i'm just curious if any of you austin folks are supporting light rail. i, personally, skipped it on the ballot last week. i live (own) centrally so i'm not as directly affected by it as others are in the outer reaches of the community. also, i'm not convinced that folks in the Cedar Park area, with their expensive homes and expensive suv's, would be willing to ride a train to (near) downtown.
I voted for it. My theory is that you've gotta start somewhere. Getting downtown sucks, parking sucks worse. I think the logic of putting light rail where they want to is that this is where the traffic is the worst. 183 is a MESS during rush hour. It's only going to get worse.
voted for it. Wanting Austin not to become a big city isn't going to stop it from happening...might as well prepare
You guys need something. I can't stand driving in Austin and I live in Houston. You have the shortest on-ramps in the country. I usually just mash the pedal to the floor and close my eyes when I try to get on I-35 from any ramp downtown.
four years ago, i voted for it in austin and it BARELY lost. i was sad. for such an up and growing awesome city, i thought the people would embrace it. i was wrong. since the city is constructed in a mostly north-south manner (unlike Houston's huge circle), i thought the light rail was a clear way to go. it would ease some traffic on 35 and mopac.
Voted against 4 years ago, when I lived in Austin. Too bad I don't live there now to do the same. Putting the money into upgrading the freeways would go alot further towards reducing traffic than a half-baked rail scheme. Austin's public transportation system, Capital Metro, is actually much better than Houston's.
Cohen, You do know that Mayor Wynne asked that the bridge at William Cannon be removed from the toll road plan, right? DD
Nope. I've been out of town, when did he say that? Maybe it has something to do with the effort to recall him? That the State-level politicians distanced themselves from this horrible plan, leaving the locals hanging? What does this have to do with the topic at hand? Just because winn says that, is it assured? And what about all of the other toll roads? We'll still be 'toll road city USA' without this one toll.
