Since the delivery of the new rail cars have spurred a few "god dammit it's NOT LIGHT RAIL" responses from me , and since I typed something like the following up for Ben Wear's blog and am not sure it went through, here's a quick refresher on three major problems with this commuter rail line:
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It does not primarily serve Austin residents. Leander residents deserve some service, because they pay some Capital Metro taxes, but...
Chutzpah of the Year
In today's Chronicle, Lee Nichols writes an article about the lack of TOD on the Red Line in which Todd Hemingson, Capital Metro exec, says with a straight face: The real problem with the...
City of Austin: Dowtown Vacation Rental Investigation Under Way
The vacation rental industry is growing rapidly. Increasingly, downtown Austin condo owners are listing their units on services such as Homeaway as opposed to offering units in the...
Just what you needed: Some Crappy Video
I shot this while watching the 8:12 arrival of the Red Line downtown this morning (on my way to work). Excuse the quality; my standard for a phone is "does it make calls? is it free?". I...
Days of Reckoning, Part Three
Today, thanks to skepticism from those who think my position solidified over six years on this subject is because of predetermined bias rather than actual study, I'll switch from my original...
Days of Reckoning, Part Two
Today's entry: Somebody who fell for the "TOD" hype and moved into Crestview Station so they could walk to the Red Line and take it to work at UT. Morning commute this time around; assume...
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