Category: 2008 Light Rail

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Project Connect Phase 1 Document Revealed!

2008 Light Rail Austin I Told You So
I discovered this today, and it clearly shows Project Connect did, in fact, rate the top four options against each other (and some others we…
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Why Not Highland, in comment form from OurRail

2008 Light Rail Austin Transit in Austin Transportation
It has become commonplace in the planning profession to equate congestion with affluence. Recently, that argument has been tailored for policymakers to imply causation. Project…
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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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Great responses to John Langmore

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On days like this where I have no time it’s so nice that others have picked up the slack. I’m just going to republish their…
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The FTA and last night

2008 Light Rail Don't Hurt Us Mr. Krusee, We'll Do Whatever You Want High Grade Bile I Told You So Rapid Bus Ain't Rapid Republicans Hate Poor People Republicans Hate Public Transportation Republicans Hate The Environment Texas Republicans Hate Cities Transit in Austin
if you parse Langmore’s comments it makes me think he was asking them about cancelling the project now (rather than moving the middle third in…
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No sir, I don’t buy it.

2008 Light Rail Austin Don't Hurt Us Mr. Krusee, We'll Do Whatever You Want I Told You So Rapid Bus Ain't Rapid Republicans Hate Poor People Republicans Hate Public Transportation Republicans Hate The Environment Subsidies to Suburban Sprawl Texas Republicans Hate Cities Transit in Austin Transportation
My work situation is going to prevent me from making much effort on this today so please assume I endorse this product and/or service 100%.…
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I endorse this product and/or service

2008 Light Rail Don't Hurt Us Mr. Krusee, We'll Do Whatever You Want Transit in Austin Transportation
My work situation is going to prevent me from making much effort on this today so please assume I endorse this product and/or service 100%.
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A bird in the hand should be worth ten in the bush.

2008 Light Rail Transit in Austin
You may see a lot of people talking about how it’s important to serve future growth with rail transit – and what that means in…
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Why shouldn’t we just say we’ll play along if they come clean about Rapid Bus?

2008 Light Rail Don't Hurt Us Mr. Krusee, We'll Do Whatever You Want PS: I am not a crackpot Rapid Bus Ain't Rapid Transit in Austin Transportation
This meme has been floating around the tworterverse. The words below were sent by me over Thanksgiving in response to an email from a CCAG…
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Audience participation time

2008 Light Rail Austin Transit in Austin
Go here: http://aura-atx.org/keepitreal.html Do what it says. If you want rail to succeed in Austin. This exercise is not optional.
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