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• Commented on UT Gets a B- in Sustainability
  I don't see that...they are building up, increasing density on the Forty Acres, removing surface lots, and building dense, pay-to-park garages. It is a heck of a lot bigger pain in the ass to park at UT now then it...
• Commented on Will Wynn: Reaching for the Rail
  Er, those garages house a lot of state workers. Like me, for example. And I live in NUNA. I don't see a problem with Speedway as a streetcar route; it doesn't mess as badly with the traffic on Guadalupe and...
• Commented on Austin Bites: Hog Island, Sarah's Mediterranean, and Cocina de Consuelo (Modular Yummies)
  Hog Island Rocks. Hard. They are as close to New England style grinders as you'll get west of Phillie....
• Commented on Will Wynn: Reaching for the Rail
  Not true about transfers. As I recall when I was doing some modelling in grad school on this, you keep about 80-85 percent of the ridership with a same-mode, one transfer connection. Your ridership only really goes to hell if...
• Commented on Will Wynn: Reaching for the Rail
  Ah, one more thing. The Airport extension is actually a brilliant idea because it means a lot of the system can be financed by airport-backed bonds, not by general obligation bonds....