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Originally Posted by Novacek
And that's the _other_ problem with an airport connection. By it's very definition, a large percentage of its riders (possibly approaching half) would be non-Austin residents. And by that, I mean non-Austin taxpayers. So Austin taxpayer money would be going to subsidize non-residents, without even getting any benefits out of it (it's not going to improve festival attendance, and hence revenues. It's not going to improve, or slow the increase, of traffic, etc.)
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And yet the voters would much prefer to vote for an airport line than a Highland Mall segment, IMO. Why do you think that is?
I think they see the value in it, as demonstrated in other cities. Everyone in town can benefit from mass transit to the airport (since we all use it), and relieving some of the festival traffic (since we all experience it). When you compare it to benefiting only projected future density (and driving up profits for the developers/land flippers), there is really no comparison. I'd much rather my tax $$$ go to the former instead of the latter.
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