| Historically the most heavily utilized bus stop in town, +/-3,000 people a day step on and off buses with the Capitol as a backdrop, but "NO MORE!" says Governor Perry, who resides across the street.
The ACLU-TX Central Texas Chapter opposes the elimination of the Capitol Transfer Center (the 11th St. and Congress Ave. bus stops), scheduled for August 24, 2008, since the stated reason for doing so, "safety," has yet to be substantiated as a legitimate concern.
CapMetro offered several alternatives to closure in response to Perry's stated concerns (which just recently developed?), but he and the Board offered no viable explanation as to why the alternative solutions wouldn't suffice.* So now Transfer Center activities will be rerouted to 10th and Congress, causing serious interruption in traffic as buses will bottleneck in the traffic lanes vs. the utilizing the shouldered, designated bus lanes on 11th.
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Currently PUBLIC HEARINGS are taking place (or "public meetings" or "public hearing meetings" -??)--
Public Meetings:
* Thursday, April 24 (University of Texas Campus - Bellmont Hall Building - BEL, Room 328, 2100 San Jacinto (San Jacinto / 21st Street), 5:30 - 7:30pm
Public Hearing
Monday, April 28, 2008 (Capital Metro Main Administration Building - 2910 East 5th St.), 5:00pm
Post Public Hearing Meeting
* Thursday, May 1, 2008 (Capital Metro Downtown Customer Service Center - 323 Congress Ave.), 11:30am - 1pm
http://www.capmetro.org/news/n...
*The decision to close these stops was made by Gov. Perry and the State Preservation Board (since by law they oversee all infrastructure surrounding the Capitol).
http://www.tspb.state.tx.us/sp...
Debbie Russell,
president, ACLU-TX Central TX Chapter
secretary, Better Austin Today
member, CoA Public Safety Task Force
"Violence by government, as in all other relations, is a confession of failure. " |
