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    Greg Abbott‏Verified account @GregAbbott_TX 5 Dec 2017

    Wonder why Austin roads are more congested? Because of policies like this that reduce car lanes. #ATXtraffichttp://www.statesman.com/news/local/austin-report-reduce-car-lanes-add-bus-and-bike-lanes-guadalupe/tnzEYFzkYdttJAhdtudSEP/ …

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      2. Joe Deshotel‏ @joethepleb 5 Dec 2017
        Replying to @GregAbbott_TX

        Actually, studies show building wider roads makes traffic worse. Would you rather we look like LA or Houston? We need to get Smarter about transportation.https://www.wired.com/2014/06/wuwt-traffic-induced-demand/ …

        3 replies 3 retweets 56 likes
      3. COLE‏ @crunchwrapsuprm 5 Dec 2017
        Replying to @joethepleb @GregAbbott_TX

        I can get around Houston way better than I can get around Austin

        4 replies 0 retweets 21 likes
      4. Joe Deshotel‏ @joethepleb 5 Dec 2017
        Replying to @crunchwrapsuprm @GregAbbott_TX

        By all means be my guest. Houston has already raised the white flag on trying to continue if widening I-10.

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      2. Casey Carr‏ @CaseyFordCarr 5 Dec 2017
        Replying to @GregAbbott_TX

        Left wing liberals don't care about Texas or Texans.

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      4. Casey Carr‏ @CaseyFordCarr 6 Dec 2017
        Replying to @BillionDeadCops @GregAbbott_TX

        If your a Democrat, you can't even care about yourself so how can you care about Texans?

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      5. Georges Danton‏ @GoldwaterRepubl 6 Dec 2017
        Replying to @CaseyFordCarr @BillionDeadCops @GregAbbott_TX

        pic.twitter.com/IZetkbKxHe

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      2. Brad‏ @WestTX2010 5 Dec 2017
        Replying to @GregAbbott_TX

        I think if cyclists get to take up the entire lane, they should be required to have license plates and pay taxes. Would be great if they actually followed traffic laws too.

        6 replies 1 retweet 14 likes
      3. Walk Farce‏ @WalkFarce 6 Dec 2017
        Replying to @WestTX2010 @GregAbbott_TX

        So you're saying that people who take up an entire lane while driving alone in a 5- to 9-passenger vehicle are different than a bicyclist taking up a lane? Some reading up on who pays for roads might also help. https://frontiergroup.org/reports/fg/who-pays-roads …

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      4. Brad‏ @WestTX2010 6 Dec 2017
        Replying to @WalkFarce @GregAbbott_TX

        Here is an article from the Texas Comptroller’s office that includes a handy section called Where the Money Comes From that seems to indicate fuel taxes and registration along with sales tax and federal funding. https://comptroller.texas.gov/economy/fiscal-notes/2016/may/road-finance.php …

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      5. Walk Farce‏ @WalkFarce 6 Dec 2017
        Replying to @WestTX2010 @GregAbbott_TX

        Cities in Texas don't use property taxes for roads? Also, 1 of every 3 federal dollars for transportation is subsidized by the US Treasury General Fund (everyone, including bicyclists), not federal gas taxes. That's $2.8 billion of TxDOT's $8.4 billion annual federal allocation

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      1. C. Alan Pritchardo‏ @cubbie9000 5 Dec 2017
        Replying to @GregAbbott_TX

        You gonna call a special session to preempt local control of city streets?

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      2. AndrewTaylor‏ @ZooTaylor 6 Dec 2017
        Replying to @GregAbbott_TX

        Perhaps if the Honorable @GregAbbott_TX doesn’t like Austin, then he should quit his job and move on. Austin is filled with brilliant people. They’ll figure it out.

        2 replies 1 retweet 11 likes
      3. lovingtexas‏ @dreamerintexas 6 Dec 2017
        Replying to @ZooTaylor @GregAbbott_TX

        Austin policies and taxes are making It too expensive and congested to live here. Traffic will always be bad. Too many people. Not enough roads.

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      4. Josh Winters‏ @J_B_Winters 9 Dec 2017
        Replying to @dreamerintexas @ZooTaylor @GregAbbott_TX

        There are always enough roads. We have no problem getting from one place to another. The problem is enabling people to live in dense configurations so that we don't all have to take up 25+ Sq ft of road for 30+ minutes every time we need to go somewhere. There are solutions.

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      5. lovingtexas‏ @dreamerintexas 9 Dec 2017
        Replying to @J_B_Winters @ZooTaylor @GregAbbott_TX

        Appreciate the thoughtful response. I would disagree that we don’t have a problem getting from one place to another. But I agree there are solutions.

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      6. Donald J. Traitor‏ @schroedinger_ 12 Dec 2017
        Replying to @dreamerintexas @J_B_Winters and

        The solution, however, will never be paving over entire cities in a quixotic attempt to accommodate single-occupancy driving by every single person.pic.twitter.com/bSbHQgeUMH

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      1. Jake‏ @Jacobbarett 6 Dec 2017
        Replying to @GregAbbott_TX

        You do realize west campus has the lowest rate of car ownership and highest usage of biking, walking and public transit in the whole city right?

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      1. Will‏ @wfrich77 5 Dec 2017
        Replying to @GregAbbott_TX

        More lanes equals more cars equals more congestion.

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