- Capital Metro, along with the City of Austin, have unveiled a plan to overhaul Austin’s transit system
- Project Connect, as it is titled, is expected to fix transportation issues in Austin
- To the tune of $9.8 billion, the plan wants to add dedicated transit lanes that would be used for buses or light rail
- Cap Metro and the COA are considering different options to implement their plan which includes designing street paths that could be underground, at street level or even elevated
- They propose they could increase the average amount of people traveling per light from about 126 to about 235 with 200 of those people using transit
- Opponents of the plan argue traffic congestion would increase if buses and/or light rail trains are placed on existing roads
- The model proposed states more people can be moved with the transit alternatives without displacing car traffic
- Austin Mayor Steve Adler spoke with FOX 7 Austin News and said the COA and Cap Metro plan to decide on an option to pursue by January
- They would then place that option for public vote by November 2020
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https://www.fox7austin.com/news/capital-metro-city-of-austin-release-lon…
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