Project Disconnect

We plan the transit boondoggle for Central Texas's next real-estate bonanza. Parody account (duh).

[Project Disconnect @CrapMetroPlans]

Don't listen to the out of town (and from town) haters.

Say it with us. Autonomous Rapid Transit. Affordable. Flexible. Minimally disruptive.

Autonomous Rapid Transit. Affordable. Flexible. Minimally disruptive.

#ProjectConnect

[Project Disconnect @CrapMetroPlans]

why not both? #ART

[Simon Berrebi @SimonBerrebi]

Don't think AVs can replace transit says AV expert @NW_Horadam. #GAPOL

https://t.co/c6L5Jd8dcA

[Project Disconnect @CrapMetroPlans]

A winning endorsement for BRT (lite)!

[LHenry @LHenry_rch]

Pittsburgh's busway (bus rapid transit) system opened 1977, now has 3 branches (East, South, West), 21.3 miles total, carrying 66 routes with ~61,600 weekday ridership.

Port Authority Transit of Pittsburgh Busway System https://t.co/auacthlVRE via @YouTube

[Project Disconnect @CrapMetroPlans]

See how we solved all of the right-of-way problems? That's just how good we are. ^JP

[Julio Gonzalez Altamirano @juliogatx]

Well, this is quirky. Between the March 1st meeting document posting and the presentation today, the CapMetro folks reduced the amount of "red" (a.k.a. "challenging") on their ROW constraint map.

[Project Disconnect @CrapMetroPlans]

yawn

[Austin Coalition for Transit @AustinTransit]

@juliogatx @breathesgelatin Orange Line Timelines Going Forward: March 25th approval of primary contractor by CMTA Board. April FTA-required public scoping meetings. Data collected @ scoping meetings will help determine mode, bus or rail, as the only build option advanced into the full NEPA process in '20.

[Project Disconnect @CrapMetroPlans]

O yeah, well what r you gonna do about it

[Julio Gonzalez Altamirano @juliogatx]

There's a chance that the CapMetro CEO's consistent exaltation of both the Red and Green commuter rail lines will, actually, lead to continued operating fund committments for the Red Line and inclusion of the something for the Green Line in the likely '20 mobility bond. 1/2

[Project Disconnect @CrapMetroPlans]

This but unironically

[CapMetro @CapMetroATX]

The #CapMetroBoard voted to approve a contract with Jay-Reese Contractors for the construction of the new Downtown MetroRail Station, supported in part by a @TxDOT grant. “This is an opportunity to fulfill the potential of the Red Line.”
- @CapMetroCEO Randy Clarke

[Project Disconnect @CrapMetroPlans]

We at #ProjectConnect are happy to see the #ASMP support our shared vision for an Austin that is #dense, #compact, #green, #transitoriented, #connected, #walkable, #bikeable, #mixeduse and #mixedincome.

#ImagineAustin #VisionZero #SmartGrowth #hashtags #socialmedia #urbanism

[KVUE News @KVUE]

City of #Austin releases final draft of 'Austin Strategic Mobility Plan'
https://t.co/lvBoGxVAeQ

[Project Disconnect @CrapMetroPlans]

@AURAatx I didn't actually read it. It's sooo long.

Here's a suggested abbreviation: "We support everything the City of Austin and Capital Metro are planning, unconditionally and unquestionably." There! That's all you had to say.

[Project Disconnect @CrapMetroPlans]

So, uhm, it's about time we responded to @AURAatx's "Response to the Project Connect Vision Plan" blog post. https://t.co/k2GGEXbNET

[Jay Blazek Crossley @JayCrossley]

If I'm reading this right, I believe we have a serious robot bus bill, HB 2219, filed in #txlege by @CeliaIsrael to allow for the possibility of robot buses running in trains:

https://t.co/XogQXEshpA

[Project Disconnect @CrapMetroPlans]

Ackshually, it's your job as nerds to cheerlead the establishment planning-industrial complex.

Get to it nerds.

[Jay Blazek Crossley @JayCrossley]

There are so many things that are so good in this draft Austin Strategic Mobility Plan. However, it is our job as nerds to point out the problems. And we have perhaps weeks to help finish this before #ATXCouncil finalizes it.

Get to it nerds.

https://t.co/2gHCvaIISk

[Project Disconnect @CrapMetroPlans]

As we've always said, #ProjectConnect will have #dedicatedpathways, not bus lanes. ^JP

[Austin Coalition for Transit @AustinTransit]

@austinmonitor @JoClifton78704 "Either way, he said, the system must have dedicated lanes that do not take space away from existing traffic lanes." Could you clarify this statement, @MayorAdler?

[Project Disconnect @CrapMetroPlans]

#ART

[Project Disconnect @CrapMetroPlans]

Reports of a resurrection of light rail are greatly exaggerated. @MayorAdler

[Project Disconnect @CrapMetroPlans]

conspiracy theory, pay no attention

[Project Disconnect @CrapMetroPlans]

The genius of #AutonomousRapidTransit is that it will remove all human error! ^JP

[AURA: Austinites for Urban Rail Action @aura_atx]

Let the transit riders eat cake! (And use their own coins like peasants).

[Project Disconnect @CrapMetroPlans]

Modes delayed until 2020, suckers!

We would place our bets on #AutonomousRapidTransit tho

[Austin Coalition for Transit @AustinTransit]

Stories to follow in 2019: @CapMetroATX to start studies on two key corridors under Project Connect https://t.co/cGQYu3wHhn by @write_riot via @impactnews_nwa

[Project Disconnect @CrapMetroPlans]

@NeilGoing When have we not supported ART?

[Project Disconnect @CrapMetroPlans]

Where you rail fetishists see a "sad story," we see an opportunity for #innovative new transit modes like #AutonomousRapidTransit.

[average urbanism enjoyer 🏙🚎🚇🚲🆒 @A_p_walker]

Sad story in Austin—the line on the left was built to avoid opposition, instead of the plan on the right that would have been much more useful.

[Project Disconnect @CrapMetroPlans]

Don't recall, but it sounds like a great idea. ^JP

[Caleb Pritchardo @cubbie9000]

Remember I-35 "Super BRT"?