General Manager’s Note — September 2008
General Manager’s Note — September 2008
Written by Traci Rodriguez Friday, 26 September 2008
When I left my hometown of Houston more than a decade ago, I became a road warrior.
I drove from my college town of San Marcos back home and then from Houston to Austin after I became a resident. My first job in Austin involved commuting daily from San Marcos for six very long months. And now eight years later, I continue to log an average of 50,000 miles per year on my car.
I became a fan of bus travel in college. When possible, I’d take a book with me and hop on a Greyhound to go home to Houston to save money and mileage. Although my job does not permit me to go without a car during the week, I am in favor of getting more people off the roads and would happily take advantage of mass transit on weekends.
I can envision a time when riding the MetroRail from Lakeline to downtown and back will be a weekend excursion to get my family downtown when they visit. My brother is a live music fan, and my dad enjoys the downtown scene. It takes about 45 minutes to get to Sixth Street from my house, and then finding a parking space is another issue, plus I typically forget where that parking space is by the end of the night. Although weekend rides are not in the immediate plans, morning and evening rush hour trains are set to run soon.
With all that’s going on in and around Northwest Austin, it’s important to keep up with transportation progress.
Traci Rodriguez
trodriguez@impactnews.com
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