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Originally Posted by Novacek
Honest question, how often per _year_ do you (or anyone else pushing a route to the airport) actually fly into/out of Austin?
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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.