Category: VMU

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Density and transit service, in pictures

Austin Rapid Bus Ain't Rapid Transit in Austin Transportation Urban Design VMU
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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Austin’s land use ISN’T the problem behind Capital Metro’s poor ridership

Austin Charts and Graphs PS: I am not a crackpot Rapid Bus Ain't Rapid Transit in Austin Transportation Urban Design VMU
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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Honesty Agenda: First Case Study

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Time to deploy the Honesty Agenda against a recent series of articles from KUT
Austin Capital Metro Fact Check honesty agenda Rapid [sic] Bus spin VMU
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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…
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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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