Hate Cities Transit in Austin Transportation Tri-Rail Urban Design
Commuter rail is getting built. Why do I keep talking about how much it will suck?
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