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CapMetro Rail is a hybrid rail (light rail with some features similar to commuter rail) system that serves the Greater Austin area in Texas and is owned by CapMetro, Austin's primary public transportation provider. The Red Line is CapMetro's first and currently only rail line, and connects Downtown Austin with Austin's northwestern
The Blue Line corridor will include a transit pathway for a light rail or bus rapid transit line running on the west side of Downtown Austin to Austin–Bergstrom International Airport in southeast Austin. [5] The line was included as part of the Project Connect referendum during the 2020 election. [3] [6]
The previous light-rail planning schedule from Austin Transit Partnership included a timeline for proposed Orange and Blue light-rail lines, parts of which were scrapped or pieced together to form ...
Phase I of the Blue Line would operate on a 7.8-mile (12.6 km) stretch of light rail with 13 stations, running through downtown to 38th Street from Yellow Jacket Lane. The line would provide service along East Riverside Drive, then join with the Orange Line to cross Lady Bird Lake to the Austin Convention Center and run west on 3rd Street to Republic Square (the city's central transportation hub).
Austin transit officials held the first of six open house events Thursday as part of an environmental review of the city's proposed light-rail system, kicking off a process that will take more ...
In 2020, Austin voters overwhelmingly approved Project Connect, including a new light rail system and the funding to make it possible during an election with record turnout.
The draft plan for Sound Transit 3, a ballot measure for light rail expansion, was revised in May 2016 to include $80 million for an infill station at NE 130th Street that could open in 2031. Earlier plans had listed the station as provisional, deferred until additional funding could be found, but lobbying to the Sound Transit Board by Seattle ...
It's estimated Austin Light Rail will generate roughly 180,000 jobs for Central Texas. These include direct, good-paying careers with benefits.