What is 'Bus Rapid Transit'?

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

Jan. 24, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

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

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

Jan. 17, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Trains! Tunnels! Billions! Austin Gets First Look at Proposed Transit Plan

Next steps: public input, May Council vote, November election

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

March 6, 2020 News Post by Mike Clark-Madison

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

The train is here

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

March 13, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Cap Metro: Riding the Shuffle Bus

Downtown bus routes shift

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

June 20, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Follow That Bus: More Changes at Cap Met

An additional MetroRapid route and an end to buses on Congress planned

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

March 28, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Another Big Year for Austin’s Transit Overhaul

Project Connect will hit milestones and legal battles in 2025

"...one for Project Connect – Austin’s $7.1 billion public transit overhaul. The program will likely face a challenging environment..."

Dec. 20, 2024 News Feature by Benton Graham

City, Cap Metro Commit to “Historic” Transit Expansion Plan

Plan includes new rail lines and enhancements to the current MetroRail Red Line, MetroRapid, and MetroBus service

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

June 12, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

MetroRapid 101: What's a Bendy Bus?

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

Jan. 24, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Breaking Down the Costs of Austin's Big Transit Plans

Double your ridership, at a price

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

Jan. 17, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Council Preview: Planning to Plan Transit Station Areas

First step? Calibrating housing access on Project Connect routes

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

March 7, 2023 News Post by Austin Sanders

What, Me Ride the Bus?

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

Aug. 8, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Capital Metro Further Suspends Transit Service

Temporary modifications aimed at combating the spread of COVID-19

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

March 27, 2020 News Post by Beth Sullivan

Cap Metro Begins Modified Transit Schedule March 18

New boarding and cleaning protocols also announced

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

March 17, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

Bus Stops Here: Two Finalists for Top Spot

Agency looks outside for new leadership

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

May 14, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols

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

Turn this train around

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

April 7, 2023 News Feature by Benton Graham

Transit in 3D

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

April 12, 2011 Postmarks

Cap Metro Hangs Hopes on “Connections 2025”

High frequency bus lines attempt to increase commuter freedom

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

Nov. 3, 2017 News Feature by Jack Craver

Urban Rail: Which Way to Connect?

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

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

Dec. 13, 2013 News Feature by Mac McCann

Watson Proposes 'Naming Rights' for Cap Metro

Names of rail line, stations could be up for corporate bid

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

Feb. 4, 2011 News Post by Lee Nichols

Austin at Large: Lord, Gotta Keep On Moving

New and welcome spirits animate the fight for transit

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

Oct. 4, 2019 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

How Do You Get From Here ... to Here?

The Austin transit system plan has vision but little consensus

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

Nov. 1, 2013 News Feature by Nick Barbaro

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

Cap Metro moves forward with high-capacity transit plan

"...open 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

Naked City

Transit Transitions

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

Oct. 15, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Cap Metro: This Is Just the Beginning

Rail service to begin March 22

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

March 5, 2010 News Post by Lee Nichols

TDH: 5/24/11

Rapid bus, ABIA cell-phone waiting, historic zoning before council

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

May 24, 2011 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Why Rail?

The city is pushing for a 2012 vote to build urban rail. The critics are asking, 'Who needs it?'

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

April 8, 2011 News Feature by Lee Nichols

FTA 'New Start' Funds MetroRapid Buses

Federal grant covers 80% of $47.6 million bus rapid transit program

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

April 20, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Here Comes MetroRapid

Cap Metro rolls out its big bendy buses, the next mode in multimodal

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

Jan. 24, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

'All Systems Go!' ... Very, Very Slowly

Cap Metro proposes a rail plan that is much less than meets the eye

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

Aug. 20, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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