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The Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority (CTRMA, Mobility Authority) is an independent government agency created in 2002 to improve the transportation system in Travis and Williamson Counties in Texas. The Mobility Authority is headquartered at 3300 N. IH 35 in Austin.
Houston, Texas, U.S. Transit type: Bus, light rail, paratransit, express lanes: Number of lines: 83 local bus routes 31 commuter bus routes 3 light rail lines 1 community connector 1 bus rapid transit line: Number of stations: 44 (light rail) 12 (bus rapid transit) 27 (park and rides) 21 (transit centers) Daily ridership: 244,700 (weekdays, Q3 ...
Beginning on November 5, 2008, the strike caused the transit agency to reduce its fixed and paratransit service levels, particularly impacting Austin residents who had to use public transit. [83] During the strike, the agency initially provided only those routes on the contingency map for a reduced number of hours but added others as resources ...
[27] [24] In TEXRail application, the diesel power module contains two 520-kilowatt (697 hp) (1400 hp Total) Deutz AG TCD 16.0 V8 engines that comply with US EPA Tier 4 emission standard, able to achieve a top speed of 81 mph (130 km/h), however mainline track speed is limited to 70 mph. These units at 266 feet (81 m) long weigh in at 352,000 ...
The "Texas T", an innovation originally introduced in Houston, is a ramp design that allows vehicles in the HOV lane, which is usually the center lane, to exit directly to transit centers or to enter the freeway directly into the HOV lane without crossing multiple lanes of traffic. Timed freeway entrances, which regulate the addition of cars to ...
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The Silver Line, also known as the Cotton Belt Rail Line, is an under construction 26-mile (42 km) hybrid rail (light rail with some features similar to commuter rail) line traversing Tarrant, Dallas, and Collin counties and in the U.S. state of Texas operated by Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART).
For example, the Siemens S70 LRVs used in the Houston METRORail and other North American LRT systems have a top speed of 55–71.5 miles per hour (88.51–115.1 km/h) depending on the system, while the trains on the all-underground Montreal Metro can only reach a top speed of 72 kilometres per hour (44.74 mph).