Transit in Austin – Page 24 – M1EK's Bake-Sale of Bile

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Broken Commuter Rail Promises, Part One

Austin Don't Hurt Us Mr. Krusee, We'll Do Whatever You Want I Told You So Transit in Austin Transportation Urban Design

Cap Metro got other pro-transit folks to support the Austin-screwing Kruseetrain by winking that they'd get light rail "later". Let's check on that now.

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Austin Rail Politics Thesis

Austin Don't Hurt Us Mr. Krusee, We'll Do Whatever You Want Funding of Transportation I Told You So metablog Politics (Outside Austin) PS: I am not a crackpot Republicans Hate Poor People Republicans Hate Public Transportation Republicans Hate The Environment Texas Republicans Hate Cities Transit in Austin Transportation Urban Design

Austin rail politics paper - 2000 through 2005 emphasis.

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The thing people aren’t getting about the library

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Don't move the library away from the big bus corridors just to look pretty.

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The Capital Metro Finances

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Ben Wear continues to carry water for Krusee and Capital Metro

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“Build it and they’ll come” is no way to run a city

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Hyde Park neighbors, like Cap Metro, believes "if you build it, they'll come", even if what you build is Very Crappy.

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Clearly I Am A Shrinking Violet

Austin Don't Hurt Us Mr. Krusee, We'll Do Whatever You Want I Told You So metablog Republicans Hate Poor People Republicans Hate Public Transportation Republicans Hate The Environment Texas Republicans Hate Cities Transit in Austin Transportation

Apparently I didn't write enough crap about commuter rail. Perhaps another hundred or two articles would suffice.

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Our lunch, and parking

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When suburbanites move central, they bring their stupid ideas about parking requirements with them.

early urbanism free parking sucks freedom urbanism neighborhood associations run amuck

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Why Krusee Supported Rail, Part One

Austin Don't Hurt Us Mr. Krusee, We'll Do Whatever You Want Funding of Transportation I Told You So Republicans Hate Poor People Republicans Hate The Environment Texas Republicans Hate Cities Transit in Austin

Krusee got a great deal for his constituents by forcing Austin to can light rail in favor of commuter rail. Here's the first bite...

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Why The Drag Sucks

Austin Economics Transit in Austin Urban Design Walking in Austin (Pedestrian Issues) When Neighborhoods Go Bad

The Drag continues to suck. But the reason is not what you think it is.

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Use Cases Part Three: Reverse Commutes

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The top reverse-commute use cases for rail

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