Is Anybody Using This Room?
The light-rail agency dropped a $47 million downtown office plan and took the cheaper space next door. I drafted a formal resolution of commendation, with conditions, because praise this rare needs paperwork.
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I Have Waited for Every Train This Town Ever Promised Me
MetroRail is dark through Thursday so crews can work on the North Burnet/Uptown station, due in 2027. I spent the morning on an empty platform tallying every Austin train I've waited for, real or theoretical.
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Lost Property Report No. 2020-A
I still have the 2020 light-rail mailer on my fridge, so I filed a lost property report for everything that's gone missing from it since: one tunnel, one airport leg, and roughly six years.
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