Can Project Connect Connect?

Advisory group receives preferred corridor recommendation

"...On Friday, May 2, the Project Connect team presented its “Locally Preferred Alternative” recommendation for..."

May 6, 2014 News Post by Michael King

Opinion: Can Project Connect Actually Meet Our Needs?

The question remains if Project Connect will produce a public transit system that people will choose over their own cars

"...temperatures and gas prices, we need to ask, will Project Connect's $7+ billion tax plan give us a public..."

Aug. 12, 2022 Column by Barbara Epstein

Project Connect: It’s East Riverside and Highland

Recommendation to CCAG chooses initial corridors for rail

"...Earlier today, Project Connect made its official recommendation to Mayor Lee Leffingwell’s..."

Nov. 15, 2013 News Post by Mac McCann

Council Moves to Ensure People Actually Live Near Project Connect Stations

What’s the point of public transit if nobody can use it?

"...When Project Connect’s new light rail lines and expanded bus routes..."

March 10, 2023 News Post by Austin Sanders

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

Diving into the iterations of the public transit redesign

"...Project Connect was pitched to voters in 2020 as a..."

June 3, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

From Light Rail to a Downtown Tunnel: The Parts of Project Connect

Diving into the plan

"...The Project Connect system plan and "initial investment" – the latter..."

Sept. 25, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Project Connect’s Paxton Problem

As new cost estimate and timeline are revealed, the project faces potential delays from the A.G. and a lawsuit

"...since 2020 whether or not Austin’s major transit overhaul, Project Connect, will ever get built – mostly thanks to..."

April 5, 2024 News Feature by Lina Fisher

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

Turn this train around

"...since May 2022. In the years since voters approved Project Con­nect, ATP revealed exciting ideas to Austin­ites, such as..."

April 7, 2023 News Feature by Benton Graham

Project Connect Accelerates

As decisions near, controversy dogs urban rail plan

"...rail proposal, familiarly known as the initial phase of "Project Connect." The recommendation will move to the City Council,..."

June 13, 2014 News Feature by Mac McCann

Can Project Connect Connect?

Advisory group receives preferred corridor recommendation

"...On Friday, May 2, the Project Connect team presented its Locally Preferred Alternative recommendation for..."

May 9, 2014 News Feature by Michael King

Project Connect’s Light Rail System Threatens to Close Austin’s Historic Burger Joint

Dirty Martin's on Guadalupe faces displacement

"...Guadalupe Street and Nueces Street. Now a proposed transit system could close the restaurant for good...."

July 22, 2022 Food Feature by Ky Miller

Who Will Guide Project Connect Into the Station?

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

"...into the 21st century with a high-capacity, congestion-proof transit system at its foundation. While county commissioner and Board Chair..."

June 3, 2022 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Meet the Emerging Opposition to Project Connect

Not on board

"...directors voted unanimously on June 10 to adopt the Project Connect transit system plan, including three light rail lines,..."

June 19, 2020 News Feature by Nataleah Small

Project Connect Unveils Cap Metro's Orange Line

The first route in a high-capacity transit plan

"...Clarke described it – is part of the larger Project Connect, a comprehensive plan to build a "high-capacity transit"..."

April 12, 2019 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Project Connect: Central Corridor Options

Last public workshop considers the future of high-capacity transit

"...12, at Midway Field House on East Riverside, the Project Connect Central Corridor study team hosted the last public..."

April 18, 2014 News Feature by Mac McCann

Project Connect's Blue Line to Connect Austin Airport to Downtown

Cap Metro moves forward with high-capacity transit plan

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

May 24, 2019 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Opinion: We Deserve Project Connect

The executive director of Transit Forward makes the case for the city's ambitious public transportation expansion

"...Luckily Austin voters overwhelmingly passed Project Connect in 2020, so this way is coming with..."

Aug. 26, 2022 Column by Bill McCamley

Council Wants More Housing Near Project Connect Stations

Bring on the trains

"...to allow as much housing as possible near future Project Connect stations is critical to the long-term success of..."

April 19, 2024 News Feature by Austin Sanders

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

Council to pass the joint (powers agreement)

"...city and Cap Metro last year to oversee the Project Connect build-out – ended without adoption of a joint..."

Nov. 5, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

New Transit Agency Takes Command of Project Connect

Let's get rolling!

"...from election night – the resounding victory of the Project Connect transit plan – has been quietly nurtured through..."

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

New Project Connect Maps Unveiled

Making rail a reality

"...a sweaty Central Library space to take in five Project Connect rail design options during a March 21 open..."

March 24, 2023 News Feature by Benton Graham

Public Notice: Connecting with Project Connect

Capital Metro announces next round of public input on Orange, Blue light rail lines

"...public input sessions on the Orange and Blue line projects, the two light rail lines that will form the..."

July 9, 2021 News Column by Nick Barbaro

City, Cap Metro to Seal the Deal on Project Connect

Now the voters need to agree

"...Partnership, the joint venture that will build out the Project Connect transit plan should Austin voters agree in November..."

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

Project Connect Unveils Vision of a Car-Free Drag

Cars, buses, and trains jockey for position on revamped Guadalupe Street

"...Project Connect planners unveiled a new plan for Guadalupe Street..."

June 17, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

City Council Takes on a Safer Sixth Street, Project Connect, and More

Council tackles a 63-item agenda

"...can be amended to make implementation of mobility bond projects a smoother process. The city is still working through..."

March 4, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Project Connect DOA

"...17 issue had a major article on the upcoming Project Connect transit plan ["Get On Board," News]. But nowhere..."

Jan. 23, 2020 Postmarks

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

Project Connect looks to help make connections

"...A mobility system that depends so heavily on people driving alone also..."

Sept. 25, 2020 News Feature by Jack Craver

Urban Rail: Which Way to Connect?

Project Connect recommends a rail corridor – and transit advocates board opposing trains

"...city officials on the development of urban rail, approved Project Connect's sub-corridor recommendations of East Riverside and Highland by..."

Dec. 13, 2013 News Feature by Mac McCann

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

"...transit authority emphasized how the plan envisioned by the Project Connect effort – with a price tag estimated at..."

Jan. 17, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Three Project Options

"...and local leaders appointed by Mayor Lee Leffingwell), the Project Connect team presented three different options for a route..."

June 13, 2014 News Feature by Mac McCann

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