follow-up post: some transit-related pictures from my trip to austin!

i took a whole bunch of pictures on july 2022 trip to austin, and i found some interesting ones while digging through my files to write about my buc-ee's transit odyssey. at least, they're interesting to me. they're mostly bus pictures, i'm sure you'll be shocked to find.

first: bastrop CARTS station was surrounded by a bunch of minibuses and what could probably be called micro-buses. also, there was a single dial-a-ride van that was, for some mysterious reason, in jail.

a row of small electric neighborhood vehicles parked next to the bastrop CARTS station. there are also some minibuses parked there. — the odd collection of vehicles at bastrop CARTS station

a ram promaster platform passenger van in bright red CARTS NOW livery sits inside a small fenced in area at the station. — the odd collection of vehicles at bastrop CARTS station

Second - Nova Bus is one of north america's biggest bus manufacturers, and it used to be a licensed manufacturer of RTS buses. their low-floors are popular with a lot of transit operators, and have a really interesting design. but i haven't seen any here in southern california. no agency in southern california uses them, unless you count santa barbara as being in southern california, which i don't. i was wondering if i have ever seen a novabus in real life. well, now i wonder no further, as i took a picture of one on the 801 in austin!

an articulated bus with round sealed beam headlights approaches on lamar avenue. — the odd collection of vehicles at bastrop CARTS station

OK, those are the most interesting points from my time in austin, but i found some interesting pictures from my travel to and from austin on the texas eagle.

plush anomalocaris looking out a superliner train window. — prongus on the train :3

two door truck with tank treads and a camper shell like compartment on the back. — interesting vehicles i saw: a tracked truck, a blimp or tethered balloon of some sort, and an FRA track inspection car!