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March 6, 1998 News Feature
Off the Beaten Track
Can Light Rail Build Livable Communities?
"...St. Louis' MetroLink light rail system photograph by Rita Debellis At the..."
Nov. 21, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Rail-ly Expensive
"...Capital Metro Shows Us the Money..."
April 4, 1997 News Feature
Who Will Guide Project Connect Into the Station?
As leaders leave the station we look at who will drive the public transit redesign
"...he wrapped up his final monthly update to the Capital Metro Board of Directors as the agency's president and..."
June 3, 2022 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Labor Changes Irk Transit Workers
New law and money woes prompt Cap Metro changes
"...Nobody's ever really been happy with Capital Metro's convoluted labor structure. And now, nobody seems very..."
July 1, 2011 News Feature by Lee Nichols
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News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond
"...Capital Metro wants to hear from the public regarding its..."
Aug. 7, 2009 News Feature
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"...shape a different future from business as usual." – Capital Metro board Chair Lee Walker, announcing his retirement in..."
April 4, 2008 News Feature
Free Bus Rides on Election Day
Don't tell us you can't get to the polls. It's FREE.
"...Press release from Capital Metro: Ride Free On Election Day Capital Metro to..."
Feb. 29, 2008 News Post by Lee Nichols
One System, Multiple Modes
The map lays out the main lines of the 'multi-modal' regional transportation plans in progress
"...The Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority's toll-road plan and Capital Metro's proposed rail-and-bus plan are, in principle, designed to..."
June 4, 2004 News Feature
Austin @ Large: Austin at Large
The sluggish transportation beat picks up speed and energy after the election.
"...on the Travis Co. courthouse, cashing in the political capital he's accrued in about 15 years of throwing bombs..."
Nov. 22, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison
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Capital Metro decides to send a quarter-cent of tax money back to Austin-area communities, where it will presumably be spent on roads now that light rail has failed. But the future of light rail, it seems, is still an open question.
"...atcha, Central Texas! Your money, that is, as the Capital Metro board of directors -- in one of its..."
Dec. 15, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Postmarks
I never thought the letters in "Postmarks Forum" were real until this happened to me ...
"...as being anything except white and right becomes a capital offense punishable by death...."
Aug. 11, 2000 Column
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Transit Transitions
"...It's second-season time for Capital Metro and a whole new ball game in the..."
Oct. 15, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
In Leander and Cedar Park, Backlash Is on the Ballot
Moving away from Austin?
"...Leander Proposition A: Stay in Capital Metro?..."
April 29, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon
Eastside Parents Want Bus Routes Back
Reduced service in Montopolis, Johnston Terrace bad for students, activists claim
"...Eastside parents are calling on Capital Metro to restore routes that served students at Eastside..."
Feb. 8, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders
CodeNEXT’s New Friend, the Strategic Mobility Plan
Plans can’t be made in silos
"...turns to the developing Austin Strategic Mobility Plan and Capital Metro's like-minded projects, and how they both might play..."
Jan. 26, 2018 News Feature by Sarah Marloff
Ethanol by Rail Fuels Concerns
Cap Metro rail line may replace trucks for fuel delivery
"...frustration with what they described as poor communication from Capital Metro about the project...."
Aug. 20, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols
Can It Be? MetroRail Prepares to Launch.
Cap Metro once again announces a start date for the MetroRail
"...they insist, it's really gonna happen. To prove it, Capital Metro rolled in a car full of employees and..."
March 12, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols
Helping the 'Transit-Dependent'
Cap Metro mulls transit options for those in need
"...Capital Metro plays a huge role in meeting that need,..."
Oct. 23, 2009 News Feature by Lee Nichols
Transit Union Resists Giving Up Pay Raise
Cap Metro's budget woes fail to impress union
"...To the surprise of no one, Capital Metro's main labor subcontractor and the transit workers union..."
July 3, 2009 News Feature by Lee Nichols
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News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere
"...CAP METRO DRIVER GETS JOB BACK A federal labor arbitrator overturned..."
Aug. 8, 2008 News Feature
'All Systems Go!' ... Very, Very Slowly
Cap Metro proposes a rail plan that is much less than meets the eye
"...that might cross conservative voters. So it goes at Capital Metro, which on Monday put safety first as it..."
Aug. 20, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Postmarks
Cap Metro wants to hear your complaints; a reader asks whether the Summer Smut issue was worth the offense it generated; a radio fan finds sustenance in a substitute; and more letters to the editor.
"..."Postmarks" (August 11) upset all of us here at Capital Metro who are working hard to improve customer service..."
Sept. 1, 2000 Column
Hitting the Pavement
Building SH 130 is still being considered in terms of costs, routes, and whether it will be a toll road.
"...tells the story. Since then, the population of the metro area has doubled, and -- conventional wisdom holds --..."
Jan. 21, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Rebooted City Council Gets a New Chance to Fix Austin
10-1, take two
"...the long-gestating Austin Strategic Mobility Plan in conjunction with Capital Metro's Project Connect, and tackles the homelessness crisis facing..."
Jan. 11, 2019 News Feature by Nina Hernandez
Civics 101
"...CAPITAL METRO FARE STRUCTURE WEBINAR Capital Metro hired a consultant..."
July 12, 2013 News Column
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News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond
"...office's support in taking "appropriate measures to defend Texas' capital punishment law" – proving, yet again, that "judicial activism"..."
March 12, 2010 News Feature
Cap Met Seeks Input on Dillo
A public meeting and hearing are coming up on the proposal to eliminate Dillo service.
"...Capital Metro planners have proposed eliminating the Downtown Dillo service..."
Aug. 3, 2009 News Post by Lee Nichols
Any Way to Run a Railroad?
Cap Metro temporarily derails MetroRail
"...So why, exactly, didn't Capital Metro's new MetroRail commuter rail line start up on..."
April 3, 2009 News Feature by Lee Nichols
Bus Drivers Back at the Table
No one's headed to the picket lines yet, as Cap Metro negotiators have agreed to return to negotiations with the bus drivers' union
"...Transit Union 1091 is set to resume talks with Capital Metro labor subcontractor StarTran soon, despite last week's landslide..."
