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Ben Wear covered the ped islands in his new blog on the statesman. I think they're useless - but about all we can get (since we're unwilling to use any judgement with the ridiculously high pedestrian warrants for pedestrian traffic to justify a traffic light).

http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/traffic/entries/2007/10/15/islands_in_the_congress_stream.html

Kay Bailey leaving the Senate is a good thing. She's been a train wreck. I hope that enough Texans have the sense to keep her out of Austin.