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Fourplexes Everywhere Is the Best Hope for Zoning Reform in Austin
It's the only way to diffuse arguments against allowing more housing.
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What Should Project Connect Look Like?
An alternative to the ART sales pitch
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Email to Capital Metro Stakeholders
Capital Metro effectively rules out light rail in favor of vaporware.
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Gentrification, Homeowners, and Renters
Austin Cuts Taxes to Save Homeowners, What Can Be Done for Renters?
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Nick Barbaro Columns Mislead Readers About Austin Politics
The Chronicle's prints falsehoods with an impressive amount of confidence
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Quick Thoughts on Airport Rail Ridership
Rail ridership to the airport has been disappointing, and it will be for Austin's small airport too.
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Nick Barbaro Doesn't Get to Define What's Conservative and What's Not
An email I sent to Nick Barbaro that led to him calling the blog "the scratchings of a chickenshit"
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Where To Go Post Election? Stop Saying Urbanism.
The term "urbanist" is probably tainted beyond repair.
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BRT in the Middle Of I-35 is a Terrible Idea
It doesn't matter how good of a deal the State is offering.
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Pool Opponents Smeared As Developer Front Groups While Pool Receives Money From National Construction PACs
It's hard to even follow what the argument is here.
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Housing Costs Could Damage Austin's Economic Growth
If Austin housing costs the same as the Bay Area, why would companies locate here?
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Self Driving Cars and Transit in Austin
Robot cars are right around the corner.
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Austin's Impervious Cover Regulations Force Residents to Subsidize Businesses' Runoff
Forcing everyone to have a yard is bad policy.
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Leslie Pool Says Residents Like That Children Can Bike Safely, but doesn't Support Bike Lanes on Shoal Creek
She doesn't actually care about bike lanes.
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Single Family Homes Can Be Walkable - Two Single Family Homes in Two Cities
Portland is doing zoning way better than Austin.
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Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority Wastes Time Considering Gondolas for Austin
There’s not much to say about this that isn’t obvious. For non local government enthusiasts, the Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority (CTRMA) is an agency staffed by appointees of the Governor of Texas charged with finding “innovative, multi-modal transportation solutions that reduce congestion and create transportation choices that enhance quality of life and economic vitality”. They have the power to issue bonds, and are overseeing some of the toll road projects around the Austin area.
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Forbes Used the Red Line to Mislead Readers about Rail Transit
Scott Beyer, a contributor to the popular urbanist twitter Market Urbanism, wrote in Forbes calling Austin’s Red Line “perhaps the nation’s leading transit rail failure.”
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