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06/11/11 Central Texas Digest: Man charged after motorcyclist killed in crash; Capital Metro bus passenger accused of assaulting driver
05/17/11 Marble Falls is embracing a smart sign technology to bring tourists and business to the area, the same technology that is also being used by Capital Metro.
05/17/11 Capital Metro board Vice Chair John Langmore will serve a second term on the board of directors beginning June 1, 2011. Langmore is the executive management appointee of the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization CAMPO. CAMPOs board voted to reappoint him to a three-year term at its meeting last week. He has served on the Capital Metro board since January 2010, is the chair of the ...
04/13/11 Capital Metro board member Norm Chafetz will serve a second term on the board of directors beginning June 1, 2011. He is the Williamson County representative on the board. The County Commissioners Court voted to reappoint him to a three-year term at its weekly meeting on April 12.Chafetz has served on the Capital Metro board since Dec. 2009 and was chair of the executive search committee that ...
04/08/11 Capital Metro board member Beverly S. Silas will be recognized this evening as the Womens Transportation Seminar WTS Heart of Texas Chapter Woman of the Year. WTS selected Silas based on her outstanding achievements, leadership and contributions to the field of transportation."Beverly Silas has played a prominent role in the major progress Capital Metro has made since the new board of directors...
03/22/11 Today, Capital Metro recognizes the first birthday of Capital MetroRail, which in its inaugural year of operation has proven to be a reliable, safe and high-quality system. Capital Metro also thanks the growing contingent of MetroRail riders who through March 19, 2011 have made 263,883 trips via the Red Line. On March 22, 2010, MetroRail began providing Central Texans with the first regional ...
03/03/11 A lawsuit filed last month in Travis County's 201st District Court alleges that Capital Metro 's new paratransit policy violates state law.
01/26/11 At todays Capital Metro board of directors meeting, staff recognized the board members for their leadership in making several difficult but critically-important decisions during the past year that have resulted in a stronger, more accountable and efficient Capital Metro. Capital Metros board of directors was restructured in January 2010 by SB 1263, passed during the 81st Texas Legislature....
12/09/10 Capital Metro will give bus service in Cedar Park a one-year trial run beginning next year, an agreement that is a first-of-its-kind for the transportation agency.
12/03/10 Capital Metro today received a 140,302 equity return check from the Texas Municipal League-Intergovernmental Risk Pool TML-IRP for outstanding efforts to reduce accidents and associated costs.This return is one of the largest of all of the 2,682 members in the pool.Capital Metros consistent safety efforts contributed to a decrease in the agencys insurance premiums this year.Capital...
11/04/10 Austin Community College students, faculty and staff will continue to ride Capital Metro services for free through August 2012. The ACC board of trustees and the Capital Metro board of directors recently approved a new interlocal agreement that allows students, faculty and staff to ride MetroBus, MetroRail and MetroAccess for free with a special branded ACC Green Pass. In the terms of the ...
11/04/10 Some of the finest bus and van operators and mechanics will test their talents at the 2011 Capital Metro Roadeo this weekend.This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Capital Metro Roadeo and the community is invited to watch as operators steer their way through a challenging obstacle course while judges grade their abilities. The Roadeo begins at 8 a.m. Saturday, Nov 6 at the Leander Station ...
10/07/10 Capital Metro staff will take fare adjustments to its board of directors on Nov. 10, and if approved, the new rates take effect on Jan. 16, 2011.
10/07/10 Capital Metro is proposing a fare adjustment that would increase some fares and pass rates, standardize MetroExpress and MetroRail fares and eliminate free fares as recommended by the Texas Sunset Advisory Commission. In addition to improving Capital Metros long-term financial sustainability, the proposed changes would simplify the agencys fare structure into three easy-to-remember categories:...
09/24/10 Capital Metro continues its positive forward momentum today thanks to several actions taken by the Capital Metro Board of Directors. 1 FY2011 Budget Adoption The Capital Metro Board today adopted a 168.2 million operating budget and 44.6 million capital budget for fiscal year 2011, which begins October 1. The budget maintains current bus service levels and increases MetroRail...
09/20/10 Capital Metro is holding a public meeting Monday about planned changes to their bus routes in January.
09/20/10 Central Texas Digest: Thieves steal from Austin day care for children with disabilities; manager of Capital Metro's unionized workers leaving
09/08/10 A reduction in UT shuttle service and potential fare increases highlight the proposed Capital Metro budget that will be voted on later this month. UT shuttles have seen reduced ridership over the last few years because of a higher percentage of students who do not live on routes serviced by the shuttles, according to Cap Metro. This reduction in ridership has led to Cap Metro decreasing shuttle ...
08/23/10 Capital Metro proposes cutting 2 express bus routes that compete with MetroRail
07/01/10 The Capital Metro Red Line is not meeting the original ridership projections from earlier this year, Capital Metro officials said. In March, Cap Metro opened the first MetroRail in Central Texas, which runs from the city of Leander to downtown Austin. Cap Metro first projected 2,000 people would board the train monthly between March 2010 and March 2011. Cap Metro spokeswoman Misty Whited said ...
06/24/10 A pedestrian was hit by a Capital Metro Bus on Thursday evening causing the man to go flying through the air. It happened around 5p.m. at the intersection of 8th Street and Colorado in Downtown Austin. | 
