At the last Thursday’s Bicycle Advisory Council, Capital Metro held a demonstration of a new triple bike rack they are considering for their bus fleet. The bike-bus combo can be a great solution for a lot of people. Your bike connects you with bus routes that are not in walking distance and provide the “last [...]
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MetroRail to limit number of bikes to 8 per train
After a week of operations under their belt, Capital Metro announced today that they will be limiting the number of bicycles on each train to 4 per car or 8 total on each Red Line train. The problem cited is safety: Bikes by themselves are not exactly the problem; too many bikes sharing the space [...]
City asks cyclist to avoid 4th Street near Waller Creek until improvements are finished
Today, the Capital Metro Red Line Metro Rail began running, and in addition to representing a day some of us thought would never come, it also means cyclists need to avoid a section of the Lance Armstrong Bikeway on 4th Street for the next couple months. The section of bikeway on 4th between Red River [...]
Capital Metro ServicePlan 2020
This came in from the COA Bike and Pedestrian Program. Cyclists should stay involved in Capital Metro’s future planning so we can make sure that bike access gets the priority it needs at their facilities. City of Austin Bicycle Stakeholders, Please see the attached information (see the document below) regarding CapMetro’s Service Plan 2020. This [...]
Capital Metro to test bike lockers at Park and Ride
Yesterday, KVUE ran a story about Capital Metro doing a pilot test of a bike locker called the BikeLid at the Northwest Austin Pavilion Park and Ride. From the story: “Some people may be apprehensive about leaving their expensive bikes here all day. So this is another way to encourage them to give it another [...]
Cap Metro proposes service cuts
Just got back from the Urban Transportation Commission where officials from Cap Metro spoke about the bus lines and service times they want to cut starting in June. According to them, most of the changes are from specific route times that had very low ridership. The biggest cut is that weekend Dillo service will be [...]
Capital Metro Commuter Rail: Boon or Bust for Bikes?
When Nicole and I rolled up to the in-progress Crestview Station around midday Saturday, we were really surprised! Not only was there a good sized crowd gathered, but it seemed that perhaps fifty percent of the curious visitors had come there by bicycle! The five sets of wave racks were nearly full with seemingly more [...]
Your bike won’t go on strike
I woke up very, very late this morning, in recovery from election night revelry (yes we’re extremely happy here at Austin Bike Blog, we are heading for a much more transit and bicycle friendly presidency, most likely), only to discover that the Capital Metro strike had begun! Normally this wouldn’t have much impact on me [...]
