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David Parvo at the Placemaking Institute defends the City's plan to run streetcars in shared lanes through down

David Parvo at the Placemaking Institute defends the City's plan to run streetcars in shared lanes through downtown Austin.

This week, it has been reported that the developers of 21c are coming back to Austin to provide an update on the status of the project.

Apparently, the plans are now complete and they are ready to proceed with a third version of the project on a large site located at the intersection of Red River and Cesar Chavez streets.

Since its launch in March, the Thursday Night Social Ride — a weekly casual bicycle ride in central Austin that generally finishes at an area bar — has grown into a force to be reckoned with.

This week the ride’s organizers are mobilizing the event’s hundreds of cyclists to help out an Austin musician in need: the Riverboat Gamblers’ Ian MacDougall.

I can't be the first person to make this point, but the bus ride down Congress is unbearably tedious if there's any traffic at all.

Here's the pattern:

Board passengers at the corner of 9th and Congress.

Watch the light turn from green to red as the last passenger boards.

I can't be the first person to make this point, but the bus ride down Congress is unbearably tedious if there's any traffic at all.

Here's the pattern:

Board passengers at the corner of 9th and Congress.

Watch the light turn from green to red as the last passenger boards.