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Originally Posted by hereinaustin
I fly into/out of ABIA ~2-4/week. I wouldn't mind not having to sit in traffic, pay for gas, find parking, wait to be shuttled to/from my lot, etc. I'm probably not alone.
If we had the route, I'm willing to bet (no hard proof, of course) that there would be more people using the line on average between Downtown <-> Riverside <-> Airport than from Downtown <-> Highland. Swap the currently proposed northern route with Guadalupe/Lamar and I bet the whole system would see much higher volumes.
I just think a fair evaluation of the route I'm describing should be offered to tax payers alongside the current proposal. It's kind of whack for the city to offer us just one option that ignores a lot of the people who want to see a solid rail line in Austin.
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I fly in and out of Austin on average twice a month.
I also think that with the amount of festival traffice we have, and a very walkable downtown…there would be lots of visitors who would be well served by an airport to downtown connection.
Seems important to the cities growth and "usability" ….if thats a word!
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