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You’d better be hedging

Austin Driving in Austin Funding of Transportation I Told You So Personal Politics (Outside Austin) Texas Republicans Hate Cities
Toll roads are a hedge of sorts
Roger Baker is wrong about everything subsidizing suburbanites subsidizing the suburbanites suburban drivers love welfare suburban freeloaders
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AMD does Austin wrong

Austin
AMD's boss moves the company over the aquifer to be closer to his country club.
AMD is bad Barton Creek environmentalism
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Shoal Creek Updates

Austin Bicycling in Austin I Told You So Personal The Shoal Creek Debacle Walking in Austin (Pedestrian Issues) When Neighborhoods Go Bad
I will hopefully move some of this content to my old moldy Shoal Creek Debacle Page when I get time. Brief introduction: Prior to around…
bicycling Shoal Creek Debacle
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Sometimes I get it right

Bicycling in Austin I Told You So metablog Personal
Right after reading the stories about more buyers being upside-down on car loans (and pointing out to my wife that we have a 72-month loan…
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Transportation microeconomics 101

Austin Driving in Austin Funding of Transportation I Told You So Transit in Austin
Gas would have to be like ten bucks a gallon to make any difference.
bad economics economic ignorance Roger Baker is wrong about everything
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I’m back

Bicycling in Austin I Told You So metablog Personal When Neighborhoods Go Bad
Was in Hawaii for 10 days; back now. I have a backlog of things to write, but for the time being, here’s a link to…
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RIP, Joseph Henry Dahmus

Personal
My grandfather passed away in his sleep on Monday afternoon. Since I spent my first 9 years in State College and was one of the…
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Shoal Creek Report #2

Bicycling in Austin I Told You So The Shoal Creek Debacle When Neighborhoods Go Bad
Shoal Creek Report
bicycling Shoal Creek Debacle
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TOD isn’t going to help ASG

Austin Don't Hurt Us Mr. Krusee, We'll Do Whatever You Want I Told You So Transit in Austin When Neighborhoods Go Bad
Council doesn't have the stomach to stand up to unreasonable neighborhoods along the commuter rail line, so we won't really be getting any TOD to…
Red Line scott polikov Scott Polikov is a grifter statesman TOD
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1997 Travis County Highway Bonds

Funding of Transportation
Summary of 1997 Travis County bond election transportation items (reference post)
bond language
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