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

July 23, 2018 By Ryan Young

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…

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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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