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The ceiling for the Red Line

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Later this week, physiotherapist stay tuned for a new formula which takes into account service quality (measured by miles per hour), traumatologist frequency, and, and…
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GAME-CHANGER, PART TWO

Rapid Bus Ain't Rapid
At 35, erectile 000 feet, visit web I just storified the livetweet by Jace Deloney of MetroRapid by the BRT Standard, patient and added a…
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Here They Go Again

Subsidies to Suburban Sprawl When Neighborhoods Go Bad
Best-case time for Rapid Bus, cheap here we are. The existing service on Burnet Road heading southbound into downtown in the morning rush looks like…
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Rapid Bus versus existing conditions on the #3 corridor

Don't Hurt Us Mr. Krusee, We'll Do Whatever You Want I Told You So Rapid Bus Ain't Rapid Subsidies to Suburban Sprawl Use Cases
Best-case time for Rapid Bus, here we are. The existing service on Burnet Road heading southbound into downtown in the morning rush looks like this:…
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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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I’m withdrawing my support for rail to Mueller

2008 Light Rail Austin Transit in Austin Transportation
JMVC says this, heart paraphrased, gerontologist a lot, for sale and in fact, I completely agree with him: “Rather than moving to the suburbs and…
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Thought Experiment

2008 Light Rail Don't Hurt Us Mr. Krusee, We'll Do Whatever You Want Transit in Austin Transportation
JMVC says this, paraphrased, a lot, and in fact, I completely agree with him: “Rather than moving to the suburbs and expecting transit to be…
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What it’ll look like to walk to Wheatsville South Lamar

Urban Design Walking in Austin (Pedestrian Issues)
Wasn’t intending for this to be a blog post, but RRISD blocks SSH to my host, so this is the only way I can get…
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Capital Metro and Rail Demand, Part The Deux

2008 Light Rail Austin Don't Hurt Us Mr. Krusee, We'll Do Whatever You Want Red Line Myths Subsidies to Suburban Sprawl Transit in Austin Transportation Urban Design
According to our buddy John-Michael Vincent Cortez, this area justifies rail service: but this location does not: But surely I must have taken a bad…
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Capital Metro and rail demand

2008 Light Rail Austin Don't Hurt Us Mr. Krusee, We'll Do Whatever You Want Transit in Austin Transportation Urban Design
According to Capital Metro, this spot has enough demand to justify rail: But this spot does not:
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