Category: Transportation
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The Versa at 10K
My little Versa, named “Vessie” that replaced “Susie“, hit the 10,000-mile mark today. The milestone came a bit earlier than it would, but a trip to El Paso or back last weekend help push it closer. A car, while being just a pile of nuts, bolts, belts and fluids, does take on a personality unlike…
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Capital Metro trains APD to drive a bus
Capital Metro, the public transit authority for the Austin-area, has a blog entry about training the Austin Police Department’s DWI unit to drive a new Breath-Alcohol Testing bus donated to the City by CapMetro. The simulator is pretty sweet; would love to have a chance to see how hard it would be to drive a…
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You Are Trapped in Your Own Home
One thing I check every week is the City of Austin’s website to see what road closures will occur due to special events. Living so close to downtown, the Palmer Event Center and Auditorium Shores, it is very common for something to be going on. One thing I check every week is the City of…
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The End of Susie
As many of you know, I own a 2000 Hyundai Elantra that has been lovingly named “Susie Brahmaputra”, or Susie for short. It is the first car I owned, being purchased for me by my mom using life insurance money left from my dad. The car itself is a little tank. I’ve been mudding with…
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toll roads are a-opening
Yesterday, the first toll roads in the Austin area opened to traffic. Loop 1 now extends north to the new State Highway 45 which currently stretches between RM 620 and the new State 130. 130 is open from US 79 in Round Rock down to US 290. I was already scheduled to be in Round…
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in flight to washington: busted halo
I’m currently 37,000 feet above the United States, just crossing the Sabine River out of Texas. This is my first flight aboard an EMB. This American Eagle-operated airplane was 13 rows with 3 seats in each row with no first class- for those who wouldn’t like to fire up the calculator, that means 39 plus…