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CapMetro updates projects and safety: rapid stations, charging, downtown bus bridge and a fatal stop crash
Summary
CapMetro staff briefed the board on progress across multiple capital projects — CapMetro Rapid stations, charging infrastructure, rail work and partnerships with TxDOT — and warned of a projected downtown service disruption requiring a bus bridge (forecast early 2027–early 2029). President Dottie Watkins also reported a fatal crash at a Riverside bus stop that killed a customer; staff rebuilt the stop within about 17 hours.
CapMetro staff gave an extended capital-projects update Nov. 17 that covered the agency’s rapid-transit rollout, electrification work, rail facility improvements and several large partnership projects that will affect downtown service.
Dave Kubicek, executive vice president for capital construction engineering and design, and Ken Carrey, vice president of construction and facilities, summarized ongoing work: 77 CapMetro Rapid stations are in civil construction with 83% of shelters installed and 31 stations powered wholly by rooftop solar; charging infrastructure and pantograph systems are being added at North Ops with solar…
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