It's really sad because in 2000 there was a public referendum on starting the first leg of light rail that lost by less than a percentage point. If we had start

It's really sad because in 2000 there was a public referendum on starting the first leg of light rail that lost by less than a percentage point. If we had started building out then it would have been much more affordable, and we would have had good momentum and people would have seen the value of it. Instead we're still in the planning phase for the recently approved referendum that will cost billions upon billions for a few miles of stations. On the plus side, I do think Austin has done a good job building out their bike lines over the past few years. Lots of central/suburban roads now have separate bike lanes that are at least protected by those "flexi posts".