The term is commuter rail, not light rail.
In the second expansive transportation plan to be unveiled for the greater Austin area in less than a month, Capital Metro on Tuesday, May 11, revealed a long-range bus and rail plan intended to pull together far-flung parts of the city and its suburbs.
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Commuter rail lines connecting Leander and Pflugerville to downtown Austin are among the highlights of an extensive transit plan that Capital Metro officials will unveil today.
The “All Systems Go!” project is Capital Metro’s first attempt to sell the public on a long-term transit plan since November 2000, when voters narrowly rejected its plan for a light-rail system. This proposal, while more expansive in its breadth, promises to be cheaper because it relies on a combination of existing freight rail lines and rapid bus routes, Capital Metro officials said. Because the plan is “closer to a blueprint than a plan” and its details could change, spokesman Rick L’Amie stopped short of assigning it a dollar figure. A referendum on portions of the plan is expected in November.
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Houston’s urban center, transformed by light rail, new housing and an array of sports and cultural attractions, is beckoning record numbers of suburbanites, the 2004 Houston Area Survey shows.
This increased interest in urban living is being driven in large part by Anglos, Republicans and families with children at home — groups traditionally regarded as firmly entrenched in suburban lifestyles, the survey shows. In all, 38 percent of the Harris County suburban residents interviewed said they were interested in moving into the city, up from 27 percent last year.
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A working group of local leaders are crafting a plan for seamless public transit in the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area.
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How long will your commute take in 20 years? How will transportation issues affect you, the success of your business, your quality of life? How can we improve road safety? How can we increase mobility while improving our region’s air quality? These are just some of the questions addressed in the draft 2025 Regional Transportation Plan recently released by the Houston-Galveston Area Council, the planning organization for our eight-county region.
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If Jerry Jones expects the public to buy him a new football stadium, he had better avoid this question: Does Dallas County have a better way to spend $425 million? Maybe to improve its weakest schools. Or revitalize downtown. Or fix the ailing public hospital system. The county’s wish list is a long one, and somewhere, there’s a place for a Dallas Cowboys stadium. The problem for the Cowboys owner is that most residents wouldn’t put it near the top of the pecking order.
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