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Austinite here. This is a terribly sad, sad day out here. Your comment, while partially true, is not really appreciated. That said, you can't really be "surp
by MicroBerto 13y ago
Austinite here.
This is a terribly sad, sad day out here. Your comment, while partially true, is not really appreciated.
That said, you can't really be "surprised" by the enormous amounts of DUIs around here (even by our elected officials). I don't mean to be insensitive, but this is not an isolated incident.
This is a city that practically endorses party behavior, and has absolutely miserable public transportation options and a sprawling suburb area. It's a lethal combination that is getting worse and worse.
Sadly, we deal with on a weekly basis -- driving around here at night is not safe -- and there's no true solution in near sight.
Not happy.
- robbyking 13y ago>> This is a city that practically endorses party behavior, and has absolutely miserable public transportation options and a sprawling suburb area I used to live in Athens, GA, and we had the same problem: nightlife drove much of the local economy, but public transportation was nearly non-existent. The number of clearly intoxicated people getting into cars was astounding to me when I first moved, having previously lived in a city with good public transportation. The correlation between drunk driving and the availability of public transportation seems pretty clear to me.
- MicroBerto 13y agoUnfortunately, one can't build a rail line overnight. Especially when Austinites themselves voted down the larger-scale project that was on the ballot in 2000. Shot ourselves in both feet. With this city's growth, it will be very very bad for at least 20 years to come. The Mayor himself basically said so on an AMA yesterday.
- lotsofmangos 13y agoYou can buy and run subsidised night buses pretty quickly. The hard bit is the politics, not the logistics.