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Capital Metro and Rail Demand, Part The Deux

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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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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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Capital Metro and rail demand

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According to Capital Metro, this spot has enough demand to justify rail: But this spot does not:
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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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Who Is Riding The Red Line, Part Three

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A friend of the crackplog (but strong Red Line supporter) who I will not identify unless I receive permission, scouted out some fellow riders at…
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Red Line weekend debate, in pictures

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WHEREAS most riders of existing Red Line service are likely not residents of the City of Austin and the majority likely don’t even reside in…
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Write the City Council on Red Line weekend subsidy

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WHEREAS most riders of existing Red Line service are likely not residents of the City of Austin and the majority likely don’t even reside in…
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Oppose City Funding Of Additional Red Line Service

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WHEREAS most riders of existing Red Line service are likely not residents of the City of Austin and the majority likely don’t even reside in…
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Who is riding the Red Line, Part Two

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Here’s a summary chart showing the data from Capital Metro from October 2011; showing how many people board from each station in the AM peak,…
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Double taxation on city streets

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Anti-toll whiners piss M1EK off. M1EK is about to piss them off.
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