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The free rides come exactly 40 years to the day since the Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority began service in and ...
Once upon a time, before Project Connect was put before voters, there was a different public transit system on the table: Gondolas.
It has been two years since Austin voters overwhelmingly passed a dedicated tax to pay for a multibillion-dollar overhaul of the city’s transit system — by far the largest ballot measure ever ...
A trial centered around the validity of the funding structure behind Austin’s Project Connect mass transit system began and quickly halted Monday, as Attorney General Ken Paxton’s offic… ...
Why some experts believe a closer look at transit plans can provide a glimpse at the future of development in Austin.
Once in a Generation Project Connect, the name given to Capital Metro and the city of Austin's transit system plan, is far more than one project. It includes new MetroExpress and MetroRapid bus ...
Transit fans blame a skeletal system; build it and they'll come, the argument goes. Some transport experts, however, are dubious of the ambitious plan, dubbed Project Connect.
AECOM ACM, a global leader in infrastructure, has been selected by Austin Transit Partnership ("ATP") as the delivery partner for Phase 1 of the citiy’s first light rail transit system. The ...
Authorities in Austin have selected the team that will start work on the city's light railways system. The Austin Transit Partnership selected a series of companies, including Texas-based ...
Capital Metro leaders and local officials gathered July 1 to recognize the 40th year of the transit agency's operations in ...
Richard Garriott wants to build a novel pod-based transit system for Austin. But first, he has to pitch it to the public and win them – as well as key policymakers – over to his idea.
Amid news of the Project Connect trial's delayed court proceedings and the case's punt over to the Third Court of Appeals, some transit users in Austin are sharing their frustrations over the hold up.