Category: Transportation
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traveling to paulist pre-assembly
On Tuesday, I flew from Ausin to New York CIty (LGA). I haven’t flown much and so far, every place I have traveled to included a direct flight. American, my airline of choice, doesn’t fly to LGA direct so I had to connect at DFW. I arrive in DFW after an uneventful, on time flght…
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i rode on a ferry today
I’m in the Galveston area for a day or two and found myself with some time to kill. SH 87 includes a TxDOT-operated ferry leaving Galveston Island. Since I’ve never been on a ferry, I took the chance to do something new. I enjoyed it quite a bit and am dubbing the event “my spring…
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ut shuttle routes’ proposed change of service
UT Shuttle Routes Proposed Changes Capital Metro (which shouldn’t it be named “Capitol Metro”?) is proposing changing a few of the routes on the UT shuttle system. They all sound good to me, but then again the only proposal to change routes does not impact me. It would reduce WL, BD and PL to two…
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I Feel For These Guys
As I mentioned yesterday, the City of Austin is closing a good portion of downtown for the Lance Armstrong parade today. When I rode the bus home yesterday, nothing seemed too distrupted. Today, however, I really feel for Cap Metro drivers. As I was riding the bus from Oltorf to campus, the first sign of…
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When We Throw A Parade
On Friday evening, there will be a parade celebrating Lance Armstrong’s sixth Tour de France victory. The parade, being held on Congress Ave south of the Capitol, will tangle up downtown traffic for more than just Friday. Parking along Congress has been blocked north of Sixth Street since yesterday morning. Congress between 11th and 9th,…