Transit
Monday, October 15, 2018 by Ryan Thornton
Transit
City, Cap Metro ready to consider transit before, not after, construction
For most of its existence, the Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority has struggled to create a coherent service network in a city that has been largely developed without public transit in mind. This historical pattern now appears, after decades of political…
Thursday, October 11, 2018 by Jack Craver
Transit
Project Connect: Cap Metro insists everything is on the table
Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority CEO Randy Clarke insists that nothing is set in stone. He has cautioned the community to view the vision document for Project Connect, the long-term plan for high-capacity transit that Capital Metro released last week, as…
Monday, September 17, 2018 by Jack Craver
Transit
Cap Metro: Key to high-capacity transit is dedicated right of way
The Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority is still a few months away from announcing what modes of transportation it plans to propose for Project Connect, the long-term plan to bring high-capacity public transit to the Austin metropolitan area.Potential solutions include light…
Wednesday, August 15, 2018 by Syeda Hasan
Transit
How free ride-sharing could make it easier to catch the bus in Austin
The number of partnerships between public transit agencies and private ride-sharing companies like Uber has been booming. Since 2016, at least 27 such programs have sprung up across the country, including one in Central Austin.Joseph Schwieterman, director of the Chaddick…
Tuesday, August 7, 2018 by Jack Craver
Transit
For game-changing public transit, Austin needs the feds to chip in
Austin and the surrounding metro area needs a transportation game-changer, and it’s not going to come from more roads. And to build it, we’ll need some help from Washington, D.C.That was the message that officials from Capital Metro delivered to…
Tuesday, August 7, 2018 by Ryan Young
Transit
Capital Metro eyes a zero-emissions future
The Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority is getting ready to bring electric buses to Austin. But they still have a lot of details to work out.At the agency’s July 30 board meeting, Dottie Watkins, vice president of bus operations, discussed some…
