Editing Austin, Texas (section)

====Public transportation====
{{See also|CapMetro}}
[[File:Austin Metrorail.jpg|thumb|[[CapMetro Rail]] train at [[Downtown station (CapMetro Rail)|Downtown station]]]]

The Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority ([[CapMetro]]) provides public transportation to the city, primarily with its [[CapMetro Bus]] local bus service, the [[CapMetro Bus#CapMetro Express|CapMetro Express]] express bus system, as well as a [[bus rapid transit]] service, [[CapMetro Rapid]]. CapMetro opened a {{convert|32|mi|km|adj=on}} [[Light rail in the United States#"Hybrid rail systems"|hybrid rail]] system, [[CapMetro Rail]], in 2010.<ref name="Cap Metro All Systems Go 2009" /> The system consists of a single line serving downtown Austin, the neighborhoods of East Austin, [[North Central Austin]], and Northwest Austin plus the suburb of [[Leander, Texas|Leander]].

Since it began operations in 1985, CapMetro has proposed adding [[light rail]] services to its network. Despite support from the City Council, voters rejected light rail proposals in 2000<ref name="Clark-Madison 2000" /> and 2014.<ref name="Curington 2014" /> However, in 2020, voters approved CapMetro's {{US$|10 billion}} transit expansion plan, [[Project Connect]], by a comfortable margin. The plan proposes 2 new light rail lines, an additional bus rapid transit line (which could be converted to light rail in the future), a second commuter rail line, several new MetroRapid lines, more MetroExpress routes, and a number of other infrastructure, technology and service expansion projects.<ref name="Cap Metro Project Connect" />

[[Capital Area Rural Transportation System]] connects Austin with outlying suburbs and surrounding rural areas.