Developing Stories

Plans unveiled for rail transit

"...unveiled the highlights of a detailed proposal for circulator rail transit. The Phase I analysis includes essential data on:..."

Aug. 1, 2008 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Naked City

"...among the jurisdictions to support the Austin-San Antonio commuter rail proposal. At a presentation of the proposal last Tuesday..."

Nov. 24, 2006 News Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Rail Transit Works..."

June 7, 2002 Column

Postmarks

Don't Dissolve District

"...for the Sox), had a devastating stroke in the passenger seat, from which he never recovered, and he died..."

May 1, 1998 Column

Compartment No. 6

Strangers on a train form a tense bond in this Finnish drama

"...1990s (there’s a fleeting reference to Titanic), its two passenger protagonists bond in grittier fashion than the mutual attraction..."

March 18, 2022 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Off the Desk

"...non-response sends a message." -- R.B. Dallas Does Light Rail It looks like Dallas is going to be the..."

Jan. 19, 1996 News Feature

Reinventing Airport Boulevard

Can 'form-based zoning' transform a suburban drag into walkable neighborhoods?

"...fix that up?' Council Member Riley's interest, and the rail together, might be just the right catalyst to help..."

Jan. 8, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Postmarks

Light rail, affordable housing, and reverse racism.

"...Riley ["Postmarks," Dec. 24] says Capital Metro's projected 47,000 passengers on light rail is especially high when compared to..."

Jan. 14, 2000 Column

All Systems Go Plan Won't Work

"...the report, substantial obstacles exist to extending this commuter rail line toward Seaholm at all, much less in the..."

July 28, 2004 Postmarks

Day Trips: Interurban Railway Museum, Plano

Remembering the interurban rails

"...The Interurban Railway Museum in Plano fills a former Texas Electric Railway..."

Jan. 24, 2020 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

So Many Questions

"...Dear Editor, Why is light rail tied to I-35 improvements? How many tracks? How many..."

Oct. 8, 2014 Postmarks

Expect Long Wait at MetroRail Gate

Extreme waiting times leave drivers idling

"...Could Capital Metro's MetroRail Red Line, the new Leander-to-Austin commuter rail that begins..."

March 19, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Letters at 3AM

With oil in the future rationed to agriculture, essential services, and (inevitably) the military, and personal long-distance driving and passenger flight no longer feasible – then, if the United States is to remain a continental entity, the only answer is trains

"...(inevitably) the military, and with personal long-distance driving and passenger flight no longer feasible – then, if the United..."

Oct. 28, 2005 Column by Michael Ventura

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...traffic patterns such as at San Antonio Street, commuter rail, relocating Austin City Limits to downtown to nurture a..."

June 11, 2004 Column

City Bets the Farm on Robinson Ranch

Austin prepares to enable a new city on a huge chunk of Williamson County

"...– of the Union Pacific and Capital Metro freight rail lines, both of which have been proposed for conversion..."

May 28, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

East 5th Street at Chicon Station and the Plaza Saltillo Project

"...Historically, two major rail lines passed through East Austin and converged at Chicon..."

Nov. 28, 1997 News Feature

Naked City

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

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

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

Head Out on the Highway

Reinvent the Wheel on One of These Cool Texas Road Trips

"...Center for Transportation Commerce (Railroad Museum) The once-bustling Union Passenger Depot near the docks..."

May 11, 2001 Features Feature

Opinion: The Case to Keep Leander Connected

A yes vote on Proposition A means continued transportation solutions

"...Leander. It means access to a rapidly expanding modern rail system that will soon connect Leander with the airport..."

May 6, 2022 Column by James Larsen

Headlines

"...Texas rail plans took another blow Mon­day when the Capital Area..."

Aug. 12, 2016 News Feature

Cap Metro: Riding the Shuffle Bus

Downtown bus routes shift

"...plan, which proposed using Congress and San Jacinto for rail, Guadalupe and Lavaca for buses, and turning the 'Dillo..."

June 20, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

MetroRail vs. Pickup Truck

MetroRail made it 367 days without a crash

"...celebrating the one-year anniversary of the launch of the MetroRail Red Line – a year, Capital Metro noted, with..."

April 1, 2011 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Cap Metro FY 2011: The Highs and Lows

Transit agency looks to partly cloudy budget future

"...fares are expected to rise despite the loss of passengers, due to further proposed fare increases (mostly in multiride..."

Sept. 10, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Res Publica

Citizens' calendar, Aug. 5-12

"...PUBLIC MEETING: TEXAS RAIL Discuss the future of both passenger and freight rail..."

Aug. 6, 2010 News Feature

Cap Metro's Operating Budget

FY 2010

"...Revenue2009 Forecast2010 Budget Sales tax $140,394,858$134,106,477 Grant revenue$18,387,344$21,490,521 Rail freight$14,097,109$11,777,351 Passenger fares$7,804,853$9,005,393 Third-party fares$7,311,965$6,763,680 MetroRail-$495,575 Investment income$1,017,831$280,000 Other$1,439,589$1,496,000..."

Sept. 18, 2009 News Feature

Developing Stories: Compact & Connected

All aboard for Transit-Oriented Development

"...The train is a'coming – Capital MetroRail, to be precise – and with it the community's..."

June 22, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Redistributionist Toll Road Plan Is Bad

"...purposes. They include building more roads (free or tolled), rail systems (freight or passenger), airports, and utility systems (for..."

June 8, 2004 Postmarks

You Call This a Plan?

Seaholm District Master Plan Morphs Into the Lumbermen's Tract Subsidy Program

"...to a stop in the empty, overgrown field. Her passenger, Roberta Crenshaw, looked over the land, and reiterated her..."

June 14, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

I Plan, Therefore I Am

A Downtown Planning Timeline

"...becomes the transit hub of Austin, as the MKT railroad opens its new depot there, across from the existing..."

Jan. 30, 1998 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

AI at the Wheel, for the Masses

Self-driving cars are mostly Uber-like, but could automation enter public transit?

"...is particularly difficult because, unlike a train or light rail, there is no track, meaning the bus “would be..."

March 7, 2025 News Feature by Benton Graham

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