Leander

And then I think it might actually continue further, but I'm not entirely certain.

The portion that we are looking at is obviously downtown Austin to Leander, which is smack in the middle of this freight regional system.

Having joined the AW's mainline, Metrorail then curves through a beautiful and very verdant park, and then has a very brief segment of double track around MLK Jr.

Station.

And they really do deserve to be treated as such, given a level of higher status and amenity than those afforded to automobilists.

But, eh, this is Texas after all.

Anyway, after this, we find the last station of the DMU at Leander, which you can see here, and then the Austin Western carries on for hundreds of more kilometers into Texas small towns to serve, well, primarily limestone mines, but also, you can see here, there are a few freight spurs in some of the small towns along the way, and a bunch of different branches.

Notably, if you look to the left here at Leander, it is technically a double-track station with a siding, but it then actually has a crossover on the backside of the platform to make this actually a lapped siding.

Beginning next week, Capital Metro will be making some cha- changes to its rail service.

Capital Metro says it will eliminate the 6:07 AM train ride from Leander into downtown Austin, as well as the 7:20 AM trip from downtown back up into Leander.

Also, that final trip from downtown will leave 20 minutes later, pushing it back to, uh, 7:42.

The changes go into effect this coming Monday.

They may repurpose the Kramer Station, so I'm sure that they're gonna probably add some more, you know, some more trips at that point.

But even then, I don't know how many people are actually gonna be riding it.

I would like to, uh, you know, get a better accounting of, uh, you know, how many people are actually, uh, riding the train, you know, that Red Line from Leander to downtown Austin and back, you know? I am curious, you know, the, the first, I guess, uh...

Well, what is the first train leaving that Leander station, then? If it's not at 6:07, it's probably an hour later maybe, or a half hour later.

Yeah, jump in here at 512-836-0590.

I've got several people texting about this H-1B problem in certain neighborhoods, and they highlight Cedar Park and Leander as well in this story.

I believe it.

One texter says, a big blue tech company is not renewing H-1B visas.

Some people in the real estate industry have...

I guess, made some observations on their own that this appears to be what's happening.

But again, I've heard about it more in the Frisco, Salina area than I have in Cedar Park, Leander.

But it would make sense considering that there's a real high H-1B population up here, too, in Cedar Park and Leander.

Wow.

Rouse rose from 85 to an 85.4. Leander, of Leander, Texas, Austin area-

Mm-hmm

... remained third.

William, who was, who takes general effect out of the little top four, including Vista?

And g- [sighs]

Vista, Cedar Park, Rouse, Leander.

Who takes effect?

... watched some videos, but I did not go to a competition.

I'm going to Leander ISD Band Day tomorrow.

Spoiler alert.

Spoiler alert.

We've lost Cedar Park.

We've lost Rouse.

We've lost Leander.

We've lost Wakeland.

Why do you live there? Why do you live near the river?

You know, I first lived in Mason Creek in Leander when I moved here in 90.

Lived there for 10 years.

I was a firefighter in Leander.

And, you know, I just said, hey, you know what? We've got an opportunity to buy this piece of property.

It's

Abbott had never received a poll where he was losing before.

This is a first, right? And so we see in Texas already Democrats are winning where they haven't won in a long, long time, sometimes ever, this year, right? Democrats just flipped a state Senate seat in Tarrant County, just flipped a mayor's race in Pearland, just flipped a school board in SciFair and Leander mayor's race.

So can't say it's not happening in Texas because it already is, right? So the evidence is there.

The polling is there.

Abbott had never received a poll where he was losing before.

This is a first, right? And so we see in Texas already, Democrats are winning where they haven't won in a long, long time, sometimes ever, this year, right? Democrats just flipped a state Senate seat in Tarrant County, just flipped a mayor's race in Pearland, just flipped a school board in SciFair and Leander mayor's race.

So can't say it's not happening in Texas because it already is, right? So the evidence is there, the polling is there, And listen, I know we've had our hearts broken about Texas before, but we can't close our eyes to the facts and the evidence that shows this is a winnable race.

And in fact, we are at a point where we are either this close to winning or we are winning by this much, right? But we need the investment.