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"...Capital Metro calls the new MetroRapid service a bus rapid transit system (BRT), but that..."

"...expected November vote on a multibillion-dollar investment in public transit, as City Council and Capital Metro officials met on..."

"...has released its recommended Project Connect plan for high-capacity transit in Austin - with light rail in the Lamar/Guadalupe/South..."

"...2,000 votes in the same election that brought you Bush vs. Gore, an Austin with about 50% more people..."

"...time in decades, Capital Metro has taken all its buses off the city's major Downtown thoroughfare, and switched them..."

"...change in January, when it rolled out its first MetroRapid bus rapid transit service. Now it's planning two more..."

"...the two entities to seek funding from the Federal Transit Administration – and voter approval of local funding –..."

"...So what's the deal with those weird accordion buses? That's a MetroRapid bus, part of the new bus..."

"...of numbers to use when talking about how much transit will cost and what Austin gets for that price..."

"...As City Council prepares to adopt an Equitable Transit Oriented Development plan, staff is trying to manage expectations..."

"...The meaty questions delve into issues such as the transit agency's mission, its core constituency and service area, and..."

"...will temporarily suspend MetroExpress service as part of the transit agency’s latest precautions aimed at combating the spread of..."

"...Capital Metro, Austin’s public transit service, will operate on a modified schedule starting Wednesday,..."

"...a desire for a fresh start for the troubled transit agency, board member Norm Chafetz, the chair of Cap..."

"...it's a stark change in approach for the Austin Transit Partnership, which Can­nally has headed since May 2022. In..."

"...intersections? What problems does a streetcar solve that a bus can't? And why are we continuing to think of..."

"...That's how Jarrett Walker, a widely read transit evangelist, describes the basis for a sound system of..."

"...for Urban Rail Action. According to Montgomery, AURA, the transit advocacy group, strongly prefers "a fair comparison" of the..."

"...have long branded that organization as a Mickey Mouse transit agency – but could it now officially become one?..."

"...Central Library to lift up in praise the mammoth transit bond package local voters will almost surely see on..."

"...goes according to plan, the future course of mass transit in Central Texas will be decided within the next..."

"...open house, Capital Metro's dreams of operating a high-capacity transit system are becoming clearer, if not happening any sooner...."

"...league. With last week's presentation of the agency's staff-recommended transit alternative -- the "blueprint," in their words, for what..."

"...Capital Metro officials announced this afternoon, is when the transit agency will finally launch its MetroRail Red Line, the..."

"...gone. After the jump, agenda highlights including funding for rapid bus service, a cell-phone waiting area at the airport,..."

"...and you may come away convinced that rail-based mass transit is about as desirable for a city as an..."

"...United States." That was the bleak diagnosis from Federal Transit Administrator Peter Rogoff when he visited Austin last week...."

"...how Capital Metro hopes to sell its newest development, MetroRapid buses, to Austin's ever-growing business commuter community...."

"...Don't cross in front of the bus. Don't try to beat the train at railroad crossings...."

"...about 50% larger, and the area will need a transit system to accommodate that...."