Category: I Told You So

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Today’s Fun Bus Report

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Today's Not Empty Bus report
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Brewster et al, I Told You So

Austin Don't Hurt Us Mr. Krusee, We'll Do Whatever You Want I Told You So metablog Personal Rapid Bus Ain't Rapid Republicans Hate Poor People Republicans Hate Public Transportation Republicans Hate The Environment Texas Republicans Hate Cities Transit in Austin Transportation Urban Design
City Council finally realizing that commuter rail is for Krusee's constituents and not for Austinites?
2004 election Austin bad economics bad financial decisions Capital Metro monkeysystemslinks Not happy about being proven right this aged well
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Commuter rail ridership projection: pathetic

Austin Don't Hurt Us Mr. Krusee, We'll Do Whatever You Want I Told You So Republicans Hate Poor People Republicans Hate Public Transportation Republicans Hate The Environment Texas Republicans Hate Cities Transit in Austin Transportation
Commuter rail: costs very little; screws Austin's dreams of effective rail transit for a very long time.
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Nobody talks about Austin rail like this…

Austin Don't Hurt Us Mr. Krusee, We'll Do Whatever You Want I Told You So metablog Republicans Hate Poor People Republicans Hate Public Transportation Republicans Hate The Environment Texas Republicans Hate Cities Transit in Austin Transportation Urban Design Walking in Austin (Pedestrian Issues)
Aerial of various rail routes downtown
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McDorms happened because idiots restricted apartments

Austin I Told You So When Neighborhoods Go Bad
Austin Contrarian adds an additional good point to the argument that neighborhoods created the McDorm phenomena themselves.
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Why frontage roads are bad for transit

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Background on "why transit service on frontage roads is impossible to do well" - two examples from Austin
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Rapid bus (and streetcar) aren’t interim steps

Austin Don't Hurt Us Mr. Krusee, We'll Do Whatever You Want I Told You So metablog Republicans Hate Poor People Republicans Hate Public Transportation Republicans Hate The Environment Texas Republicans Hate Cities Transit in Austin Transportation
Building rapid bus and streetcar is a step AWAY from good urban transit, not a step towards it.
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When will I learn?

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Core of Austin cyclists still impervious to reason about stop signs and red lights
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Streetcar isn’t a step in the right direction

Austin Don't Hurt Us Mr. Krusee, We'll Do Whatever You Want I Told You So metablog Republicans Hate Poor People Republicans Hate Public Transportation Republicans Hate The Environment Texas Republicans Hate Cities Transit in Austin Transportation
You can't turn streetcar into light rail later on; don't buy the fluffery.
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Rapid Bus in LA ain’t rapid either

Austin 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 Transportation
Rapid Bus ain't gonna be rapid.
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