Texas Bicycling Action Friday – July 26, 2024
New ‘safety officers’ working downtown Austin
by: Brianna Hollis | www.kxan.com
AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Downtown Austin Alliance (DAA) has some new faces on its street team. They’re called “safety officers.”
“We have an elevated safety team that’s a facet of downtown ambassadors program, they’re higher level qualified, trained individuals, basically the same the same level as a building security officer,” said the DAA’s Bill Brice.
While they don’t have the authority to make arrests, they can assist in getting people off of private property if issues arise, and bridge the gap between the community and the police department. …
CapMetro introduces new completely electric bike fleet
Author: Melia Masumoto | www.kvue.com
Since July 1, CapMetro has already put out more than 500 electric bikes all throughout downtown Austin and the surrounding areas.
AUSTIN, Texas — Capital Metro (CapMetro) is rolling out a new fleet of bikes to rent throughout downtown, and this time they’re 100% electric.
Previously, Austin’s bike-sharing program MetroBike operated a fleet of electric and manual bikes downtown, but CapMetro recently acquired them. They also started partnering with the City of Austin, getting them about $21 million to revamp the program including an …
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