Austin Rail Referendum Passes

Voters approved a scaled-back version of commuter rail proposal that was rejected in 2000.

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November 4, 2004, 6:00 AM PST

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"Capital Metro voters [approved] referendum to bring passenger rail in the Austin area out of an almost 65-year retirement. The transit agency's commuter rail proposal, a seriously scaled-back version of the rail plan that voters narrowly rejected in 2000, passed with 62.2 percent of the vote."

Thanks to Dave Waugh

FULL STORY: Rail referendum appears headed to win

Wednesday, November 3, 2004 in Austin American-Statesmen

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