M1EK's Bake-Sale of Bile – Page 66 – Loudly insisting the emperor is naked since at least 2003

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SCB: Speed Is Not The Problem

Austin Bicycle Commuting Bicycling in Austin I Told You So The Shoal Creek Debacle Urban Design When Neighborhoods Go Bad

The problem on Shoal Creek Boulevard is not speed, it's the high likelihood of unexpected conflict between vehicles.

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Shoal Creek Meeting Is Done

Bicycle Commuting Bicycling in Austin I Told You So PS: I am not a crackpot The Shoal Creek Debacle Urban Design When Neighborhoods Go Bad

Meeting done; another letter sent.

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Frustration with simplistic market analysis

Politics (Outside Austin)

Why don't self-identified libertarians spend more time analyzing markets?

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Letter to Council on Shoal Creek Debacle

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Letter to Council about the Shoal Creek Debacle

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More on the gas tax

Funding of Transportation

The gas tax isn't regressive, at least not for 'the poor'. Don't believe the crocodile tears of suburbanites.

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The Gas Tax Isn’t Regressive, Part Three

Funding of Transportation I Told You So metablog Politics (Outside Austin) PS: I am not a crackpot Republicans Hate Poor People Republicans Hate Public Transportation Republicans Hate The Environment

More background on the gas tax's supposed regressivity

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This Is Why We Need A Federal Government

Politics (Outside Austin)

For all the Grover “drown it in a bathtub” Norquists of the world; for all the self-identified libertarians (except when it comes to paying to…

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CAFE versus gas taxes – which works?

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Higher gas taxes aren't particularly regressive, and they work better than CAFE at reducing consumption.

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Blandburbs and ‘choice’

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Suburban sprawl is the only available 'choice' for most people - it's not what they like, it's the only thing they're presented with.

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False balance

Politics (Outside Austin) Republicans Hate Public Transportation Republicans Hate The Environment

Reporting both sides of an issue without coming to a conclusion is not real journalism.

false equivalence is the devil