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Update: It’s all a misunderstanding, supposedly.

Austin
Regarding yesterday’s kerfuffle: My opinion is that you should keep your skeptic hat on (see below for reasoning). But according to Caleb: Just got a…
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I Was Wrong About Steve Adler

Austin I Was Wrong
Before I get to Todd Hemingson’s latest amazing chutzpah, I did promise this and then ran out of time, and then a week on the…
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Project Connect Phase 1 Lie Number 2

2008 Light Rail Austin Rapid Bus Ain't Rapid
“We can’t ask the Federal government to fund urban rail on Lamar/Guadalupe because they already paid for Rapid Bus, and they told us they wouldn’t…
asshats Austin Capital Metro Fact Check Guadalupe hackedunfixed jmvc liar lies Not happy about being proven right Project Connect proving the obvious Rapid [sic] Bus urban rail
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Keep It Simple, Stupid

2008 Light Rail Austin Transit in Austin
I almost made this response on the twitter but thought it should be more permanent. Trying to figure out where to put a rail line…
Austin bad economics bad financial decisions Capital Metro economic ignorance horrible ideas jmvc liar lies operating subsidies operating subsidy Project Connect Red Line urban rail
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Project Connect Phase 1 Lie Number 1

2008 Light Rail Austin Don't Hurt Us Mr. Krusee, We'll Do Whatever You Want High Grade Bile I Told You So Transit in Austin Transportation
Lie #1 during Phase 1 of Project Connect was the justification of the collapsing of the West Campus and UT “subcorridors” (zones) into the Core…
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What bad guys can accomplish

I Get Hate Mail I Told You So Red Line Myths Worst Person In Austin
Over the last few years, I’ve written many times on this blog that Capital Metro was eliminating half of the local service on the route…
asshats Austin Capital Metro jmvc liar lies Not happy about being proven right Rapid [sic] Bus
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A quick thought for tonight’s exercise

2014 Light Rail
to which I do not know how much energy I shall devote as it appears to be oriented towards an effort to get buy-in from…
AURA Capital Metro hackedunfixed horrible ideas jmvc liar lies Not happy about being proven right Project Connect proving the obvious Rapid [sic] Bus Red Line spin this aged well urban rail
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Reaction from around the dial

2008 Light Rail Austin Don't Hurt Us Mr. Krusee, We'll Do Whatever You Want I Told You So PS: I am not a crackpot Transit in Austin Transportation
Going backwards; reaction from around the country to the Project Connect rec and the Mayor’s endorsement of the process and the result: Stephen Smith at…
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Summary of yesterday

2008 Light Rail Austin Don't Hurt Us Mr. Krusee, We'll Do Whatever You Want I Told You So Texas Republicans Hate Cities Transit in Austin Transportation
Update: The video’s already up; you can see my speech here (click on Citizens Communications to jump to me). I spoke in citizens’ communication yesterday…
Austin Capital Metro Guadalupe horrible ideas jmvc liar lies mueller Not happy about being proven right paid PR Project Connect spin subsidizing suburbanites subsidizing the suburbanites subsidy suburban freeloaders urban rail
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