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Austin Project Connect light rail gets its first cash infusion: $312 million

September 22nd, 2021
September 16, 2021 - RTandS.com - Over $312 million has been approved for the Project Connect venture in Austin. The Austin Transit Partnership unanimously passed the amount on Sept. 15, and the money will be used to start the MetroRail Orange and...

Austin voters pass $7.1 billion transit initiative

November 4th, 2020
Updated November 5, 2020 - AustinMonitor.com - With the passage of Proposition A, voters have given the Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority the green light to build out the core elements of the city’s first mass transit system over the coming decade...

Austin voters to decide ballot measures on sweeping investments in transportation

October 28th, 2020
October 27, 2020 - transportationtodaynews.com - Austin voters will decide on two ballot measures on Nov. 3, one that will ask voters to approve a tax increase for a high-capacity transit expansion project, and another on the issuance of  $460 million...

Austin's Project Connect: What to know about the proposed $7.1B public transit plan

October 12th, 2020
October 12, 2020 - KVUE.com - This November Austin voters will have the option to approve or reject Proposition A, a ballot measure that would increase property taxes and fund a multi-billion-dollar mass transit system called "Project Connect." To help voters make...

Austin's Project Connect plan moves one step closer to November ballot

July 28th, 2020
July 27, 2020 - KVUE.com - The future of Austin's mass transit system could soon be in the voters' hands, as the Austin City Council voted unanimously Monday in favor of a funding plan that puts Project Connect one step closer to the...

Cap Metro proposes $3 billion in cuts to mass transit plan due to Coronavirus

July 23rd, 2020
July 23, 2020 - MassTransitMag.com - Austin Capital Metro is proposing to scale back an ambitious $10 billion transit plan because of concerns over the coronavirus pandemic and the economic upheaval it has wrought. Officials at the transit authority are now pushing...

Austin City, CapMetro OK $10 billion Project Connect - three light rail lines

June 11th, 2020
June 10, 2020 - Austin American-Statesman - Capital Metro’s board and the Austin City Council both gave unanimous approval Wednesday to a $9.8 billion transit plan that would build three light rail lines throughout Austin. The plan, called Project Connect, likely will...

Third train line proposed in Project Connect mass transit plan for Austin

May 13th, 2020
May 13, 2020 - KXAN / Austin Business Journal - Austin’s transit plan just put even more emphasis on trains to move people around an ever-growing city, with a potential rail line running through Dell Medical School. Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority CEO...

A subway in Austin? City leaders explore massive transit expansion

February 3rd, 2020
January 15, 2020 -KXAN.com - After months of speculation and rumors, officials Tuesday offered a glimpse at a massive transportation plan — which includes a downtown subway — aimed to usher in a new generation of transit for a growing city. At...

Austin Cap Metro board green-lights central corridor study

February 6th, 2016
Project Connect is returning to Central Austin January 28, 2016 - AustinMonitor.com The Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority board of directors approved on Monday a contract with the engineering firm AECOM to guide a new study of transportation in the urban core dubbed...

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