Capital Metro is preparing to change a bus route serving Rio Grande Campus. Effective January 15, Route 3 (Burnet/Manchaca) will stop on nearby Guadalupe Street rather than directly on Rio Grande Street. The change moves the nearest Route 3 stop approximately three blocks from the campus. Capital Metro says the route’s realignment from Nueces and Rio Grande to Guadalupe and Lavaca will improve access to the University of Texas and directness to downtown.
To look at the current and revised maps, click here and look for the Route 3 MetroBus modifications.
Last August, Capital Metro made a change that enhances access to Rio Grande Campus on Route 18 (MLK, Jr./Enfield). Route 18 stops at the intersection of Rio Grande Street and 12th Street, adjacent to the campus.
ACC’s Green Pass program provides Capital Metro passes to credit students, faculty, and staff at no additional cost. Spring passes are now available at campus cashier offices. Click here for more information.
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By Joshua W. Scott January 5, 2012 - 2:32 am
There are already multiple buses running down Guadalupe from the drag down to the capital. This is a major disservice to ACC students, especially those co-enrolled at UT. The #18, an east/west route, runs too infrequently to be effective shuttling students from campus to north/south routes. Presumably, the northbound #3 will run four blocks away on Lavaca. Last semester I used my Green Pass to get to Rio Grande every day. I suddenly see myself driving a lot more. Of course, that isn’t an option for the many blind and disabled students that will have to traverse broken sidewalks traveling from campus to the bus stop. Considering some of the treacherous corners I see Capital Metro buses being rerouted to navigate, I do not believe that whoever is in charge of changing bus routes has ever actually set foot on a bus or used one to get from point A to point B.
By Bob McConaughy January 5, 2012 - 9:17 am
Hello …a grave injustice to ACC students, faculty and staff.. help UT students ? there is the IL, IM, 5, 101 and UT buses serving the 40 acres….other buses for the eastside of campus.. hey, I have a great idea… support ACC by: have the # 3 bus go west on 11th from the capitol … right on Rio Grande.. hit the campus N & S.. then, right on 15th, left on Lavaca to UT-Land. maybe 5 minutes total time ? a win-win. Right now its a lose-lose for ACC folks. With this not well-thought out decision more ACC students will be forced to drive to campus, and parking is already a nightmare.. Come on CapMetro please rethink. ACC deserves it ! Cheers !
By CS January 6, 2012 - 11:46 am
Usually, I am not one to complain and I am pretty laid back and I make concessions when times change. However, I now have a HUGE problem with Capmetro. I live and work downtown and I attend classes at the Rio Grande Campus as well. In light of the recent recession, I sold my car to save money. When I first started using Public Transportation I could get anywhere with great ease. I have lost several routes, due to CapMetro’s need to accomidate UT. I kept my mouth shut. But enough is enough. Now I have to walk 3-4 blocks down unlit streets(at night when it is dangerous) to get to school? So Capmetro can give, yet another bus to accomidate UT (who most of them can afford a car in the first place)? Does UT own Capmetro? What’s the deal? UT has at least 5-6 busses and a shuttle to accomidate them? Is there really a need? ACC is pushing students to go green and take the bus. Well, it would be easier if Capmetro would quit being cheap and taking routes away from us. In short, ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!
By David Wright January 6, 2012 - 12:10 pm
I 100% agree with the other 2 comments. UT already has more than enough buses. I 150% agree with Joshua’s last bit about the people in charge of making changes to the route not having ridden them from point a to b. Had that person tried to get to UT from anywhere in Austin he would find there are plenty of buses that require little walking to UT, then had he ridden from home to rio grande he would find that right now there is just 1, maybe 2. I’m not afraid of walking 3 blocks but what about those who can not walk or are disabled in another way? For those in wheel chairs or walkers of some sort this change is gonna be a son of a gun with all those hills that surround the campus.
I double dog dare the person in charge of this change to navigate from Guadalupe stop to the campus… in a wheel chair… without anyone to help them. oh and it can;t be a powered one. not everyone can afford those y’know.
By Mayra Mendoza January 8, 2012 - 2:18 pm
Joshua, Bob, CS and David… complete agree with everyone of you.
1) 12 1/2 or 13th streets are the direct connectors between Guadalupe & Rio Grande campus entrance – and no neither is a feasible alternative for permanently disabled — or temporarily handicapped students to get safely – or quickly to campus. I would know, I fell, hurt my knee and walked around with a cane for almost two months. Maybe other week, that I’d miss bus route 3, I’d catch the 1L/1M to campus and walk those not so short and simple 3 blocks to campus… ouch!
2) I know for a fact some CapMetro employees do take the challenge of trying out bus trips from point A and point B before making a route line cancellation decision but I do wonder if this time anyone did.
3) speaking of decion makers and ACC advocates, where is Mr. John Michael Cortez something…. ACC trustee and CapMetro employee??? I hate to drop this on you Mr. Cortez, but you are our voice.. ONE BUS LINE just one for what maybe less than 2 years, now gone? I’m sorry but this decision is contradictory to why you pushed for ACC’s Greenpass.
ACC Board of Trustees, do you, or do you not what, us ACC students, to “Go Green?” Because, Austin Community College federal grants seem to believe so.
By mmc January 9, 2012 - 1:25 pm
I actually took part in a telemeeting with CapMetro about this. They are absolutely convinced that 90% or more of ACC students also go to UT. I pointed out the disabled thing, I pointed out there is no no easy connection between RGC and Congress–I even pointed out that when I leave in the evening both stops heading south have 5-6 people wanting to go that way and the 18 was not a substitute. They didn’t want to hear it. They just kept pointing out the 18 was a great connector to UT.
By Go green water bottles January 13, 2012 - 7:31 pm
How much does this mean to visit environmentally friendly it depends on who you request. For a lot of, it implies answering their own houses along with organic, non-toxic materials as well as furnishings to make certain safe and sound …go green
By Kyle temple January 18, 2012 - 1:08 am
THANKS TO THE SILLY STAFF WHO THOUGHT THIS WAS A GOOD IDEA. INSTEAD OF WALKING TO CATCH THE 3 AND GETTING OFF NEAR UT TO CATCH THE 983 TO ROUND ROCK. I NOW HAVE TO WALK SEVEN BLOCKS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN IT RAINS YEAH THIS WAS A STUPID IDEA. IF YOU WANT TO SAVE THE ENVIRONMENT THEN MAKE EVERYONE RIDE BKES INCLUDING TEACHERS