Was reading the history of CapMetro on their site. And came across this:

Some of the original member jurisdictions have since voted to withdraw from Capital Metro and deny bus service to their area. These include West Lake Hills, Rollingwood, Cedar Park and Pflugerville.

I’d always assumed that CapMetro just hadn’t expanded there fully. But if that’s the way they want to play I think we should withdraw from letting them drive on our roads. I also like the fact that we provide park and ride service to cities that don’t even pay for it.

So basically Northerners and Westerners clog up our roads (that they don’t pay for), get bus service into downtown (that they don’t pay for), on coaches that are far nicer than normal Cap Metro buses (that they don’t pay for), with free WiFi (that they don’t pay for). No wonder a house in Austin costs twice what a house in Plugerville does. We’re essentially buying half their house for them.

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Comments

Ashley

2007-09-14T00:35:32.000Z

Yeap, I remember when capmetro got kicked out of round rock (I guess its back there?) and then light rail came up for vote. I was in line to vote at HEB in pflugerville and all these people were upset that their ballots didnt allow them to vote on light rail. And my comment was “if you guys hadn’t of kicked capmetro out then you could participate”. like duh. I guess they enjoy the uh freedom to sit in their cars for hours everyday.