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 bikes, community, events, Uncategorized, wellness, tagged Capital Metro, community events, Downtown Austin, family, Family event, free event, VIVA STREETS! on May 16, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Arthur Murillo is “best bus operator in North America”
Posted in bus roadeo, Capital Metro news, events, Uncategorized, tagged bus roadeo, Capital Metro, capmetro, events, roadeo on May 10, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Capital Metro Bus Operator Arthur Murillo has been named the best bus operator in North America. He competed in the 2012 International Bus Roadeo in California this weekend and won 1st Place in the 35-foot bus competition. Congratulations Arthur! This makes Arthur a four-time winner of the International title, we are very proud to have a representative of [...]
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 [...]
2012 Earth Day Is Coming: How Are You Involved?
Posted in environment, events, sustainability, Uncategorized, tagged capmetro, earth day, public transit, sustainability on April 18, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Each year, we get one special day to celebrate Mother Earth and get involved in how we can help take care of our planet and be more eco-friendly. This year, that special day falls on April 22. So how will you be involved? If you still don’t have plans, we’ve got you covered. So, keep [...]
Major MetroRapid Announcement Today
Posted in Uncategorized on April 10, 2012 | 18 Comments »
Capital Metro is one step closer to putting faster, sleeker MetroRapid buses on the streets of Austin after Federal Transit Administrator Peter Rogoff and Capital Metro CEO Linda Watson finalized a $38 million grant agreement today. This funding comes from the FTA Very Small Starts program, which will help contribute 80 percent of the total $47.6 [...]
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 [...]
Roadify: New Transit iPhone App
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged app, iPhone, iPhone app, mass transit, public transportation, transit on March 12, 2012 | 3 Comments »
Roadify is a new app on the public transportation scene just in time for SXSW. Roadify is a tech startup encouraging SXSW attendees using mass transit to test their iPhone product. The mission of this iPhone app is to combine public transportation data into one easy-to-use platform in real-time. But, their app is intended to [...]
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 [...]
Resolve to Ride in 2012
Posted in Benefits of Transit, Uncategorized, tagged Capital Metro, carbon footprint, environment, money savings, new year resolutions on January 2, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Happy 2012! For many people, New Year’s is a time of reflection and introspection. There’s something about wrapping up a year and anticipating the next that just lends itself perfectly to resolutions and goal-setting. What went well in 2011? What do I want to do differently in 2012? If any of your resolutions for 2012 [...]
CapMetroRail Twitter Updates
- Congress Avenue Mile, UT Commencent, and Viva Streets detours this weekend #constantcontact conta.cc/Kki11O 2 days ago
CapMetroNews Twitter Updates
- 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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