Austin just became a city of more than 1 million people.
A global tech hub.
A magnet for talent.
One of the fastest-growing metros in America.
And its flagship rail project has been cut to less than half its original length while costs have soared. 🤯🚆
The latest Project Connect plan is now under 10 miles long, with fewer stations and no airport connection, despite costing billions more than originally envisioned.
This is America's infrastructure problem in one story:
We want world-class cities.
We want global competitiveness.
We want economic growth.
But we make it nearly impossible to build the transit systems that world-class cities require.
You can't be a global city on highways alone.
#Austin #ATX #Texas #Transit #YallAboard
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