Public Process Starts on Bus Fare Increases

Cap Met seeks input

"...approved a staff proposal to bump the scheduled August fare increases up to January. Before they can make a..."

Oct. 13, 2009 News Post by Lee Nichols

Cap Metro Wants Input on Proposed Fare Increases

Agency wants increase to 75 cents next year and $1 in 2010

"...Directors public hearing to gain feedback on a proposed fare increase that could take effect January 2009...."

June 5, 2008 News Post by Lee Nichols

Cap Metro Accelerates Plans for Fare Hike

Transit agency seeks fare increases

"...from staff to further increase and accelerate hikes in fare rates, which the board had already voted to increase..."

Aug. 14, 2009 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Fare Fight

The pending sale of Roy's Taxi company raises a host of Austin memories

"...surcharges (Roy's takes 10% of credit card purchases, voucher fares, and Capital Metro-financed Special Transit Service fees for disabled..."

June 9, 2006 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Cap Metro: The Fewer the Merrier

Budget cuts target Cap Metro's most vulnerable riders

"..."Our fiscal year 2011 draft budget increases MetroBus and MetroRail service, increases our financial reserves and..."

Sept. 17, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Can't Get There From Here

While suburban rail spends and stumbles, Cap Metro's transit-dependent riders wait at the end of the line

"...officials. But lately, the board has voted to raise fares, trim bus routes, change policies regarding services for the..."

Jan. 22, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Naked City

Ridership is up and sales tax is down, but the transit authority manages to avoid budget crisis

"...than 77% of the transit authority's total revenue; passenger fares make up less than 3%. Increases in other revenue..."

Aug. 29, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Limited Access: Cap Metro Gets Tough on Paratransit

Cap Metro changes could leave disabled customers without a ride

"...lot of ground, including financial reserves, employee raises, and increases in fares and rail service. But one issue dominated..."

Oct. 1, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Logical Error

Cap Metro's rail and budget travails

"...reserves would likely make service cuts necessary and that fare increases previously scheduled for August 2010 would need to..."

Sept. 4, 2009 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Riding to the End of the Line

Can Cap Metro weather the recession, balance its books ... and run the buses and trains on time?

"...over the next fiscal year, cutting service while raising fares is exactly what Capital Metro proposes to do. That..."

Sept. 18, 2009 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Cap Metro FY 2011: The Highs and Lows

Transit agency looks to partly cloudy budget future

"...about 2.5 million riders to 31 million, due to fare increases enacted in FY 10...."

Sept. 10, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Gas Prices Send Central Texans to the Bus

Capital Metro awash in new riders

"...perhaps that’s a plug in favor of the proposed fare increases? Just how much can you save riding the..."

July 22, 2008 News Post by Lee Nichols

Proposed FY 2010 Budget: Highlights

"...of federal stimulus money will be used to forestall fare increases until August...."

Sept. 4, 2009 News Feature

Capital Metro Shouldn't Raise Rates

"...misleading at best when it claims it hasn't raised fares since 1985 [“Streetcar Plans Unveiled,” News, Nov. 3]. They..."

Nov. 6, 2006 Postmarks

Cap Met: The Drama Continues

A balanced budget, no train, and union leader locked out

"...up a public input process to move scheduled August fare increases up to January, in the hopes of bringing..."

Sept. 29, 2009 News Post by Lee Nichols

Watson Surveys Stakeholders on Cap Metro Reforms

Now is the time to act, senator says

"...• Fares: Give CAMPO final say over fare increases, but allow..."

Feb. 27, 2009 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Good Luck Eats for New Year's Day

Southern food traditions and recipes to ensure prosperity in 2013

"...In the Deep South, three dishes are requisite fare on New Year’s Day, and the enduring popularity of..."

Dec. 29, 2012 Food Post by Mick Vann

Problems With Cap Metro's Spending

"...adverse impact of Capital Metro's service cuts while raising fares. A specific reference might made, for example, to the..."

Dec. 2, 2010 Postmarks

Cap Metro Survey Shows Drop in Satisfaction

Express and UT shuttles make for happier customers

"...to 2008," Shaivitz said, citing possible factors such as fare increases, a drop in gas prices since 2008, reductions..."

Aug. 6, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Cap Met Survey: Reason to Celebrate or Worry?

Most bus riders satisfied but numbers show cause for concern

"...to 2008,” Shaivitz said, citing possible factors such as fare increases, a drop in gas prices since 2008, reductions..."

Aug. 2, 2010 News Post by Lee Nichols

Cap Met Budget Proposals Start Flying

Board member suggests protections for poor; staff says stimulus money could forestall fare increases

"...part of the proposal, a previous plan to move fare increases up from August 2010 to January would be..."

Aug. 28, 2009 News Post by Lee Nichols

Cap Metro's Budget Blues

Cap Metro prepares for cutbacks but finds a little dough to continue printing a schedule book

"...review and input Sept. 1-21, including public hearings about fare increases and the overall budget Sept. 21. Final adoption..."

Aug. 28, 2009 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Headlines

"...would file a complaint against Capital Metro over proposed fare increases. Joined by House the Homeless and three Austinites,..."

Aug. 1, 2008 News Feature

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere

"...and voted to start the public consultation process on fare increases. But the board did not vote to close..."

May 23, 2008 News Feature

Streetcar Plans Unveiled

Capital Metro unveiled its streetcar circulator route for Downtown and Mueller at its recent board meeting, but the agency still managed to see that announcement upstaged by a proposal to double current bus fares and a likely impending labor squabble.

"...announcement upstaged by a proposal to double current bus fares and a likely impending labor squabble...."

Nov. 3, 2006 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Point Austin: Double or Nothing

Cap Metro fumbles the ball ... again

"...The latest fiasco surrounds the proposed "fare adjustment," which would double the basic bus fare from..."

Sept. 21, 2007 News Column by Michael King

Wheels in Motion for New Bus Fares

Capital Metro approves a fare increase for January

"...On the upside: Even after Capital Metro raises fares, a ride on one of the agency's buses will..."

Nov. 13, 2009 News Feature by Lee Nichols

It Takes a Village to Eat Safely With Food Allergies

Local restaurants adapt to the growing number of Americans with food allergies

"...According to Food Allergy Research and Education (FARE), there are as many as 15 million people in..."

Feb. 2, 2018 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

Article Wrong About FQHCs

"...other requirements. Although some health centers did receive funding increases, so did some Planned Parenthood organizations. Both providers also..."

Feb. 1, 2006 Postmarks

Council Watch

Council shrinks Champion development at Loop 360 and RM 2222; taxi drivers want to raise fares, Gary Bradley development agreement doesn't provide enough information.

"...Watershed is bad and bound to get worse.Are Taxi Fares Fair? The city's taxi drivers are miffed at council..."

Dec. 10, 1999 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

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