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2016 Postmortem

Lithos

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6. I'm leaning that way too

Reply to Eleanors38 (Reply #5)

Tue Oct 25, 2016, 03:32 PM

Oct 2016

Not impressed with the idea of cutting down road capacity with the expectation people will shift to Bike Lanes and Buses. Austin is too hot and too sprawling for large scale commuter biking to work; buses are not sanely structured to do anything more than take people to/from downtown from specific corridors.

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35,000 vote in Travis Co. first day. My line was 30 mins, so I sped it up... [View all] Eleanors38 Oct 2016 OP

In what state did you vote, please? apcalc Oct 2016 #1

I'm thinking Texas. Austin is in Travis County. MoonRiver Oct 2016 #2

Austin. Eleanors38 Oct 2016 #3

I did the same in Bexar Co LeftInTX Oct 2016 #4

We had a refer. for road bonds in Austin. Voted "no." Eleanors38 Oct 2016 #5

I'm leaning that way too Lithos Oct 2016 #6

I'm an advocate of bike freeways, utilizing city greenbelts & RR right-of-ways. One was contemplated Eleanors38 Oct 2016 #7

Yeah, I remember back then Lithos Oct 2016 #8

Sometimes I wish Austin would just get it over with and cede zoning control to Miami. Eleanors38 Oct 2016 #9