March 5, 2010

MetroRail start AFTER SXSW – FAIL

Category: metrofail — Tags: – admin @ 7:33 pm

MetroRail starts running one week AFTER SXSW. What an Epic FAIL.

All Aboard from the MetroBlog

March 1, 2010

Testing has started…

Category: metrofail — Tags: – admin @ 12:06 pm

From the Statesman…‘Well, Duh’ Alert: Stopping on tracks a bad idea

January 14, 2010

Capital Metro Raises Fares for a Train That Doesn’t Exist – FAIL

Category: metrofail — Tags: – admin @ 7:39 pm

In case you hadn’t heard, Capital Metro has raised the fare for everything including the nonexistent train.

Story from News 8 Austin

January 2, 2010

Top 9 Cap Metro Derailments – Austin Chronicle

Category: metrofail — Tags: – admin @ 11:29 pm

Top 9 Cap Metro Derailments – Austin Chronicle

I like number 8

8 ) NONPROFITS NONINTERESTED The agency wants to start a nonprofit to see to the needs of low-income, transit-dependent citizens. Charities reply: “Isn’t that your job?”

Top 9 Quotes of the week 2009 – Austin Chronicle

Category: metrofail — Tags: – admin @ 11:23 pm

Top 9 Quotes of the week 2009 – Austin Chronicle

7) “I regret we ever established a schedule.”

– (Now former) Capital Metro CEO Fred Gilliam, in reference to the scheduled, then delayed, start date of MetroRail (Oct. 2)

December 30, 2009

Great Blog Post by Mike Dahmus

Category: metrofail — Tags: – admin @ 4:24 pm

I’ll be keeping folks that read this blog updated with the latest Capital Metro news as well as great blog posts about MetroFAIL.

If you’re not following Mike Dahmus’ Blog, you should be. His latest post has some history on the MetroFAIL.