The free rides come exactly 40 years to the day since the Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority began service in and ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — On Wednesday, CapMetro and local government officials commemorated the first completed project from the city’s multi-billion-dollar public transit overhaul, Project Connect ...

The biggest change to Austin’s transit system through Project Connect is the addition of the blue and orange light rail lines. These lines are not expected to be operational until closer to 2030.

At a joint work session of Austin City Council and Capital Metro Board of directors, Tuesday afternoon discussed an update to Project Connect, a plan to create high-capacity transit in the Austin ...

Why some experts believe a closer look at transit plans can provide a glimpse at the future of development in Austin.

With this money, along with the anticipated federal funds, Cap Metro says it will be able to build and operate the entire system. (Technically, the city and transit authority are creating a new ...

Austin voters have turned down plans for a citywide rail transit system in the past – in 2000, when the "Austin Area in Motion" plan was narrowly defeated, and in 2014, the first incarnation of ...

A national transit nonprofit organization is giving insight into how Austin's Project Connect light rail system development compares to best practices employed by other established light rail systems.

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 ...

The system is expected to have 116 total miles by 2041, boosting average daily passengers to at least 257,000, a Sound Transit spokesperson told KVUE. Seattle has a population of at least 747,300 ...

Still, transit backers say Austin is at an inflection point. The 28th largest U.S. metro area, Austin ranked as the 18th-most congested U.S. city prior to the pandemic, according to transportation ...