Re:Steelmanning the NIMBYs
by lkbm on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @09:57AM
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As an Austinite, I was going to comment that our housing has grown dramatically, but our transit infrastructure has not.
Having to commute from the outskirts isn't nearly so bad if the infrastructure supports it, but you have to build transit for where your city will be in ten years, not where it is now, and we're barely even doing the latter in Austin.
Re:Steelmanning the NIMBYs
by ryanmarsh on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @10:10AM
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Austin, short of a smart coordinated approach to transit, is going to become no different than Seattle or SF. Eventually it’s going to need subways. Lucky for Austin it’s all limestone down below and the city is far from overbuilt, yet.
Having to commute from the outskirts isn't nearly so bad if the infrastructure supports it, but you have to build transit for where your city will be in ten years, not where it is now, and we're barely even doing the latter in Austin.