CapMetro

Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority
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Overview
Area served
LocaleCentral Texas
Transit type
Number of lines
    • 49 Metro bus
    • 12 Special bus
    • 8 Express bus
    • 19 UT shuttle bus
    • 1 hybrid rail
Number of stations
    • 2,300 Bus stops
    • 17 park and ride/transit centers
    • 26 CapMetro Rapid station pairs
    • 10 hybrid rail stations
Daily ridership81,800 (weekdays, Q2 2024)[1]
Annual ridership25,229,400 (2023)[2]
Chief executiveDottie Watkins
Headquarters2910 East Fifth Street
Austin, Texas
Websitecapmetro.org
Operation
Began operationJuly 1, 1985; 39 years ago (1985-07-01)
Operator(s)
    • Keolis (bus and UT shuttle)
    • MTM Transit (Metro Access and Pickup by Metro)
    • CARTS (Manor Pickup, Manor/Elgin Express and select feeder routes)
    • Herzog Transit Services (CapMetro Rail)
Number of vehicles
    • 368 Buses
    • 23 E-buses
    • 55 MetroRapid buses
    • 10 Diesel electric trains
    • 257 Vanpool vehicles
    • 213 Paratransit vehicles

The Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority, officially stylized as CapMetro, is a public transportation provider located in Austin, Texas. It operates bus, paratransit services and a hybrid rail system known as CapMetro Rail in Austin and several suburbs in Travis and Williamson counties. In 2023, the system had a ridership of 25,229,400, or about 81,800 per weekday as of the second quarter of 2024.

Voters approved the creation of CapMetro in January 1985, agreeing to fund the organization with a one percent sales tax. Operations began in July 1985 and CapMetro took over City of Austin bus services in 1986. In 2010, the CapMetro Rail Red Line, the agency's first rail service, began operations.

  1. ^ "Transit Ridership Report Second Quarter 2024" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. September 3, 2024. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
  2. ^ "Transit Ridership Report Fourth Quarter 2023" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. March 4, 2024. Retrieved September 5, 2024.