1985 was a great year. Gas was $1.09, “Back to the Future” ruled the box office, and “We Are the World” swept the nation. Here in Central Texas, Austin voters made a big decision to invest in the region’s future by creating the Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority. CapMetro was born! …
CapMetro Thanks Him for his Dedication to Building the Agency’s First Transit Police Department AUSTIN, TX — After three years of dedicated leadership, CapMetro Transit Police Chief Eric Robins has accepted a new position near Houston as the Chief of Police for Alief ISD. Chief Robins has been instrumental in…
We are excited to share exciting improvements to our Public Safety dashboard, as CapMetro remains committed to providing data transparency and accessibility. On Monday, April 21st, the Enterprise Data Analytics Platform project team officially launched the PublicSafety Dashboard, which provides accessible, up-to-date information on key safety metrics. This dashboard is…
Recognizing Transit Public Safety Month Last month, CapMetro and our community experienced a tragic first: a senseless act of violence onboard a bus resulted in the loss of our customer, Akshay Gupta’s, life. We are heartbroken at this loss and angry at the fear and grief this incident sparked. I…
Let’s face it, change can be hard. We’ve all experienced it: the neighborhood grocery store resets the aisles and suddenly you can’t find the peanut butter; your phone updates and now your brightness button has moved an inch to the left; or your favorite show finally comes back for a…
Meet Jake Boone, a Station and Facilities Planning Technician for the CapMetro Bikeshare program. He studied physical education in college before working for bicycle education non-profits, eventually keying in on how proper transit infrastructure can positively impact public health. And that’s where his passion for public transit became a career.…
