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Transportation
Urban Transportation Commission reacts to Capital Metro route changes
In September, the Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority informed the Austin public that there would be a major restructuring of citywide bus lines to kick-start the Connections 2025 transit plan. To elaborate on the exact changes, on Oct. 10, Caitlin D’Alton,…
Transit • By Jessi Devenyns • Oct 17, 2017
City debuts robot car roadmap
The dawn of the robot car future is just around the corner but the full obsolescence of human drivers is still decades away, according to Austin Transportation Director Robert Spillar. More specifically, Spillar told the Mobility Transformation Advisory Council earlier…
Transportation • By Caleb Pritchard • Oct 16, 2017
Capital Metro's newest board member Travillion talks transit
The newest member of the Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority Board of Directors on Tuesday expressed his concern for transit-dependent residents who have been pushed out of Central Austin, a sentiment that could spell trouble ahead for the transit agency’s planned…
Transit • By Caleb Pritchard • Oct 12, 2017
Upper Boggy Creek Trail one step closer to reality
After a contentious debate among the commissioners, the Environmental Commission approved a variance request submitted by the Public Works Department to widen the design of a concrete trail from 12 feet to 14 feet on Sept. 20 with only Vice…
Bicycles • By Jessi Devenyns • Sep 26, 2017
Capital Metro takes its bus network realignment to the riders
The largest overhaul of Austin’s bus network in recent memory is about to go before the court of public opinion. Next week, the Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority will hold three feedback sessions to hear residents’ opinions on proposed service changes…
Transit • By Caleb Pritchard • Sep 20, 2017
Capital Metro: No stopgap plan for fill-in-the-gap stops
The Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority is taking a slow approach to the eight pairs of stations destined to fill in key gaps along its two MetroRapid routes. “The long story short is we expect to have them in service by…
Transit • By Caleb Pritchard • Sep 15, 2017
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One small trail for North Austin, one giant loop for the whole city
Last year, Mayor Steve Adler declared in his State of the City address that great cities do big things, a message that the Shoal Creek Conservancy apparently took to heart. On Wednesday evening at a community workshop in Central Austin,…
Bicycles • By Caleb Pritchard • Sep 15, 2017
Group keeps gondola hopes alive
The Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s firm disinterest in aerial gondolas is not discouraging one group from working toward a vision of cable car transit in Austin. John McCready of Look Up Austin told the Austin Monitor last week that he…
Transportation • By Caleb Pritchard • Sep 12, 2017
As MoPac work winds down, another CTRMA project faces potential peril
The end of the road for the MoPac Improvement Project appears to finally be coming into sight just as potential problems loom for another Austin toll road project. On Wednesday morning, Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority Director of Community Relations…
Roads • By Caleb Pritchard • Sep 7, 2017
Vision Zero reports detail progress; crash data mostly unchanged
A pair of documents delivered to city officials last week show that the plan to eliminate all Austin traffic deaths and serious accidents by 2025 is proceeding, and this year’s accident data suggests the effort hasn’t moved the needle in…
Transportation • By Chad Swiatecki • Aug 29, 2017
Capital Metro greenlights millions more for MetroRail
The Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority will spend $65.7 million to install federally mandated safety upgrades along its commuter rail line. The agency’s board of directors voted unanimously on Monday to hire Modern Railway Systems to augment the 32-mile Red Line…
Transit • By Caleb Pritchard • Aug 29, 2017
Capital Metro arrives in Round Rock
The Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority has extended its service to another Austin suburb. On Thursday, representatives from Capital Metro, Williamson County, Austin Community College and the city of Round Rock gathered in that community to officially cut the ribbon on…
