Austin Transportation
Austin-Bergstrom International Airport and COVID-19: Guide and updates
How to get around when you’re on the ground—during a pandemic
How to get around in Austin—if you must—amid coronavirus closures: Updated
Capital Metro busses and rail are operating with abbreviated schedules, some closed routes, and no fares.
Capital Metro coronavirus response includes free fares in April
Bus and train service is still running but for essential travel only during stay-home-work-safe order.
How to get around Austin without owning a car
Scooters and bikes, public transportation, ride-hailing, shuttles, pedicabs, taxis, and ZipCar are a few options
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7 Austin two-bedrooms for rent along the MetroRapid 801 line
Apartments, condos, and houses a short walk from a fast bus, starting at $1,125/month
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9 two-bedrooms for rent off the MetroRail Red Line, mapped
From downtown to Leander, there are apartments, condos, and houses available all up and down Austin’s commuter rail line.
10 Austin transportation realities that didn’t exist 10 years ago
Transpo trends of the 2010s, from scooters to Uber
Moped-sharing is a thing, and it’s happening in Austin
Micromobility company Revel puts 1,000 of its vehicles on city streets
Austin signs on to global pledge to reduce air pollution
At the C40 Summit in Copenhagen, 34 city leaders pledge to push aggressive measures to curb dirty air.
More self-driving cars will hit Austin’s streets soon
Ford and the city partner on plan to test autonomous vehicles
Austin parking transforms into 14 parks—for a day
Open, public spaces in urban areas are the focus of Friday’s international event
Austin’s top 10 Bird rides are to restaurants
The popular destinations for the most populous e-scooters in the city are tourist-heavy spots
Spin e-scooters and Transit app team up for Austin commuters
Partnership offers multimodal transportation made seamless, in theory
Major weekend traffic snarls expected with start of highway construction
Central Austin detours are part of $124.2 million flyover and bridge projects for highway traffic. But there’s a pedestrian and bike bridge at the end of one of them.
East Austin will be the focus of a citywide mobility contest
Ford launches City: One Challenge to solicit transportation solution ideas from locals
500 new e-scooters will hit Austin streets
California-based app Skip tosses new fleet into the mix, bringing total number of locally operating companies to eight. Two more are on their way.
Rainey Street traffic restrictions might be in the works
Council directs shared streets pilot to look at restricting motorized-vehicle access on some nights
23 e-scooters destroyed in Downtown fire
Vehicles ignited while being recharged, raising questions about battery safety
Bike to Work Day: Everything you need to know
Best routes, fueling stations, free fun, and the afterparty location for Friday’s citywide event, when Austin commuters are urged to get on their bikes and ride
Uber, Lyft drivers use strike day to promote Ride Austin
In lieu of formal action, some suggest riders use local nonprofit ride-hailing app
CDC report: Nearly half of e-scooter riders in safety study had serious injuries
Large percentage of incidents were "potentially preventable," says national agency
Building a better e-scooter company
Austin-based Argodesign proposes a new model that puts safety and community first
Troublesome downtown highway could become a park
National report on ‘freeways without futures’ revives interest in a plan to cut and cap part of I-35
UT reins in scooter speeds with geofencing
Dockless vehicles limited to different speeds depending on areas of campus
Here’s how many scooters (and e-bikes) were actually at SXSW
Dockless mobility got a huge boost during the event, with significant increases in rides, app downloads, and distance covered—as well as, of course, discussion about all of it
Weekend road closures include I-35 exits downtown
SXSW is still here—even if you’re trying to avoid it, make sure you know where you can’t get off I-35 till Sunday
Are scooters the big winners at this year’s SXSW?
Downloads for Lime, Bird, and other dockless-device apps get festival spike, according to early report
SXSW scooter ban: Dockless vehicles won’t be allowed on select Downtown streets
City will forbid use of dockless vehicles on Sixth, Red RIver, and Rainey streets; violators could be charged and fined
UT impounds hundreds of scooters
School enforces new dockless-vehicle rules as semester kicks into gear
Austin electric-scooter fatality sheds light on injury reporting
Exchange student on Lime scooter hit by car in fatal crash
Scooter rules get more strict on UT campus
Penalties for parking dockless vehicles outside of designated areas include fines, impoundment
City suspends scooter licensing in SXSW run-up
With more than 17,000 dockless vehicles on the streets, is Austin oversaturated?
Vespa-inspired scooters to debut in Austin
Ojo to launch 100 ‘adult commuter scooters’ with moped-like design
Austin scooters and bikes in 2018
The year brought joy and terror to Austin streets in the form of roaming electric vehicles
Austin New Year’s Eve 2019: Free rides and other ways to get home safely
No need to drink and drive, y’all: taxis, ride-hailing, pedicabs, free public transpo, overnight parking, and more good choices
Spin scooters wheel into town
Ford-owned company arrives with a modest fleet and plans to expand
CDC’s first scooter safety study will take place in Austin
National public health center will focus on incidents and injuries in the city during fall 2018
Lyft scooters land on Austin streets
Like Uber before it, the ride-hailing company joins the fray in adding the zippy electric vehicles to its app
Lime to remove scooters from downtown Austin streets
City issues order to pull 1,000 electric scooters after violation of agreement