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Yes, this is the only way to demonstrate enough ridership to eventually get on Guadalupe where we really need to be, although even that's a hard sell going forward even with a successful start here. Since commuter rail's ugly ass is squatting on the suburban right-of-way the 2000 LRT line relied on for half its ridership, we have to go the other direction - and we may never get rail transit to the front door of UT or West Campus or the Triangle.

Would have been neat if some guy was warning way back then that commuter rail precluded ever getting rail down Guadalupe.