And About That Bridge…

In 2010, the bridge in the last post was being proposed and planned, and I am not exaggerating this: I got a mailer from the…

AURA hagiography makes M1EK surface to post comment

No further news. In case AURA succeeds in eliminating the comment; here it is for posterity: Article: https://nextcity.org/features/view/austin-yimby-movement-city-hall Comment: Very disappointing to read this hagiography…

NIMBYs: a play in five acts

Hot off the presses from its original run in the North University Neighborhood Association yahoo group, I bring you: NIMBYs: a play in five acts.

Short-circuiting the Uber/lyft/cab debate

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…

Checking in

I don’t post very much, as the state of urbanist and transit advocacy in Austin has depressed it out of me, but as a reminder,…

One more thing

A month or two ago I pruned a few folks from my friends list1 on another platform. The reason? They’re friends with this guy. This…

What bad guys can accomplish

Over the last few years, I’ve written many times on this blog that Capital Metro was eliminating half of the local service on the route…