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Capital Metro Encourages Commuters to 'Cheat on Their Cars'
To help combat the region’s increasingly congested streets, the Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Capital Metro) in Austin, TX, has launched a creative new initiative urging commuters to skip the traffic drama and become “Two-Timers” by taking public transportation twice a week.
Capital Metro invites drivers who use public transit infrequently—or not at all—to give it a try, which helps remove cars from the road and gives riders their time back instead of being stuck in traffic.
A recent report from the Texas A&M Transportation Institute’s Urban Mobility Scorecard showed that in 2014 a peak-hour trip in the Austin area took 33 percent longer than that same trip would take in less congested traffic.
People who have never used public transit can learn to navigate the system with videos available on YouTube, hosted by local comedian Ted Meredith and featuring other Austin talent, that show people how to plan a trip, locate a bus using real-time information and pay for a ticket in advance or on the spot with the CapMetro app. Find the videos here.
The agency also invites riders who want to move beyond the daily commute to explore five Urban Adventures in some of Austin’s most popular neighborhoods.
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