Capital Metro's Board of Directors voted unanimously Monday to put commuter rail on the November ballot.
The transportation company has been promoting the plan all summer in a campaign called "All Systems Go."
The decision means voters will get to decide on Nov. 2 on approving a major plan to change transportation from Leander and Northwest Austin into downtown.
The commuter rail plan will affect people all over the city, but even people who live in similar neighborhoods have different feelings about the idea.
"One of the things that it does, it raises the land value. And if you know the homes along Fifth Street, a lot of those homes are going to go. They're going to be priced out," Marsos DeLeon of El Concilio said.
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Commuter rail
Capital Metro voted unanimously to put commuter rail on the November ballot.
 
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"I support [commuter] rail because it is good for all of Austin. It's going to run through my neighborhood; I live on the East side. Right now our community is heavy mass transit users. Because buses take so long, our community cannot access the jobs in the northwest," East Austin resident Lori Renteria said.
Mayor Will Wynn released a statement Monday saying he'll work to make the commuter rail plan successful.
"Effective mass transit, in our case commuter rail is an indispensable part of solving Austin's traffic crisis … Commuter rail, combined with changes in land use patterns and an improved existing roadway network is the answer," the statement read.
To learn more about Capital Metro's long-range plans for Central Texas transportation, including maps, visit their Web site or call (512) 474-1200.
