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Should Austin Bring Its ‘Dillo Shuttle Back From the Dead?

Ryan Young July 23, 2018 Comment

For many years, the rickety brown and green ‘Dillo buses were a familiar sight around downtown Austin. A circulator shuttle operated on our central streets in the 1970s even before the formation of Capital Metro, Austin’s modern-day public transit agency, but the service wasn't fully expanded and dubbed the "Armadillo Express" until 1984.

These trolley car-lookalikes shuttled tourists, commuters and office workers along an extensive system of loop lines in and around downtown, traveling to West Campus . . .

 

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Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: 78701, city life, history, transportation, urbanism, walkability

About Ryan Young

Ryan Young is a freelance writer and transit enthusiast. He blogs about local public transportation at Austin Metro Journal.

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