Limited Access: Cap Metro Gets Tough on Paratransit

Cap Metro changes could leave disabled customers without a ride

"...of directors meeting: changes to MetroAccess, the transit agency's paratransit service...."

Oct. 1, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Access Denied

Cap Metro saving money means hardship for neediest riders

"...Because the Chandlers are qualified for Capital Metro's MetroAccess paratransit services, they could call a cab – usually driven..."

July 8, 2011 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Rolling Rebellion at Capital Metro

Budget cuts threaten transit services for the disabled

"...Cap Metro's planned cuts to STS, also known as paratransit services. Under the Americans With Disabilities Act, Cap Metro..."

April 4, 2008 News Feature by Justin Ward

Naked City

"...Cap Metro Paratransit Lawsuit..."

March 4, 2011 News Feature

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere

"...sides came up with a prescription for the agency's paratransit pains: more talking. At a court-mandated public mediation hearing,..."

Aug. 15, 2008 News Feature

Cap Metro 2020: Sounds Like a Plan

Board gives early nod to restructuring of routes and schedules

"...of the Americans With Dis­abil­ities Act – which require paratransit service within three-fourths of a mile of any route..."

Feb. 26, 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

"...does have another choice in these situations: MetroAccess, the paratransit service, which will deliver her to locations within Cap..."

Jan. 22, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Cap Metro Contracting: Watson and Wyatt at Odds

Transit agency and labor union still renegotiating

"...long-awaited recommendations on contractors for fixed-route bus and door-to-door paratransit services. If the board approves those recommendations at its..."

April 20, 2012 News Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Cap Metro Changes: 'Lipstick on a Pig'

Activists for people with disabilities trying to thwart transit plans

"...brakes on already-approved plans for changes to Capital Metro's paratransit service (van and car rides for those who cannot..."

Dec. 17, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Cap Metro FY 2011: The Highs and Lows

Transit agency looks to partly cloudy budget future

"...are expected to eat up 68% of the budget, paratransit services 17%, freight operations 7%, and MetroRail 6%...."

Sept. 10, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Watson Takes Cap Metro Wheel

New CEO's first order of business is to clean up transit agency's image

"...activists from the disability community repeated charges that Lynx's paratransit service has not been fully in compliance with Americans..."

July 30, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Welcome to Capital Metro

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

"...• reduced bus and paratransit service while building the line;..."

June 18, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Access Denied: Cap Metro Blocks Blind Contender

Transit agency's Access Committee cries foul over board decision

"...the agreement when it moved the Access Committee from Paratransit to the organizational umbrella of Business and Community Development,..."

Oct. 24, 2008 News Feature by Justin Ward

Committee Approves Bus Fare Hike

Raises approved for all except elderly and disabled passengers

"...$1 by 2010, and prices for monthly passes and paratransit ride booklets (regarding services for the elderly and disabled)..."

Aug. 8, 2008 News Feature by Justin Ward

Cap Metro Disability-Service Cuts on Hold

The Texas Civil Rights Project has been given more time to fight Cap Metro's changes to services for the disabled

"...a fixed bus. Barton said that many who need paratransit services won't show, because they can't make it to..."

July 4, 2008 News Feature by Justin Ward

Happenings

March 20-27

"...MEETINGS ON CAPITAL METRO PARATRANSIT CHANGES Capital Metro has proposed some changes to its..."

March 21, 2008 News Feature

Public Notice: The Calendar Turns

Happy anniversary, and here's a card ...

"...Metro services at no charge, including bus, train, and paratransit. (ACC is paying Cap Metro a flat annual fee..."

Aug. 31, 2018 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Hurricane Harvey Resources

Sites, social media, and emergency resources to help weather the storm

"...CapMetro is currently using their paratransit services to help evacuate residents from Corpus Christi to..."

Aug. 25, 2017 Emergency Post by Katarina Brown

Prop. 1: False Advertising Claims Escalate

City officials deny claims on background checks

"...Who's Driving You?, an initiative of the Taxicab, Limou­sine & Paratransit Association that's been advertising against Uber and Lyft on..."

April 22, 2016 News Feature by Mac McCann

Here Comes MetroRapid

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

"...Campus. According to Dottie Watkins, vice president of Bus & Paratransit Services, UT is "very excited about what the 803..."

Jan. 24, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Cap Metro: A Couple Years of Labor Peace?

McDonald Transit and Amalgamated Transit Union reach an agreement

"...month with Dallas-based MV Transportation, which manages Cap Metro's paratransit routes. Wyatt said those discussions, which also began last..."

March 22, 2013 News Feature by Michael King

Union Charges Cap Metro Subcontract Conflicts

Was cronyism involved in picking those new subcontractors?

"...late April approval of two contracts for fixed-route and paratransit bus service would bring a long-awaited end to the..."

May 11, 2012 News Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Crème De La Cap Metro

Local bus drivers rock Texas State Bus Roadeo

"...Bus Roadeo in Memphis, Tenn., on May 22, and paratransit operators Wally Acosta and Ted Ward will go to..."

April 8, 2011 News Feature by Lee Nichols

New Year = New Transit Fares

Bus-dependent riders say Cap Metro favoring suburbanites

"...time we take the handicapped bus [MetroAccess, the agency's paratransit service]. If we are using the fixed rail system,..."

Nov. 19, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols

MetroAccess Public Meetings Begin

Expect fierce discussion over paratransit changes

"...over proposed changes, including cuts to Capital Metro's MetroAccess (paratransit) service continues next week. See a schedule of public..."

Sept. 10, 2010 News Post by Lee Nichols

Cap Metro to Suburbanites: Get Off the Bus

Transit agency could pull the plug on northwest express routes

"...entire board to urge against cuts to the agency's paratransit service, MetroAccess. The board passed a resolution directing staff..."

Aug. 27, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols

MetroRail in Search of Riders

Cap Metro moves to fill Red Line's empty seats

"...– and, in fact, Cap Metro trimmed bus and paratransit services while completing the Red Line in order to..."

July 16, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Watson to Take Cap Metro Wheel

Public sector experience clinched the deal for transit board

"...is visually impaired and lobbies heavily for improvements to paratransit services. "I feel she got in because of the..."

June 25, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Linda Watson Hired as New Cap Met CEO

Opinions on the incoming transit chief

"...is visually impaired and lobbies heavily for improvements to paratransit services. “I feel she got in because of the..."

June 17, 2010 News Post by Lee Nichols

Cap Metro CEO Candidates on Accessibility, Finances

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

"...not fully accessible (especially on Airport Boulevard) and that paratransit service has been cut back, especially while the agency..."

May 21, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols

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