Category Archives: Transit

Make Austin Roads Great Again

Posted on June 27, 2016 by JGA

City Council’s mobility bond embraces futile road populism instead of much-needed mode shift. City Council’s mobility bond funds the corridor plan that will expand this section of FM 969 from four to six lanes. The design speed is 50 mph.

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Corridor Correction

Posted on June 6, 2016 by JGA

How to turn the Mayor’s $720 million bond proposal into a political winner that actually helps improve mobility.

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Corridor Prospectus

Posted on May 31, 2016 by JGA

Where the dollars get spent by each of the City of Austin’s Corridor Programs.

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Independent Majority

Posted on April 20, 2016 by JGA

How this November’s mobility bond can help create a car-independent majority in Austin.

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Move People

Posted on February 9, 2016 by JGA

How City Council can use the 2016 presidential election to enhance Austin’s mobility. Where the unsuccessful 2014 rail-and-roads bond referendum won and lost

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Council Grades 2015

Posted on December 9, 2015 by JGA

How did Council do this year? A review of their policy-making. Priorities word cloud from MAPA Summer survey

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Why you can’t have bus service

Posted on May 13, 2015 by JGA

Your community isn’t dense enough to justify using scarce transit operating funds to serve it. Providing service to your community would probably decrease overall ridership.

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MoPac, Mo Problems

Posted on May 13, 2015 by JGA

Important changes are coming to MoPac. But they won’t help you safely get places faster. For real improvement, we need a shift away from car-centric, low-density policies.

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More than Four

Posted on February 10, 2015 by JGA

Yesterday, Mayor Adler invited me to discuss transportation with the new Austin City Council. I encouraged Council to pursue policies that would increase Austin’s transit mode share from our current 4%.  Increasing the use of public transportation would help ameliorate … Continue reading →

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The Longest Chart

Posted on February 4, 2015 by JGA

CapMetro should release monthly ridership, financial, and performance data in an analysis-friendly format. Phoenix’s transit agency releases monthly ridership reports

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