With the possibility of a transit strike shutting down virtually all fixed-route bus service in Austin, a CapMetro board member joined transit workers Monday in calling on the agency to push harder for a labor agreement. Meanwhile, an executive with Keolis, the private contractor which operates most of CapMetro’s bus service, acknowledged to KUT News […]
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With a CapMetro strike on the table, workers say better training would improve bus service
CapMetro is on the brink of its first strike in almost two decades. The last walkout, in 2008, lasted three days.
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Investigators examine whether batteries sparked fire that shut down Austin’s Bikeshare
A forensic investigator is examining whether lithium-ion batteries caused the fire that has shut down CapMetro’s Bikeshare system since Memorial Day weekend. Nearly 500 electric bikes, used as many as 40,000 times a month, have been pulled from at least 76 docking stations peppered around UT, downtown, East Austin and neighborhoods south of downtown. CapMetro […]
