I went to the Plaza Saltillo open house for Cap Metro last weekend. The train was very cool, it was more impressive to see in person than I was anticipating, so that was a good sign.
Most interesting was the fact that the published fares zones put the Kramer station in the same zone as downtown. The city has been planning to establish 2 “zones” and charge more for stations further away. I had expressed some concern about the zone leaving North Austin a bit in the cold. But I’m very pleased that we will have an option to use the train at a single zone rate.
Of trivia interest, the train will have 6 spaces within the train to suspend bikes for storage, and if those are full, you can stand with bikes by the entry way. Should be interesting to see if that is suficient to get people around. If I were betting I’d say there will be more than 6 people a run that ride a bike to the station.
I’d definitely recommend if you are interested to attend the Open House on North Lamar this weekend.
Crestview Station – Saturday, Feb. 21
10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
6920 N. Lamar Blvd.
