Month: October 2018
Density and transit service, in pictures
In 2011, this bus stop had buses stopping every 10-15 minutes during peak times; it was the highest ridership route in the system by far.…
On Proposition A
Dealing with a work fire but this comment from Austin’s only good urbanist group deserved something more visible/accessible…. The housing bond is dumb when it…
Cap Remap is a disaster
Let’s recap: AURA, run by grifters and con-artists, bought in heavily to the grid redesign fairy dust theory. It didn’t hurt that their 2 chief…
Why no endorsements, M1EK?
For those curious, I’m holding off on endorsing city council district 9 or mayor until one of them moves off of the “be credulous towards…
Hello Bikeness My Old Friend: Part III, Or Getting Your Money’s Worth From Google Maps
(Overview Post Here) In the last installment we ended up on Polyanna Avenue, where certain urbanists always live despite constantly being wrong. The pictures in…
Hello Bikeness My Old Friend: Part 1 of the commute home: Our Fifth Second Downtown Really Sucks!
(Overview Post here). Note: There really is a group pushing “Parmer!” as our seventh third downtown or some shit. Anyways, here’s the first part of…
Hello Bikeness My Old Friend Part II: Overview
Day 2 is in the bag. I’ll still have to explain later why I’m doing this and why now and whatnot. But the 2nd day…
Yesterday’s robot bus reveal
should have been no surprise. If you follow me on twitter, and why wouldn’t you,1 you’ve been hearing about this ever since my meeting with…
FTA issues report on Austin Metro Rapid
Thanks to Lyndon Henry for finding and posting the link to the PDF. Some important quotes: In the Route 801 corridor, the primary impacts of…