June 6, 2025 - CommunityImpact.com - The agency tasked with building the Austin's voter-approved light rail system—Austin Transit Partnership—has officially launched the official solicitation process for a design and construction contract worth an estimated $3 billion.An additional $1 billion in contracts...

December 23, 2024 - TRA Newswire -Austin Transit Partnership (ATP), the local government corporation charged with implementing Austin’s first all-electric light rail system, has selected AECOM, a global infrastructure company, as its Delivery Partner for Austin Light Rail Phase 1....

October 16, 2024 - TRA Newswire -Following a favorable court ruling, unless the Austin Transit Partnership is faced with even more delays, design and construction may be able to continue on the city's $7 billion Project Connect light rail and...

June 1, 2024 - TRA Newswire -Good news for light rail in Austin. Austin Transit Partnership’s Austin Light Rail Phase 1 Project has officially entered the Project Development phase under the Federal Transit Administration’s Capital Investment Grants New Starts program...

June 8, 2023 - TRA Newswire  - The Austin Transit Partnership announced the first phase of Austin Light Rail, running from 38th Street to Oltorf to Yellow Jacket with additional priority extensions, has been approved by all three partners including the...

May 3, 2023 - CBSaustin.com - A bill recently passed in the Texas House could impact plans for Austin’s Project Connect. Austin Mayor Kirk Watson alluded to a possible re-vote on the project due to the proposed legislation.“The legislation aimed at...

March 4, 2023 - TRA Newswire -Austin Transit Partnership and Workforce Solutions Capital Area have announced a partnership that will aim to develop Austin’s workforce to accommodate the expanding infrastructure projects in Central Texas. The two organizations will create the...

February 25, 2023 updated and corrected - TRA Newswire - Dottie Watkins, the interim head of Austin Capital Metro, can now drop the 'interim' tag on her title. The CapMetro Board voted this week to make Watkins President and CEO of...

July 26, 2021 - KUT.org - Austin's multibillion-dollar transit expansion will require extending an underground light-rail tunnel from Auditorium Shores to as far south as Lively Middle School on South Congress Avenue. The change could cost hundreds of millions of dollars, but transit planners...