According to our 2021 report, the number of people struck and killed by drivers nationwide while walking increased by an astonishing❗️45 percent❗️over the last decade (2010-2019).
THIS SUNDAY, 2 - 3:30 @blackstarcoop 🌟
Come to the neighborhood meet & greet for Crestview Station Area!
Experts from the Austin Transit Partnership will be on hand to answer your questions about the evolving design of Crestview Station Area.
Breaking News: @CapMetroATX was awarded a grant from the @FTA_DOT! The 780K grant will allow us to create more jobs, implement training for frontline staff & promote more career growth opportunities
Thx you FTA, @JohnCornyn, @RepLloydDoggett & @JudgeCarter for all your support
🚨More good news for Austin from the American Rescue Plan, which has done so much for our community. So pleased to announce $780,000 from ARP for @CapMetroATX to allow them to create more jobs and invest more in staff training and career growth. Keep up the good work, #CapMetro!
#ATX is growing and so is our transit system! Tune in to learn more share your thoughts on what you’d like to see in our community’s future #rail and #RapidBus lines! 🚌🚈🙌
"The plan to grow transit in Austin includes tunneling light-rail lines through downtown to move people faster through the densest the city. Planners offered the most detailed vision yet of how the Orange and Blue Lines could take shape underground."
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Únase a nosotros a partir del 27 de julio para una serie de reuniones públicas para discutir las Líneas Naranja y Azul, dos proyectos de tren ligero propuestos para conectar el norte y el sur de Austin, y servir al este de Austin.
projectconnect.com/get-invol…
Want to help shape the future Blue Line? Join us from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. tonight for a live virtual public meeting! Learn about the latest design and discuss the project at a neighborhood level.
Details & registration: ProjectConnect.com/get-invol…#ProjectConnect#ItsGoTime
Free for lunch tomorrow? Join Movability from 10:30-12:00 p.m. to hear about mobility post-pandemic and steps we can take to move our region in a better direction!
#MobilitySummit
Sign up here: loom.ly/YoncMaA
🚲 @ATXMetroBike is making long-term service improvements, including expanding the number of bikes & stations, integrating with existing/planned CapMetro transit services & more!
How can we make MetroBike a more attractive and useful option for you?: bit.ly/3hzOYAr
ALT Two customers look at the CapMetro app at a MetroBike kiosk.
Join us starting July 27 for public meetings to discuss the Orange and Blue Lines, two light rail projects proposed to connect north and south Austin, and serve east Austin, providing a route to the airport.
Go to ProjectConnect.com/Get-Invol… to learn more.
#ProjectConnect#ItsGoTime
I can't overstate how impressed I am with our #ProjectConnect Orange Line interns! @CapMetroATX@ATP_org partnered w/ @AECOM to create educational & future career opportunities for students. This is how we help build community based infrastructure for future generations.
🙏🏽 #ATX finally voted 4 @TransitNowATX. 🙏🏽 @TransitForATX’s hard work the many folx that have/will realize #ProjectConnect—onward @ATP_org!Painful 2 imagine what(more)$7.1B wld’ve yielded had #ATX acted in‘00/‘14?Hoping we act sooner on other consequential & equalizing issues.
For context: The five countries with higher costs than the US “are building projects that are more than 80% tunneled ... [whereas in the US] only 37% of the total track length is tunneled," according to the Transit Costs Project.
Read more here:
vox.com/22534714/rail-roads-…
Join @CapMetroATX and @CityAge this morning at 8:30 a.m. CST for a discussion on building connected, complete communities. And how Austin’s planning holds important insights for fast growing cities across North America.
Register: cityage.com/austin
Tomorrow is Juneteenth and there are plenty of ways to celebrate, commemorate, and educate ourselves on this holiday and its meaning.
Check out all the Junteenth Events in Austin, powered by @CoorsLight. do512.com/juneteenth-events-…
Yesterday, @POTUS signed bill making #Juneteenth a national holiday. In this photo from Juneteenth 1900, Civil War veterans proudly wear Union Blues in Wheelers Grove, in or near Austin's present-day Eastwoods Park.