CapMetro

Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Overview
Area served	Austin; Travis County; Parts of Williamson County;
Locale	Central Texas
Transit type	Bus local; express; BRT; ; Hybrid rail; Vanpool; Rideshare; Bike share; Paratransit;
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 ridership	81,500 (weekdays, Q4 2023)
Annual ridership	25,229,400 (2023)
Chief executive	Dottie Watkins
Headquarters	2910 East Fifth Street; Austin, Texas
Website	capmetro.org
Operation
Began operation	July 1, 1985
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 81,500 per weekday as of the fourth quarter of 2023.

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.

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