This guy’s just arrived in Austin for SXSWi. Here’s one of his first photos upon landing in Austin. Love it!
“One dollar from Austin Bergstrom International Airport to downtown? Never take a cab again.”
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And so it begins.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged airport flyer on March 12, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Alternative Break Tour Video: Capital MetroRail
Posted in Uncategorized on March 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I especially *love* the dancing by Business Development Manager Aida Douglas there in the beginning…
Celebrating MetroRail, “Breaker” style
Posted in Uncategorized on March 5, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Today was the second day of passenger testing on the Red Line (and also the day we learned MetroRail will begin service: March 22). Riders rode the rails, tested the ticket vending machines, and generally evaluated the usability of the system. While yesterday was a day for Capital Metro employees and their families to test [...]
All Aboard
Posted in Uncategorized on March 5, 2010 | 14 Comments »
I am proud to say there is change happening at Capital Metro. It is indeed a new day for us. Just this morning, Capital Metro was approved to begin MetroRail operations on March 22, 2010– a development that has been some time in the making, but a great transformative step for our transit agency. I [...]
Rail Safety Push
Posted in Uncategorized on February 23, 2010 | 1 Comment »
As we’re just five days away from MetroRail trains running their full morning and afternoon schedules, and just a few weeks away from MetroRail trains carrying passengers, it’s important we do everything we can to promote safety around railroad crossings, trains, and train tracks. Capital Metro will be distributing new rail safety Public Service Announcements [...]
Make transit a high priority
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged mobility, public input on February 8, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Tonight is the first of several public forums this week that will help establish the city’s transportation priorities. The Austin Strategic Mobility Plan will attempt to prioritize the hundreds of requested/identified transportation projects. Here’s the information and list of meetings as posted on the Austin Strategic Mobility Plan site:
National experts say Austin suffers from some [...]
ServicePlan2020
Posted in Uncategorized on February 3, 2010 | 14 Comments »
Capital Metro’s Board is preparing to consider adoption of the recommendations of the year-long planning process known as ServicePlan2020. In short, ServicePlan2020 is a ‘big picture’ look at our entire bus system, involving input from several important sources: technical analysis, customer input, and staff and consultant analysis. The purpose of [...]
Obama to Congress: Fund MetroRapid!
Posted in BRT, MetroRapid, Uncategorized, tagged federal funding on February 2, 2010 | 3 Comments »
As we all know, Capital Metro could always use some good news and the good news is (insert drum roll here)…we actually have some darn good news! Really!
Yesterday, President Obama (yes, THE President of the United States himself, Mr. Barack Obama) proposed his FY 2011 budget and it included $24 million in *additional* federal funds [...]
We’re opening in March
Posted in Uncategorized on January 21, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Today we sent word to the Federal Railroad Administration, the federal agency overseeing the development of the MetroRail Red Line, that we expect to be operationally ready to begin service at the end of February. This doesn’t mean we’ll open the service at that time, though. At that point, Herzog will simulate full testing of [...]
Hydrogen Hybrid Bus
Posted in Uncategorized on January 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It’s cleaner, it’s greener and it’s the most technologically advanced bus in the world. The Hydrogen Hybrid bus is a new prototype that is currently traveling the country to prove the soundness of the concept. On its way back from San Antonio, the bus and a few of it’s developers stopped by Capital Metro today [...]
