Capital Metro – Page 9 – M1EK's Bake-Sale of Bile

The Problem With Rail On The Drag

2008 Light Rail Austin Don't Hurt Us Mr. Krusee, We'll Do Whatever You Want I Told You So

I’ve thrown this argument and picture around a hundred times, but have probably never put them together into a single post, so here we go.…

Austin Capital Metro proving the obvious Red Line urban rail

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Who Is Riding The Red Line, Part Three

Don't Hurt Us Mr. Krusee, We'll Do Whatever You Want I Told You So

A friend of the crackplog (but strong Red Line supporter) who I will not identify unless I receive permission, scouted out some fellow riders at…

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Yes, Austin, You Can Trust M1EK

I Told You So Rapid Bus Ain't Rapid

Statesman, over the weekend: Capital Metro’s long-anticipated, $47.6 million rapid bus project, designed to carry more passengers faster than existing bus lines along two busy…

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Red Line weekend debate, in pictures

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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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Write the City Council on Red Line weekend subsidy

Austin Don't Hurt Us Mr. Krusee, We'll Do Whatever You Want Economics Funding of Transportation PS: I am not a crackpot Red Line Myths Transit in Austin Transportation

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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Rapid [sic] Bus Fact Check: Will It Improve Frequency?

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So it turns out I’m so busy now I can’t even keep up on twitter most days – but this deserved a momentary break. People,…

Austin Capital Metro Fact Check hackedunfixed Rapid [sic] Bus

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Where did the missing 2000 riders go?

Don't Hurt Us Mr. Krusee, We'll Do Whatever You Want I Told You So

This image is from the 2010 presentation of the Mueller “market district”. The big box in the lower right is the grocery store, physician which…

Capital Metro hackedunfixed Red Line shuttlebuses

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Red Line Phase One Wrap-Up

Don't Hurt Us Mr. Krusee, We'll Do Whatever You Want I Told You So Red Line Myths Transit in Austin Transportation

Lots of people, including some of my favorite people at Capital Metro, are claiming that the Red Line is now “meeting projections”. Hmm. Let’s analyze…

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The Other Shoe Begins To Drop

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Good express buses proposed for cancellation to try to boost disappointing Red Line ridership.

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Whole shakers of salt

Austin Don't Hurt Us Mr. Krusee, We'll Do Whatever You Want Funding of Transportation I Told You So Red Line Myths Transit in Austin Transportation

Clarksville is losing bus service so freeloaders in the burbs can get more train service.

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