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Capital Metro marks 40 years of Central Texas transit service

By Ben Thompson

The transportation authority started running local bus service in July 1985.

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From left, Austin Council member Vanessa Fuentes, Mayor Kirk Watson, Austin-Bergstrom International Airport CEO Ghizlane Badawi, Whiting-Turner Contracting spokesperson Ray MacKeen and Roderick Hudson, Director of Field Offices for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection celebrate the opening of a newly improved International Arrivals area at the Austin airport. (Haley McLeod/Community Impact)
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CapMetro swears in first-ever transit police officers June 6. (Courtesy CapMetro)
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The Austin light rail project includes a 10-mile build-out, 15 stations, new pedestrian and cycling paths and a new bridge across Lady Bird Lake. (Artist conceptual visualization courtesy Austin Transit Partnership)
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From left, Austin Mayor Kirk Watson, council member Vanessa Fuentes, airport CEO Ghizlane Badawi and Deputy Assistant Federal Security Director Terry Zweschper during the Atrium Infill Project commencement May 12. (Courtesy Austin-Bergstrom International Airport)
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