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Density and transit service, in pictures

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In 2011, this bus stop had buses stopping every 10-15 minutes during peak times; it was the highest ridership route in the system by far.…
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Cap Remap is a disaster

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Let’s recap: AURA, run by grifters and con-artists, bought in heavily to the grid redesign fairy dust theory. It didn’t hurt that their 2 chief…
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FTA issues report on Austin Metro Rapid

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Thanks to Lyndon Henry for finding and posting the link to the PDF. Some important quotes: In the Route 801 corridor, the primary impacts of…
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A sustainable transit plan for Austin – outline and introduction

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If this is sufficiently well-received I may fill in more later. This post is in response to a request from Friends of Austin Neighborhoods, an…
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Evolve Austin continues AURA line of horseshit about transit and density

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Dear mayor and council members: My name is Mike Dahmus; I served on the Urban Transportation Commission from 2000-2005, and have written a bit on…
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Austin Bus Service

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It’s super neat that people are suggesting doing the right thing. In 2017. It’s also super neat that the guy who claimed to be supporting…
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In the year 2000

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of course, the humans are dead. In the year 2008, the following files represent the main local and express bus services on Guadalupe (thanks to…
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Andy Cantú and the Austin Chamber of Commerce are dishonest, ignorant, or both.

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Chamber says land reform is top transportation priority That interest in return on investment opens the chamber up to critics who drubbed the 2014 light…
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Shame on Commissioner Weatherby and Mayor Adler

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As a former proud member of the city’s Urban Transportation Commission, I am disgusted with Cynthia Weatherby’s transparently obvious water-carrying for Mayor Adler in making…
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Here’s what a more honest ‘card’ would have looked like.

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An awful lot of people parroted the same talking points supported by your cards (i.e. the large print) in your ‘explainer’ article and ignored statements…
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