Photo: Andy Sharp for the American-Statesman
Jean Shull of Volente waits for a Capital Metro
passenger train during a test run today. Officials said the
line, which will run from Leander to downtown Austin,
will begin service March 22.
Nothing more than Socialism for suburban Austin and the eastside hipsters.
I may have an opportunity for a job in Austin this fall. Real Estate looks awfully expensive there. I may have to have my salary tripled. Why so expensive? Looks like California real estate prices to me.
I actually don’t mind cap metro. I used to take a bus from Cedar Park downtown every day. Instead of fighting the inconsiderate, suicidal morons on mopac, I would just read a book and drink a coffee.
What if instead of a passenger train like this, the largest US cities had flatbed-style trains? You just drove your vehicle right up to an open slot on the flatbed, turned off the ignition, and let it take you where you needed to your stop, and then drive your merry way. Nobody has to give up their truck, nobody has to sit next to a smelly bum, and nobody dies in a fiery ball of hell because some seventeen year old beeotch is texting while driving...
money better spent than....
fighting two land wars in Asia