The Austin Transit Partnership Recommends the Flexible Light Rail Option

Stretching the light rail

"...The Austin Transit Partnership has whittled down its light rail options..."

May 23, 2023 News Post by Benton Graham

Austin Transit Partnership Needs Your Input as Project Connect Enters Its Trade-Offs Era

Turn this train around

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

April 7, 2023 News Feature by Benton Graham

Transit Proposal Arrives, Right on Time

City, Cap Metro create Project Connect partnership

"...At a joint meeting beset by tech gremlins, the Austin City Council and Capital Metro board of directors on..."

Aug. 14, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin at Large: This Train Will Leave on Time

But Project Connect's power structure bends a bit to help everyone get on board

"...property tax rate earmarked for) the major overhaul of Austin's transit system was tantamout to creating a new local..."

Oct. 29, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

New Transit Agency Takes Command of Project Connect

Let's get rolling!

"...Nov. 3 to Inaug­u­ra­tion Day on Jan. 20, the transition to a new era of federal government was as..."

Jan. 29, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Will the Third Time Be a Charm for an Austin Rail System?

Project Connect looks to help make connections

"...one thing that almost everyone can agree on in Austin, it's that our transportation situation is unacceptable and unsustainable...."

Sept. 25, 2020 News Feature by Jack Craver

Austin's Transportation Future: What Will It Look Like in 2033?

Highways, headless horsemen, and high-speed trains: The ghost of our transportation future

"...A train traveling over 200 miles per hour from Austin to Dallas. A car driving down I-35 with nobody..."

Nov. 10, 2023 News Feature by Benton Graham

Cool Austin, Cool Planet

This Earth Day, the ambitious Austin Climate Protection Plan celebrates a first year of slow, quiet, but impressive progress

"...than a year – do you know where your Austin Climate Protection Plan is?..."

April 18, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Big, Bold, and Costly: Austin’s Makes a Third Try at Rail Transit

The train is here

"...same election that brought you Bush vs. Gore, an Austin with about 50% more people will almost certainly, this..."

March 13, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Parks Board Recommends Zilker Plan Despite Misinformation-Fueled Outrage

Stakeholders respond to 5,000-seat amphitheater concerns

"...The Zilker Park Vision Plan has cleared its last..."

May 26, 2023 News Post by Lina Fisher

Austin at Large: Ain’t No Highway Wide Enough

TxDOT abandons any pretense of new thinking about I-35. It's time to stop them.

"...it has abandoned already, for rebuilding I-35 through Central Austin: what the agency calls the Capital Express Central project...."

Aug. 20, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Soccer in Austin: The Road to Realness

What'll happen at McKalla Place? Good question.

"...for the potentially incoming Columbus Crew, soccer fans in Austin are now one step closer to having their own..."

April 6, 2018 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Point Austin: Elections and Consequences

You never know what you're gonna get

"...begin, we should savor the two biggest victories for Austin: Barack Obama's re-election and the Central Health medical school/medical..."

Nov. 9, 2012 News Column by Michael King

Imagining Austin

Austinites begin a new comprehensive plan for the city's future

"...them up to inspire a dozen tables of engaged Austinites who attended a comprehensive planning kickoff community workshop at..."

Jan. 29, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Concerns About Equity and Worker Safety Push Project Connect Negotiations Into Overtime

Council to pass the joint (powers agreement)

"...week's joint meeting between City Council, the Capital Metro Board of Directors, and the board of the Austin Transit..."

Nov. 5, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Who Will Guide Project Connect Into the Station?

As leaders leave the station we look at who will drive the public transit redesign

"...up his final monthly update to the Capital Metro Board of Directors as the agency's president and CEO. The..."

June 3, 2022 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Taking a Look at the Neighborhoods That Will Be Changed the Most by Project Connect

Diving into the iterations of the public transit redesign

"...voters in 2020 as a complete transformation of public transit in Austin. That doesn't come cheap; those voters needed..."

June 3, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Cap Metro CEO Departing to D.C.

Randy Clarke is set to head Washington D.C.’s transit authority

"...Capital Metro CEO Randy Clarke, who led the transit authority through the development and voter approval of the..."

May 13, 2022 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...As COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continue to rise in Austin-Travis County, Austin Public Health officials are urging residents to..."

Dec. 25, 2020 News Feature

Mayo-Tary Pete Takes The Train to Saltillo, SXSW

Buttigieg tips his cap to Austin's massive mobility investments

"...Mayor Pete – joined his friend Mayor Steve (Adler), Austin's political A-listers, and a big SXSW crowd to talk..."

March 17, 2022 SXSW Post by Mike Clark-Madison

City, Cap Metro to Seal the Deal on Project Connect

Now the voters need to agree

"...since 2018, the City Council and the Capital Metro board of directors are set to make it official –..."

Aug. 7, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

With Project Connect in Flux, Here’s How to Get Involved

Community engagement so far has lacked diversity

"...cost estimates from $7.1 billion to over $10 billion, Austin's transit leaders began to think through aspects that could..."

Dec. 30, 2022 News Feature by Benton Graham

New Project Connect Maps Unveiled

Making rail a reality

"...Community members, Austin Transit Partnership staff, and city officials gathered in a..."

March 24, 2023 News Feature by Benton Graham

A New Council With New Energy Aims to Get City Hall Unstuck

Change is coming, but how much?

"...use; between Council and troubled city agencies like the Austin Police Department; and between Council and City Manager Spencer..."

Jan. 20, 2023 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Public Notice: We Have Seen the Future, and ...

Deconstructing Project Connect’s new vision for light rail

"...Austin Transit Partnership unveiled their long-awaited transit plan revision at..."

March 24, 2023 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: School Boards and Rail Lines

Searching for a super, roughing out the rail routes

"...The Austin Independent School Dis­trict Board of Trustees will be selecting..."

March 17, 2023 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: Setting an Agenda for Land Use

"...week (June 9) regarding properties along the city's priority transit corridors. One is a largely technical fix to the..."

June 3, 2022 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...Paxton. The lawsuit centers around whether or not the Austin Transit Partnership, the local governmental entity created to oversee..."

June 21, 2024 News Feature

MetroRapid Buses Get MetroDelayed

Two lines pushed back to 2025

"...run from Mueller to Goodnight Ranch in far Southeast Austin, and from the Expo Center in far East Austin..."

Feb. 24, 2023 News Feature by Benton Graham

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...failings made by the Times' (mostly) retracted podcast Caliphate. Austin's NPR affiliate is among four public radio stations that..."

Jan. 22, 2021 News Feature

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