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Letter to Cap Metro board: OPPOSE Connections 2025

Austin Connections 2025 PS: I am not a crackpot Transit in Austin
Dear board members, I am writing as a former member of the city’s Urban Transportation Commission and a frequent author on the subject of transit…
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A sustainable transit plan for Austin – outline and introduction

Austin Project Connect 2.0 PS: I am not a crackpot Rapid Bus Ain't Rapid Red Line Myths
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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Short, cheaply done, endorsement against Prop 1

Austin Driving in Austin PS: I am not a crackpot Subsidies to Suburban Sprawl Transportation Uncategorized
Austin has a nearly perfect record of projects being sold as “don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good” when they are actually…
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Know how you can tell they’re not honest?

Austin Charts and Graphs Don't Hurt Us Mr. Krusee, We'll Do Whatever You Want Economics High Grade Bile Honesty Agenda I Told You So Subsidies to Suburban Sprawl Transit in Austin Transportation
Capital Metro edition Yes, it’s been a while1. In a recent twitter thread, Karl-Thomas Musselman posted the tweet below. I am making this blog post…
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Where did the Highland alignment come from?

2008 Light Rail I Told You So Republicans Hate Public Transportation Subsidies to Suburban Sprawl Texas Republicans Hate Cities
A short interlude from the “urbanists, seriously, the rail election is important” thread: As somebody who was involved in the Project Connect Phase 1 process,…
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Great responses to John Langmore

2008 Light Rail Don't Hurt Us Mr. Krusee, We'll Do Whatever You Want I Get Hate Mail PS: I am not a crackpot Republicans Hate Poor People Republicans Hate Public Transportation Republicans Hate The Environment Texas Republicans Hate Cities Transit in Austin Worst Person In Austin
On days like this where I have no time it’s so nice that others have picked up the slack. I’m just going to republish their…
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No sir, I don’t buy it.

2008 Light Rail Austin Don't Hurt Us Mr. Krusee, We'll Do Whatever You Want I Told You So Rapid Bus Ain't Rapid Republicans Hate Poor People Republicans Hate Public Transportation Republicans Hate The Environment Subsidies to Suburban Sprawl Texas Republicans Hate Cities Transit in Austin Transportation
My work situation is going to prevent me from making much effort on this today so please assume I endorse this product and/or service 100%.…
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I endorse this product and/or service

2008 Light Rail Don't Hurt Us Mr. Krusee, We'll Do Whatever You Want Transit in Austin Transportation
My work situation is going to prevent me from making much effort on this today so please assume I endorse this product and/or service 100%.
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A bird in the hand should be worth ten in the bush.

2008 Light Rail Transit in Austin
You may see a lot of people talking about how it’s important to serve future growth with rail transit – and what that means in…
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Why shouldn’t we just say we’ll play along if they come clean about Rapid Bus?

2008 Light Rail Don't Hurt Us Mr. Krusee, We'll Do Whatever You Want PS: I am not a crackpot Rapid Bus Ain't Rapid Transit in Austin Transportation
This meme has been floating around the tworterverse. The words below were sent by me over Thanksgiving in response to an email from a CCAG…
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