Walker Steps Down as Cap Metro Board Chair

After 11 years, says time for "someone else" to take on "exciting challenges"

"...Press release from Capital Metro:Lee Walker Announces Retirement from Capital Metro Board of..."

March 31, 2008 News Post by Lee Nichols

Watson Surveys Stakeholders on Cap Metro Reforms

Now is the time to act, senator says

"...In 2007, Capital Metro underwent a peer review ordered by the Capital..."

Feb. 27, 2009 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Where Cap Metro Jumped the Track

Cap Metro's new interim CEO tells CAMPO what's what

"...That's how Capital Metro interim CEO Doug Allen opened his presentation to..."

Oct. 23, 2009 News Feature by Lee Nichols

What's Wrong With Cap Metro ... and What's Right

The transit agency is good at a few things – like digging itself into a public relations ditch

"...say that the month of March went poorly for Capital Metro is putting it mildly...."

April 24, 2009 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Cap Metro Courting Prospective Partners

Transit authority could extend rail and bus service well beyond Austin

"...a transit system linking the entire Central Texas region. Capital Metro's board approved a new Service Expansion Policy that..."

July 4, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Tracking Cap Metro's Eastward Proposal

The Green Line takes conceptual shape

"...regional transportation investment? For the first time, the just-released Capital Metro report "Austin-Manor-Elgin Corridor: A Preliminary Review" provides the..."

Sept. 12, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Capital Metro's Labor Woes Continue

Accusations fly from union of illegal interference in negotiations

"...you read this, Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1091 and Capital Metro's largest contractor, StarTran, will in all probability have..."

Sept. 16, 2005 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Cap Metro Seeks More Feedback on Service Plan 2020

Transit authority mapping out the next 10 years, wants to hear from you next week

"...to the Envision Central Texas plan for regional growth, Capital Metro will be seeking feedback next week over how..."

Nov. 13, 2009 News Post by Lee Nichols

All Aboard: Shake-Up on the Cap Metro Board

Changes required by the Lege will put more than just new faces on the board

"...If critics think the recent problems at Capital Metro are due to poor leadership, then decisions made..."

Oct. 30, 2009 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Housecleaning at Cap Metro

CFO and Engineering VP resign

"...of Engineering and Construction John Almond have resigned from Capital Metro at the request of new President/CEO Linda Watson...."

Oct. 15, 2010 News Post by Lee Nichols

Cap Metro Wants Budget Input

Forums to be held around town in early June

"...Capital Metro is in the early stages of planning its..."

May 21, 2010 News Post by Lee Nichols

The Capital Metro Board and GM

"...John Treviño: A Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (CAMPO) representative on the board,..."

Dec. 10, 1999 News Feature

Capital Metro Further Suspends Transit Service

Temporary modifications aimed at combating the spread of COVID-19

"...Beginning Monday, March 30, Capital Metro will temporarily suspend MetroExpress service as part of..."

March 27, 2020 News Post by Beth Sullivan

Cap Metro STILL Wants Your Budget Input

Give feedback in person or online

"...Newsdesk previously mentioned Capital Metro's budget workshops being held around town. Well, based..."

June 4, 2010 News Post by Lee Nichols

CAMPO to Hire Consultant for Cap Metro

"...Members of the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization’s new peer review committee are..."

July 11, 2007 News Post by Kimberly Reeves

Cap Metro Board Taking Shape

CAMPO's recommendations open up a slot to be filled by the city

"...The nominations committee of the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization has recommended that community activist..."

Nov. 6, 2009 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Cap Metro Ramps Up Commuter Service

More trips for public transit riders

"...could be the year of a bigger, more rideable Capital Metro. Beginning Sunday, Jan. 7, Austin’s public transit provider..."

Jan. 2, 2018 News Post by Sarah Marloff

Cap Metro Service Changes in Effect Today

South Austin, UT shuttle, and Night Owl routes see changes

"...In its latest round of service upgrades and updates, Capital Metro has unrolled changes on several South Austin, Night..."

Aug. 19, 2012 News Post by Monica Riese

Welcome to Capital Metro

Whoever the new CEO turns out to be – she'll have her hands full

"...By the time you read this, the Capital Metro board of directors may have already decided who..."

June 18, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols

What Does Austin’s Explosive Growth Mean for Capital Metro?

Big changes are coming, but it’s not clear yet what they will be

"...Big changes are coming to Capital Metro, but it's not clear yet what they will..."

Aug. 26, 2016 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Cap Metro Turns Toward a 2020 Vision

Plan suggests moving buses off Congress

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

Feb. 19, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Capital Metro Stays Its Course

All Systems Go!, but no extensions added, to a November commuter-rail vote

"...now." Thus concluded a tale of two Walkers, as Capital Metro board Chair Lee Walker told Mueller neighborhood point..."

Sept. 3, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

City and Cap Metro Contemplate How to Make a "Real City” Transit System

Following the slow march toward a vote on a multibillion-dollar investment in public transit

"...multibillion-dollar investment in public transit, as City Council and Capital Metro officials met on Tuesday, Jan. 14, to discuss..."

Jan. 17, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Cap Metro's Operating Budget

FY 2010

"...last line) actually materializes, it will be spent on capital projects, payments to area mobility projects, and building up..."

Sept. 18, 2009 News Feature

Austin @ Large: The Metro Message

It’s not a ‘campaign,’ exactly, but what is the transit authority’s tune?

"...In the much-seen, much-discussed Capital Metro "outreach" ad featuring Willie Nelson, the only bus..."

June 25, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Capital Metro Responds

"..."UT shuttle drivers consistently handle a comparable workload" to Capital Metro operators is inaccurate. ATC/Vancom shuttle bus operators are..."

May 27, 2004 Postmarks

Cap Metro Contracting: Watson and Wyatt at Odds

Transit agency and labor union still renegotiating

"...the Sunset Advisory Commission issued its now-infamous report taking Capital Metro to task for mismanaging its finances, failing to..."

April 20, 2012 News Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Cap Metro 2020: Sounds Like a Plan

Board gives early nod to restructuring of routes and schedules

"...Almost without debate, the Capital Metro board of directors on Monday gave preliminary approval..."

Feb. 26, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Funding Questions Follow Cap Metro's Court Win

Court victory creates more tension between labor and transit agency

"...As if the relationship between Capital Met­ro and its unionized workers weren't already strange enough,..."

July 2, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Cap Metro CEO Candidates on Accessibility, Finances

Forum brings out candidates' views on agency's biggest challenges

"...The two finalists for the CEO/president job at Capital Metro came to town Monday and got a taste..."

May 21, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols

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