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CTRMA board gives the go-ahead to gondola study
The Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority is leaving the future of mass transit to hang. On Wednesday, the CTRMA board of directors approved without any dissent a small stipend to study the feasibility of a proposed gondola system in South…
Transit • By Caleb Pritchard • Sep 29, 2016
Capital Metro's budget grows as ridership shrinks
With the beginning of the next fiscal year just around the corner, Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority staff are putting the finishing touches on the agency’s proposed $428 million budget. On Monday, the board of directors will likely vote on the…
Budget • By Caleb Pritchard • Sep 22, 2016
Cap Metro seeks input on plan that rewrites late-night and shuttle service
The Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority is probing the public one last time before putting the final touches on a system-wide overhaul. That overhaul promises to increase frequent transit but also reduce late-night routes and University of Texas shuttle service. The…
Transit • By Caleb Pritchard • Sep 9, 2016
Turning from toll roads, CTRMA eyes gondolas
A high-flying idea to provide an alternative to driving through Austin could soon get off the ground. Sort of. On Wednesday morning, members of the Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority board of directors gushed over a proposal to install an…
Transit • By Caleb Pritchard • Sep 8, 2016
Capital Metro embraces frequency as its future
The Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority unveiled on Tuesday a proposed major overhaul of its entire transit system, and the watchword is “frequency.” The Connections 2025 service plan will be the guiding document for operations at the agency for the next…
Transit • By Caleb Pritchard • Aug 23, 2016
PAC's poll shows big support for light rail
A grassroots effort to put a light rail referendum on the November ballot is adding one more curve to the course as City Council members sprint to decide whether to send Mayor Steve Adler’s $720 million mobility bond proposal to…
Transit • By Caleb Pritchard • Aug 2, 2016
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Corridor plans pushing forward with bus pullouts
A prominent selling point in Mayor Steve Adler’s pitch for a $720 million mobility bond has drawn a lukewarm reception by the Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority. On multiple occasions, Adler has hyped bus pullouts as a key feature of his…
Transit • By Caleb Pritchard • Jul 29, 2016
Cap Metro ponders fare-ly big changes to MetroRapid service
The Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced plans on Monday to add eight new stops to its two premium MetroRapid routes, but even bigger changes for the two-year-old service could be right around the corner. Todd Hemingson, Capital Metro’s vice president…
Transit • By Caleb Pritchard • Jul 27, 2016
Message to Cap Metro: Don't worry about TNCs
A prominent mass transportation expert told the Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s board of directors on Monday that ride-hailing services have little impact on public transit ridership. The data presented by Jarrett Walker, author of the book Human Transit, contradict one…
Transit • By Caleb Pritchard • Jul 26, 2016
MetroRail stations dealing out of the card game
Riders will not be able to use a physical credit card to buy train tickets at MetroRail stations come October. The Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority has announced that starting on Oct. 9, ticket vending machines at the agency’s nine stations…
Transit • By Caleb Pritchard • Jul 12, 2016
San Marcos support for LSTAR could be too little, too late
As the Lone Star Rail District approaches what could be the end of the line, one important city along its still-theoretical route is hoping to keep it on track. San Marcos City Council voted on Tuesday night to approve a…
Transit • By Caleb Pritchard • Jul 7, 2016
Capital Metro previews Connections 2025 survey
After months of consultant-driven introspection, the Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority is on the verge of revealing new insights that could result in big changes along the agency’s service network. It’s all part of the Connections 2025 process, the yearlong study that…
