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CapMetro presents Transit Plan 2035 scenarios to Community Development Commission, highlights equity metrics and phased implementation
Summary
CapMetro planners outlined draft recommendations from Transit Plan 2035, emphasizing an equity-driven 'transit propensity' index, phased changes tied to Austin light rail and new rapid lines, and prioritization of high-frequency service and pickup zones; commissioners asked about bus-shelter coverage, timelines and construction impacts.
Capitol Metropolitan Transportation Authority (CapMetro) planners gave the Community Development Commission an extended briefing on Sept. 9 about the agency's Transit Plan 2035, summarizing public engagement, equity-focused analysis and a phased implementation approach tied to the coming Austin light-rail system.
Lawrence Dieter, a CapMetro planner who said he "help[s] lead the planning team," told commissioners the plan provides a roadmap for service changes over 0'to 5, 5'to 10 and 10-plus year horizons and will be implemented incrementally through CapMetro's regular service-change process rather than as a single-day overhaul. Dieter said the plan combines extensive empirical data (on-board surveys, location-based travel data) with more than 8,000 public-survey responses and multiple rounds of community engagement. He described a key analytic tool, the transit-propensity index, as "a tool…
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