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Transportation is the second highest household expense after housing.

Plano railThe average American household spends 32 cents of each after-tax dollar on housing, followed by 19 cents on transportation. In areas with rail transit, however, residents around rail stops spend just 9% of their household budget on transportation.

 

 

Rail Headlines"According to CAMPO figures, in 2001 the price of gas was 89ยข a gallon. Today, it is $3.57 a gallon. So, the question is whether we want to pursue a roads-only future or diversify our transportation system."

Read all of Brewster's online chat with Statesman reporter Ben Wear.

 

"Gasoline could hit $7 a gallon in four years: CIBC."

Read the full MarketWatch.com story.

 

"Driven by recording-breaking passenger traffic, Austin Bergstrom International Airport is flying high."

Read the full Statesman story.

 

 

 

austin's transportation future

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By not having an urban light rail system, Austin is a national outlier among cities its size.

Houston Light Rail

Houston's light rail system connects downtown and the city's major hospitals and arts institutions. It has the nation's second highest ridership per track mile.

These cities already have urban light rail or streetcar rail systems: