Fact Check – Page 5 – M1EK's Bake-Sale of Bile

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It’s time to talk about Rapid Bus again.

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So the PR machine is out in force trying to make Rapid Bus sound great so people are distracted from the fact that the densest,…

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Spin alert: Back to our buddy

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From his twitter last night: Huh. Interesting this survey has not been published. Meanwhile, I refer again back to my three posts on the specific…

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Are Austin’s suburbs getting a sweet deal on transit or what?

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First assumption: JMVC (Capital Metro PR guy) knows that when people talk about the suburbs vs. the city, we’re talking mostly about the Red Line.…

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Stop lying about TOD, Capital Metro

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I know you guys know better than this. And I know you’re just repeating what the developer says, but you know better,

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Rapid [sic] Bus Fact Check: Will It Improve Frequency?

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So it turns out I’m so busy now I can’t even keep up on twitter most days – but this deserved a momentary break. People,…

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Use cases Part One: From Leander / Northwest

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Transit use case analysis, Part One: Leander to UT/Capitol

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Environmental Impact Statement issues

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Page 3-6 (78 in the PDF): “The Convention Center Station is proposed within the current ROW of 4th Street downtown. The site, near IH 35…

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Another Summary on Why All Systems Won’t Go

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Yet Another Summary, for possible new readers

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Rail, TOD, etc.

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Setting the record straight on transit-oriented development, and the prospective complete lack of same with commuter rail.

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Houston and Zoning

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Those who think Good Ole No-Zoning Houston proves that sprawl is consumer preference need to read this study.

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