June 4, 2026 - Jakob Schmidt, TRA Austin Community Liaison - Austin's Urban Transportation Commission voted unanimously June 2 to recommend that city staff work with Austin Transit Partnership and CapMetro to evaluate funding transit through the planned "Dog's Head" tax zone,...

June 2, 2026 - Jakob Schmidt, TRA Austin Community Liaison -Editors note: Project Connect is avoter-approved $7.1 billion transit expansion program designed to overhaul public transportation in Austin, Texas. It is spearheaded by the Austin Transit Partnership (ATP), CapMetro and the...

February 21, 2026 - TRA Newswire - Austin Transit Partnership, the local government corporation charged with implementing Austin’s first light rail system, has selected Austin Rail Constructors (ARC) as the construction contractor for Austin Light Rail, marking another major step toward...

January 16, 2026 - CommunityImpact.com - Austin's light rail project cleared a key federal review in January, marking a "major milestone" in the multibillion-dollar transit system's ongoing development.The nearly 10-mile Austin Light Rail is one piece of the Project Connect transit program rolling out following voterapproval in 2020. The...

December 4, 2025 - KXAN.com -Austin is currently in the middle of a decade-long plan to bring a light rail system to the city and surrounding area.Austin Transit Partnership (ATP) is currently in its planning, design, and development phase of...

June 6, 2025 - CommunityImpact.com - The agency tasked with building the Austin's voter-approved light rail system—Austin Transit Partnership—has officially launched the official solicitation process for a design and construction contract worth an estimated $3 billion.An additional $1 billion in contracts...

December 23, 2024 - TRA Newswire -Austin Transit Partnership (ATP), the local government corporation charged with implementing Austin’s first all-electric light rail system, has selected AECOM, a global infrastructure company, as its Delivery Partner for Austin Light Rail Phase 1....

October 16, 2024 - TRA Newswire -Following a favorable court ruling, unless the Austin Transit Partnership is faced with even more delays, design and construction may be able to continue on the city's $7 billion Project Connect light rail and...

June 1, 2024 - TRA Newswire -Good news for light rail in Austin. Austin Transit Partnership’s Austin Light Rail Phase 1 Project has officially entered the Project Development phase under the Federal Transit Administration’s Capital Investment Grants New Starts program...

June 8, 2023 - TRA Newswire  - The Austin Transit Partnership announced the first phase of Austin Light Rail, running from 38th Street to Oltorf to Yellow Jacket with additional priority extensions, has been approved by all three partners including the...