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Density and transit service, in pictures

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In 2011, this bus stop had buses stopping every 10-15 minutes during peak times; it was the highest ridership route in the system by far.…
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Evolve Austin continues AURA line of horseshit about transit and density

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Dear mayor and council members: My name is Mike Dahmus; I served on the Urban Transportation Commission from 2000-2005, and have written a bit on…
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Austinites for Urban Rail Action

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Short, cheaply done, endorsement against Prop 1

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Austin has a nearly perfect record of projects being sold as “don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good” when they are actually…
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Shame on Commissioner Weatherby and Mayor Adler

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As a former proud member of the city’s Urban Transportation Commission, I am disgusted with Cynthia Weatherby’s transparently obvious water-carrying for Mayor Adler in making…
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Here’s what a more honest ‘card’ would have looked like.

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An awful lot of people parroted the same talking points supported by your cards (i.e. the large print) in your ‘explainer’ article and ignored statements…
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Short-circuiting the Uber/lyft/cab debate

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I don’t like long circular arguments. I like looking for short-circuits to avoid them. So my response to Dan Keshet’s blog post (which doesn’t allow…
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Know how you can tell they’re not honest?

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Capital Metro edition Yes, it’s been a while1. In a recent twitter thread, Karl-Thomas Musselman posted the tweet below. I am making this blog post…
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APTA confirms Austin’s bus ridership is dropping

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I tweeted about this yesterday and due to time constraints will just copy it here via storify.   [View the story “APTA confirms Austin’s bus…
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Austin’s land use ISN’T the problem behind Capital Metro’s poor ridership

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I just sent the slideshare version (contains more slides) to all city council members. I’ve exported some to images for this blog post; but going…
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