Austin – Page 26 – M1EK's Bake-Sale of Bile

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Austin drivers don’t come close to paying their own way

Austin Driving in Austin Funding of Transportation I Told You So Republicans Hate Public Transportation Republicans Hate The Environment Subsidies to Suburban Sprawl Texas Republicans Hate Cities Transportation

The gas tax needs to be about a buck a gallon higher in Texas to cover your bills.

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Round Rock screws Austin again

Austin Funding of Transportation Texas Republicans Hate Cities Transit in Austin Transportation

Once again, Round Rock gets subsidized by Austin.

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Why streetcars suck

Austin Don't Hurt Us Mr. Krusee, We'll Do Whatever You Want Transit in Austin Transportation Urban Design

No, there's no magical streetcar fairy dust.

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Difference between streetcar and bus

Austin Don't Hurt Us Mr. Krusee, We'll Do Whatever You Want Funding of Transportation Texas Republicans Hate Cities Transit in Austin Transportation Tri-Rail Urban Design Use Cases

Streetcar wins us exactly jack squat over buses.

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Rapid Bus slips to 2010

Austin Don't Hurt Us Mr. Krusee, We'll Do Whatever You Want I Told You So Rapid Bus Ain't Rapid Transit in Austin Transportation

"Rapid" bus (the only thing All Systems Go is delivering to Central Austin) is now slated for 2010 or later. Yay.

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Capital Metro misses huge opportunity

Austin Funding of Transportation Transit in Austin Transportation

If a conservative is a “liberal who has been mugged”, approved there as the hoary old saying goes, here then a modern proponent of socialized…

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How can you tell it’s not going to be a real TOD?

Austin I Told You So Urban Design

If you have to talk about how people are going to get to the train station, my friend, you haven't got yourself a transit-oriented development.

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Ben Wear article on bike bridge misleads

Austin Bicycle Commuting Bicycling in Austin Funding of Transportation PS: I am not a crackpot Subsidies to Suburban Sprawl Transportation Urban Design

Urban residents, even cyclists, are actually subsidizing suburban drivers.

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First of many “TOD”‘s collapses

Austin Don't Hurt Us Mr. Krusee, We'll Do Whatever You Want I Told You So Transit in Austin Transportation Tri-Rail Urban Design

Crappy tract housing projects in Leander labelled "TOD" start collapsing, matching the experience with Tri-Rail in South Florida.

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8 habits of highly successful commuter rail lines

Austin Don't Hurt Us Mr. Krusee, We'll Do Whatever You Want I Told You So Transit in Austin Transportation

Here's what it takes to succeed with commuter (not light) rail, according to Houston experts. How do we stack up?

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