User login
Personnel
Classic posts
Archives
- October 2008
- September 2008
- August 2008
- July 2008
- June 2008
- May 2008
- April 2008
- March 2008
- February 2008
- January 2008
- December 2007
- November 2007
- October 2007
- September 2007
- August 2007
- July 2007
- June 2007
- May 2007
- April 2007
- March 2007
- February 2007
- January 2007
- December 2006
- November 2006
- October 2006
- September 2006
- August 2006
- July 2006
- June 2006
- May 2006
- April 2006
- March 2006
- February 2006
- January 2006
- December 2005
- November 2005
- October 2005
- September 2005
PONYC Archives
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.
GAIA Host Collective
Good luck. I called Austin home for 10 years and loved the people and the area. What broke my heart was the totaly unrestricted growth and the cars... oh God, how the auto has destroyed much of Austin. Hwy 183 looks like Houston now, and is still jamed. Austin did 6th street and downtown rehab right, but as to controled growth and any master transportation plan that doesn't feed the auto cancer, well Austin gets an F. I love the city and people but it is really a disaster how spread out it all is now. Austin's biggest problem is that it is immersed in auto-intensive Texas. Once gasoline and diesel double to $6 or $7/gallon trips to the Oasis for marg may get fewer and farther between...
It's a shame that we can't use that marvelous lake system for better transportation. I totally agree about the growth problem. I believe the light-rail is starting trial runs on existing lines this upcoming year, but every time I talk to people about it they just complain about the spending of tax-payer money to fund pet projects. Granted, there is also a lot of irritation/anger about the toll roads. In the next few months as more tolls go online, my family in Lago Vista won't be able to get to ABIA in a reasonable amount of time without paying a toll.
P.S. Didn't the Oasis burn down?