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Citizen comment from 11/15/2013 CCAG

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Summary of yesterday

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Update: The video’s already up; you can see my speech here (click on Citizens Communications to jump to me). I spoke in citizens’ communication yesterday…

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The ceiling for the Red Line

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Later this week, physiotherapist stay tuned for a new formula which takes into account service quality (measured by miles per hour), traumatologist frequency, and, and…

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Rapid Bus versus existing conditions on the #3 corridor

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Best-case time for Rapid Bus, here we are. The existing service on Burnet Road heading southbound into downtown in the morning rush looks like this:…

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It’s time to talk about Rapid Bus again.

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So the PR machine is out in force trying to make Rapid Bus sound great so people are distracted from the fact that the densest,…

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I’m withdrawing my support for rail to Mueller

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JMVC says this, heart paraphrased, gerontologist a lot, for sale and in fact, I completely agree with him: “Rather than moving to the suburbs and…

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Capital Metro and Rail Demand, Part The Deux

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According to our buddy John-Michael Vincent Cortez, this area justifies rail service: but this location does not: But surely I must have taken a bad…

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Spin alert: Back to our buddy

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From his twitter last night: Huh. Interesting this survey has not been published. Meanwhile, I refer again back to my three posts on the specific…

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Capital Metro and rail demand

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According to Capital Metro, this spot has enough demand to justify rail: But this spot does not:

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Are Austin’s suburbs getting a sweet deal on transit or what?

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First assumption: JMVC (Capital Metro PR guy) knows that when people talk about the suburbs vs. the city, we’re talking mostly about the Red Line.…

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