Category: Austin

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The ceiling for the Red Line

Austin Don't Hurt Us Mr. Krusee, We'll Do Whatever You Want I Told You So Red Line Myths Subsidies to Suburban Sprawl Transit in Austin
Later this week, physiotherapist stay tuned for a new formula which takes into account service quality (measured by miles per hour), traumatologist frequency, and, and…
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Protected bike lane on Guadalupe: Threat and menace

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I rarely write about cycling any more and don’t have time to do so right now, but thankfully I came across a recent post by…
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GAME-CHANGER Part One

Austin Don't Hurt Us Mr. Krusee, We'll Do Whatever You Want Rapid Bus Ain't Rapid
(I still owe a response to Novacek’s very long comment on this post but have to decide if I want to spend the energy to…
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Capital Metro’s MetroRapid judged by the BRT Standard

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
At 35,000 feet, I just storified the livetweet by Jace Deloney of MetroRapid by the BRT Standard, patient and added a few relevant other tweets…
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MetroRapid on Lamar/Guadalupe: the REAL breakdown

Austin Rapid Bus Ain't Rapid
Having seen somebody very recently and very approvingly point to this somewhat credulous piece on the Austin Post as “a breakdown” of MetroRapid, and having…
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It’s time to talk about Rapid Bus again.

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So the PR machine is out in force trying to make Rapid Bus sound great so people are distracted from the fact that the densest,…
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I’m withdrawing my support for rail to Mueller

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JMVC says this, heart paraphrased, gerontologist a lot, for sale and in fact, I completely agree with him: “Rather than moving to the suburbs and…
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Capital Metro and Rail Demand, Part The Deux

2008 Light Rail Austin Don't Hurt Us Mr. Krusee, We'll Do Whatever You Want Red Line Myths Subsidies to Suburban Sprawl Transit in Austin Transportation Urban Design
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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Capital Metro and rail demand

2008 Light Rail Austin Don't Hurt Us Mr. Krusee, We'll Do Whatever You Want Transit in Austin Transportation Urban Design
According to Capital Metro, this spot has enough demand to justify rail: But this spot does not:
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Quick response to spin session

Austin Don't Hurt Us Mr. Krusee, We'll Do Whatever You Want I Told You So Rapid Bus Ain't Rapid Red Line Myths Transit in Austin Transportation
I’m really swamped but did not want to let this one go. Watch this video and go to item 4B (zoom forward to when JMVC talks…
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