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Oppose City Funding Of Additional Red Line Service

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WHEREAS most riders of existing Red Line service are likely not residents of the City of Austin and the majority likely don’t even reside in…
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Who is riding the Red Line?

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Well, we don’t know who, but we do know how many are getting on at each station. Thanks to Erica McKewen at Capital Metro for…
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Brewster et al, I Told You So

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City Council finally realizing that commuter rail is for Krusee's constituents and not for Austinites?
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Finally somebody else gets it

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Transit isn't always cheaper. It SHOULD be, but it often isn't.
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Economic theory and physical reality

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Silly analogy is an attempt to tell economists that physics matters
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Transportation microeconomics 101

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Gas would have to be like ten bucks a gallon to make any difference.
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Cost of driving to driver

Austin
True variable cost of driving for most choice commuters is much less than the IRS figure of 27.5 cents per mile. Cap Metro had better…
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The Gas Tax Ain’t Regressive

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Dave Fried talks about the supposedly regressive nature of gas taxes in response to Andrew Sullivan, and uses my blog to make a point about…
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