Keeping Austin Weird
21st January 2015
With Austin’s light-rail ballot measure going down in flames last November due to its high costs, rail transit advocates have conceded defeat, folded up their tents, and gone home. Ha, ha, just kidding; actually, now they are talking about subways.
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What’s the solution to Austin’s increasing congestion? asks economist Angelos Angelou. His answer? “Subways.” In other words, if you can’t afford light rail, then build something that (as Texas A&M transportation engineer Curtis Morgan points out) is five times more expensive. That makes economic sense (in Bizarro world).
Austin is the blue carbuncle on the butt of Texas.