This FAQ provides a pro-transit, anti-Proposition 1 perspective. Here's the extended version of this FAQ.
What are we voting on?
$600 million for East Riverside-to-Highland light rail that requires another $325.5 million in City of Austin debt for highway enhancements, $30 million for a regional transit center, and $44 …
[MORE]Earlier today, Project Connect released a methodology memo (PDF version) providing an overview of their approach to estimating ridership. The memo raises three major concerns, which I describe below.
1. Ridership estimates use population growth assumptions unbound from empirical reality
The Project Connect team continues to based on where our …
[MORE]The proposed urban rail route’s operational costs are too high. This will undermine the overall transit system by slowing down frequency increases for productive bus routes; it could potentially also lead to outright future cuts to system coverage. The likelihood that there could be an improvement in the outlook …
[MORE]This week, the Project Connect staff and consultants are starting to put the finishing touches on their mode and alignment recommendation to the Mayor’s Central Corridor Advisory Group (CCAG). CCAG will then stamp some version of that recommendation with its approval (the final vote will likely be on Friday …
[MORE]Dan Keshet slogged through the Project Connect (PC) data and found that if (1) West Campus is restored to the Lamar sub-corridor and (2) the future-focused criteria points are removed then Lamar and East Riverside achieve the highest scores.
Tomorrow, PC staff will be holding a 'data dig' to explain …
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