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Transportation is a system
Looking at transportation as a system, I have some concerns. 5 minute read.
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The Invisible Pedestrian
Drivers kill thousands of people on our streets every year, pedestrians and cyclists that the drivers “did not see”. Why are these people invisible, and how do we fix it?
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You’re never going to have a flying car.
I remember excitedly reading “Popular Science” as a kid and seeing the cover adorned with the flying cars that were promised in “just a few years”. That was 30 years ago and those flying cars never really left the drawing board. […]
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The Sunk Cost Fallacy
Williamson County just proposed an almost 900 MILLION dollar bond project “for roads and parks”. [Link] If you’ve heard any of my rants over the last two years, you won’t be surprised to learn that 93% of this bond goes to pay for roads. We in Williamson County are going to BORROW 825 million dollars […]
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Cars are ruining us: an economic analysis
The USA should be the wealthiest country in the world. But the reality for most Americans is very different – the last 50 years of economic prosperity has somehow passed us by. The answer to “somehow” is that car infrastructure is 2X-3X more expensive to maintain than any other modern transportation alternative, and we have […]
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