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Central Austin boxes: 2014 versus 2000

2014 Light Rail Austin Charts and Graphs
I’ve started this spreadsheet (read-only link; you can save and edit as you like) of mostly strong pro-rail boxes in 2000 (basically central Austin, until…
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How pro-Proposition-1 establishment figures try to get away with it

2008 Light Rail Austin Transit in Austin
Dave Sullivan, for months, on the CCAG, at meetings like this one: “Nobody will show me the data! Show me the data!” AURA, yesterday, released…
Austin Capital Metro Fact Check hackedunfixed Project Connect urban rail
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What now for VMU?

Austin Rapid Bus Ain't Rapid VMU
In yesterday’s post, steroids seek I showed that transit service along our best VMU corridor (Lamar/Guadalupe) has been significantly degraded by the introduction of Rapid…
Austin bad economics Capital Metro game-changer hackedunfixed horrible ideas neighborhood associations run amuck Rapid [sic] Bus urban rail VMU
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Rapid Bus has degraded bus service overall

Austin Charts and Graphs Don't Hurt Us Mr. Krusee, We'll Do Whatever You Want Rapid Bus Ain't Rapid Transit in Austin Transportation Urban Design VMU
This VMU on Lamar at North Loop (google maps link; as of 9/5/2014 the streetview picture is from construction) is open now. I like it.…
Austin Capital Metro Fact Check game-changer horrible ideas pretty pictures proving the obvious Rapid [sic] Bus VMU
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Update on FTA and Lamar

2008 Light Rail Austin I Told You So
I don’t claim to know Leffingwell’s motivation, what is ed but everything else in this short post from Dave Dobbs via twitlonger is accurate: “Austin’s…
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My speech from last night

2008 Light Rail Austin I Told You So PS: I am not a crackpot Rapid Bus Ain't Rapid Red Line Myths Texas Republicans Hate Cities Transit in Austin Transportation
I ripped up one of the copies I had and gave a short excoriation of the lack of meaningful public input, as this KUT story…
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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…
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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…
Austin good write-ups from others urban rail
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