Austin Transit Partnership Begins Planning Light Rail Extension to City Airport

Austin Transit Partnership looking into light rail extension to Austin-Bergstrom

Flying out of Austin-Bergstrom International Airport could be a little simpler in the next few years.

Austin Transit Partnership begins planning light rail extension to city airport

Plans are officially taking off to connect the city's future light rail to the Austin Airport.

Austin Transit Partnership advances planning for future extension of Austin Light Rail to Austin-Bergstrom International Airport

The proposed extension would connect the future Yellow Jacket Station on East Riverside Drive to the airport.

Rail To The Austin Airport Is Back On The Table—After Costs Soared And A Voter Bait-and-Switch

Austin voters approved higher property taxes for a transit plan that included a train to the airport. The project got smaller and more expensive, and the airport connection disappeared from the first phase. Now airport funds could be used to put it back on the table.

Austin Light Rail Airport Extension Planning Begins

Austin Mayor Kirk Watson says officials will study a light-rail extension to Austin-Bergstrom airport, with ATP aiming to start review within a year.