VIVA STREETS! is coming to Austin on Sunday, May 20, from 10AM - 3PM where you can enjoy 2 miles of car-free Austin streets that become your playground to bike, play, walk & roll as you please! So join us there! We will have some of Capital Metro’s healthiest minds out there, ready to give [...]
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Ride CapMetro to the 2012 VIVA STREETS! Festival
Posted in Uncategorized, events, community, wellness, bikes, tagged Capital Metro, community events, Downtown Austin, Family event, family, free event, VIVA STREETS! on May 16, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Ride MetroRail to Pecan Street Festival May 5
Posted in community, events, Holiday events, MetroRail, Uncategorized, Web, tagged 1L/1M, 6th Street, Austin event, Austin festival, Capital Metro, community event, downtown, May 5, metrorail, Pecan Street Festival, special event service on April 26, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Why is the festival called Pecan Street Festival? Did you know 6th Street didn’t always have the same name? 6th Street used to be named Pecan Street! Whoa! I sure didn’t until know that until I checked out their page. But, now that I have your attention let’s blow your mind some more… MetroRail STARTING [...]
Downtown Austin Alliance: PlazaLife event April 27-28
Posted in community, events, Uncategorized, tagged Alliance, Austin, community event, community events, DAA, downtown, Downtown Alliance, Downtown Austin, Family event, livable cities on April 19, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The Downtown Austin Alliance and Thomas Properties Group are hosting a family-friendly, two-day event in the heart of downtown April 27-28. PlazaLife is meant to inspire the community about what a downtown plaza can be. It’s about nurturing a pedestrian-focused, livable, vibrant downtown. Take a mosey over to the Frost Bank Tower Plaza at 4th and Congress [...]
Ozone Season: What You Can Do
Posted in community, environment, sustainability, Uncategorized, tagged air pollution, Capital Metro, clean air force, earth day, environment, ozone on April 2, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Spring in Texas is in full bloom and although you might want to jump in the car and take some pictures with Bluebonnets on the side of the road, you should know Ozone Season has officially started and will stick around with us until late October. But, don’t let that get you down because there are [...]
New Tree Seedlings Planted Along North Austin Bus Routes
Posted in bus routes, community, events, tagged bus, bus stops, Capital Metro, capmetro, community, environment, shade, sustainability, sustainable neighborhoods, trees on March 30, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Trees – they help sustain the environment, and if you’re one of our MetroBus riders, you love to see them at the bus stops. They look nice, give you shade and keep you cooler during the summer. And, now we’re one step closer to seeing them at every bus stop thanks to the partnership between Capital [...]
Manor Park & Ride Grand Opening this week
Posted in Capital Metro news, community, park n ride, tagged Capital Metro, commuting, Elgin, Manor on February 13, 2012 | 5 Comments »
We’re cutting the ribbon – literally – on another major milestone with the grand opening of the new Manor Park & Ride. Come on out to the ribbon-cutting ceremony at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 15, and help us celebrate this fabulous new facility. Amid the backdrop of the storied Manor water tower (of Leonardo [...]
31K Portraits of Peace/Retratos por la Paz
Posted in Capital Metro news, community, events, Uncategorized, tagged art, mexic-arte, transit advertising works on January 19, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Something special is coming to Austin beginning next Friday: 31K retratos por la paz/portraits for peace, a powerful exhibit featuring the photography of Diego Huerta that opens Jan. 27 at the Mexic-Arte Museum. The 31K project chronicles the hope for peace that still remains in Mexico despite the ongoing drug wars that have killed 31,000 people. From the [...]
Be a Night Owl on New Year’s Eve
Posted in Capital Metro news, community, events, safety, tagged APD, free, night owl, NYE on December 28, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Looking to revel downtown on New Year’s Eve this year? Capital Metro, in partnership with the Austin Police Department, wants to help you ring in the new year safely, and we’re offering FREE Night Owl service on New Year’s Eve. Ride a regular local bus to downtown that night for $1, and catch a free [...]
James Ferguson takes his first MetroRail ride
Posted in community, MetroRail, Uncategorized on December 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
We posted a story from the Austin American-Statesman earlier about James Ferguson, who was selected for the newspaper’s annual Season for Caring and who is a train buff. Amplify Credit Union employees had already done some awesome things for Mr. Ferguson, including redecorating and cleaning his apartment and stocking it with new furniture. We were all [...]
Season for Caring story highlights Austin man’s love of trains
Posted in community, MetroRail, tagged Christmas, giving, kirk bohls, metrorail, trains on November 30, 2011 | 3 Comments »
I enjoy reading the Austin American-Statesman during December each year, when they profile the selected recipients for their Season for Caring. On Monday, the paper highlighted feisty James Ferguson, who enjoys trains and once took an Amtrak trip to Chicago and back just to say he’d done it. I’m not sure whether he’s ridden MetroRail [...]
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- Congress Avenue Mile, UT Commencent, and Viva Streets detours this weekend #constantcontact conta.cc/Kki11O 2 days ago
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- Join us tomorrow for @VivaStreetsATX a new festival where a car-free street becomes your playground! We’ll be there ^MA 9 hours ago
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