[Kropotkin]

The Riverside aspect is the strongest part of the proposal because it's an area of town that can undergo the greatest amount of development over the next decade. The whole "apartment city" from Oltorf -> Riverside -> Lake Shore could be torn down and massively redeveloped with 6-10 story buildings.

North of the Lake, it becomes deeply flawed, in parts.

Above 11th to MLK (8 blocks) there's literally nothing to serve. The state owns all the land, and there's nothing but parking garages. This is literally the most grey, lifeless area of all of Austin. Will the state give up that land so that development can occur there? I doubt it.

Through the UT Campus-- San Jacinto is poor choice, except for the 6 days of the year there are football games. Speedway would have been a better option, but probably too much swallow given that it's no longer a real street. The problem with the proposed route through campus is that it's too far from The Drag. Tourists/Day Visitors will have to walk 10 minutes uphill to get to where the "action" is.

26th(Dean Keeton)-> Manor -> Mueller. There's potential here (but nothing like Riverside), but will the city be able to force the necessary zoning +/- 6 blocks? In order for the system to make sense, there will have to be massive VMU up-zoning along Manor and MLK. That means deep into SFH streets. If they will rezone the area then the system will make longterm sense; if the up zoning is strictly along Manor and and MLK, it'll never really be populated enough to justify.

It's too late to upzone Mueller itself I guess... but they should if they could.