Capital Metro

The local transit agency is buying 197 electric buses and expects to break ground this year on a pair of new MetroRapid lines authorized by voters last year.

La agencia de transporte público no cobrará pasaje el próximo mes para agradecer a sus clientes por su paciencia con la reciente irregularidad de su servicio, causado por la falta de suficientes conductores y mecánicos.

The public transit agency is waiving fares in October to thank customers for enduring substandard service quality caused by a shortage of drivers and mechanics.

La agencia dijo que los cambios se deben a que no ha podido contratar a suficientes conductores ni mecánicos.

La agencia de transporte público de Austin ya no quiere depender de los oficiales de la policía de Austin para proporcionar seguridad a sus clientes. Pero la propuesta también ha generado la preocupación de algunos grupos comunitarios.

Seventeen high-frequency bus routes will see some form of service reduction and the late-night E-Bus that shuttles UT students to Sixth Street will be temporarily suspended.

Despite concerns from some community groups, the board on Monday approved moving ahead with developing a transit police department to eliminate the agency's reliance on off-duty Austin police officers to provide security.

Engineering constraints are forcing the tunnel to emerge farther south in a change that could cost hundreds of millions of dollars. Transit planners vow to fit it into their existing budget.

Officials behind a $7 billion transit expansion revealed how the death of bill that would have allowed construction under Republic Square and Brush Square Parks is forcing them to adjust plans.

Para poder recibir miles de millones de dólares en asistencia federal, Capital Metro primero tendrá que cumplir con ciertos requisitos de derechos civiles. Varios activistas y académicos dicen que la agencia de transporte público aún no ha alcanzado esas metas de equidad racial.