A vehicle very similar to what Capital Metro will use for our new MetroRapid service is making a stop in Austin on its way to the West Coast, and will be available for public viewing, TODAY, Tuesday, October 18 from noon to 6:30 PM, at the Downtown Station (located outside the Austin Convention Center on [...]
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MetroRapid demo bus on display today
Posted in BRT, MetroRapid, Uncategorized, tagged MetroRapid on October 18, 2011 | 5 Comments »
All in a day’s work: bus operator puts out grass fire
Posted in Capital Metro news, Uncategorized on September 26, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Check out KXAN‘s story about bus operator Jon Button and his firefighting efforts:
Kramer Station gets new bike parking
Posted in MetroRail, Uncategorized, tagged bike-by-train, bikes, Kramer Station on September 21, 2011 | 39 Comments »
Capital Metro has been pleased to see a fairly constant increase in train ridership over this past year. Growing ridership on the trains includes cyclists who transport their bikes on the train and then use them to connect to their origin and/or destination, sometimes resulting in crowding. Capital Metro wants to accommodate the needs of [...]
Plan your trip to ACL
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged ACL, Austin, Capital Metro, special event service on September 15, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Each day this week, we’ve been entertained by Marketing Manager Cynthia Lucas’ 2011 ACL playlist, which has added some audio flair to the Marketing/PR office over here at Capital Metro headquarters. If you’ve ridden with us on the Austin City Limits Music Festival shuttle before, you know about Cynthia’s playlist that she creates each year [...]
Moment of Remembrance
Posted in safety, Uncategorized on September 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This Sunday marks the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Capital Metro is joining many other transit authorities throughout the nation to observe a moment of remembrance to honor those who died as a result of those attacks. At precisely 12 noon on Sunday, all Capital Metro buses and MetroAccess vehicles will pull over [...]
The Path to Environmental Sustainability
Posted in Uncategorized on September 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Capital Metro is in the process of making some positive changes when it comes to environmental sustainability. We have a group of six employees (including myself) that are participating in training from the Environmental Management System Institute conducted by Virginia Tech University. Capital Metro was selected by the Federal Transit Administration to participate in the [...]
Dump the Pump contest Grand Prize Winner: Komal Gandhi
Posted in Dump the Pump, Uncategorized, tagged DumpThePumpATX on June 16, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Komal Gandhi submitted a video entry to the Dump the Pump contest that highlights the benefits of riding Capital Metro. As the grand prize winner, she’s taking home an iPad2, four tickets to an Austin Chronicle “Paper Cuts” concert, a commuter gift bag with three 31-day passes and a free Car2Go membership with 120 free [...]
The Long and Winding Road: the Capital Metro budget
Posted in budget, finances, Uncategorized, tagged budget, fy2012 on May 25, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Capital Metro’s budget process for 2012 is already underway, although it seems like 2011 has just begun. There’s a reason for that. Metro works on a fiscal year basis, and our “New Year” officially begins in October. There’s a lot of work to be done between now and then, and there’s a big part for [...]
Linking Workers to Jobs via Transit
Posted in planning, Uncategorized, tagged CAMPO, CARTS, land use, planning, regional transportation network, TOD on May 18, 2011 | 10 Comments »
Last week, the Metropolitan Policy Program of the Brookings Institution released an analysis of how well transit systems in the nation’s largest 100 metropolitan areas connect workers to jobs. The key finding of the study is that nationally, while a high percentage of people live near transit (69 percent), a much smaller percentage of jobs [...]
Wouldn’t it be fun to ride the bus with Vera?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged awesome volunteers, metroambassadors on May 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
You may recall that we began a community volunteer program over the past year called MetroAmbassadors. After an orientation, we match up volunteers with various community events to represent Capital Metro. In exchange for hours worked, volunteers receive free transit passes. Our volunteers are awesome! Look at this smiling MetroAmbassador face: MetroAmbassadors like Vera add [...]
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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 7 hours ago
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