It’s almost turkey time, and if you hurry, you can gobble up a free bus pass for the 22nd annual Austin Feast of Sharing dinner on Tuesday, Nov. 22 from 4 – 8 p.m. at the Palmer Events Center. Every year, Capital Metro and H-E-B team up to offer transportation for the event. Trot over [...]
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Transit for Turkey Time
Posted in community, Holiday, Holiday events, Uncategorized on November 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Mister Cartoon Masterpiece to be Installed along the Red Line today
Posted in community, MetroRail, tagged art, art in transit, graffiti, mister cartoon, mural on October 13, 2011 | 3 Comments »
If you ride MetroRail into downtown, or you poke around in central east Austin on occasion, you’ll be seeing a brand new mural that’s been taking shape this week and will be completely installed today. From the view onboard the train, you’ll see the action going up on the backside of the LIVESTRONG Foundation headquarters [...]
Railroad Revival
Posted in community, events, Trains & music on April 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Get ready for “One (heck) of a steel wheelin’, railroadin’ good time” in Austin, according to Keith Secor from Old Crow Medicine Show. The Railroad Revival Tour will be rolling into town on Capital Metro’s tracks and performing just down the street from Plaza Saltillo Station next Tuesday. The show’s been sold out for a [...]
ACC Green Pass is making a difference
Posted in Austin Community College, community, tagged green pass, partnerships on February 18, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Today, Austin Community College posted the results of their annual transportation survey. The text of the article is pasted below. The key findings show that the Green Pass program is at least one factor in an uptick in the use of public transportation to get to ACC. This is great news, and we have really [...]
Linda makes connections with the GAHCC
Posted in Capital Metro news, community, Uncategorized, tagged GAHCC on February 14, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Last week, President/CEO Linda S. Watson was the keynote speaker for the Greater Austin Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Breakfast held at the Austin Hilton’s Finn & Porter Restaurant. In her conversational style, President Watson talked about her personal experiences in deciding to come to Austin and about her new role at Capital Metro. As a Texan, [...]
Blue Santa Delivery
Posted in community, MetroAccess on December 20, 2010 | 2 Comments »
A group of Capital Metro employees helped Santa deliver gifts this weekend. Blue Santa, that is. Operation Blue Santa made deliveries to thousands of homes this weekend, and a Capital MetroAccess van became Santa’s sleigh for 17 deliveries. This is the 6th year that a group of MetroAccess employees have helped bring some holiday cheer [...]
ACC Green Pass Success
Posted in community, environment, transit passes, Uncategorized on October 26, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Austin Community College’s Green Pass program has proven to be a success. Just last month, Green Pass riders made 87,000 trips on Capital Metro buses for a total of 513,510 trips since the beginning of the year. That success is leading to a continuation of the partnership between Capital Metro and ACC. Yesterday, our board [...]
Ride the bus to Zilker Tree
Posted in community, Holiday events on December 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Capital Metro is increasing service on Route 30 to make it easier for you and your family to visit the Zilker Tree Holiday Festival. The City of Austin’s Zilker Tree Holiday Festival begins this weekend and includes light displays, Santa’s House, nightly entertainment, concessions and, of course, the Zilker Tree. Each night of the festival [...]
Ride Capital Metro to Feast of Sharing
Posted in bus routes, community, events, Holiday events, Uncategorized on November 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Capital Metro and H-E-B encourage you to ride the bus to the 20th annual Feast of Sharing dinner on Tuesday, Nov. 24 from 4-8 p.m. at the Palmer Events Center. Visit one of the five H-E-Bs listed below to receive a FREE Capital Metro Day Pass to get to and from the holiday dinner this [...]
Revitalizing Plaza Saltillo
Posted in community, events, MetroRail, Uncategorized, tagged Plaza Saltillo on September 16, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Deep in the heart of lovely East Austin is a wonderful place called Plaza Saltillo – it’s one of our MetroRail stations and a beautifully designed public gathering space. Unfortunately, the landscaping and some fixtures at Plaza Saltillo have seen better days, and so in an effort to revitalize this cherished community asset, we are [...]
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