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Austin Mayor is an LRT fan

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AUSTIN, TEXAS – Unlike Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, Austin Mayor Lee Leffingwell is all about surface rail, surface rail, surface rail.

Leffingwell said he didn’t realize Ford was anti-LRT until a Toronto reporter told him about it on Thursday. Ford is known for his love of subways and his disdain for LRTs. “Subways, subways, subways,” is a familiar cry from the Toronto mayor.

The two mayors met privately for around two hours Thursday and discussed a variety of municipal issues but surface rail didn’t come up.

“We did not discuss it, probably a good thing,” Leffingwell said. “I am very much in favour of surface rail.

“I think it is the solution to our mass transit problems. We’re a growing city, we’re the fourth most congested city in North America right now.”

Leffingwell said he’s in favour of building roads but thinks that’s only one piece of the puzzle.

“We’re going to need more buses, more rail lines and more roads,” he said.

He admitted he’s not anti-subway.

“I like subways too, I just wish we could do it. The problem is it costs so much more money to it,” Leffingwell said.

As for his impression of Ford, Leffingwell described him as a “great sport.”

“I could tell he’s absolutely committed to not only economic development like we are here in Austin but specifically music development,” he said.

Asked whether Ford’s controversies made him think twice about the meeting, Leffingwell shrugged.

“That’s really not my business,” he said.


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