Capital Metro

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 commuter rail system known as CapMetro Rail in Austin and several suburbs in Travis and Williamson counties. In 2022, the system had a ridership of 21,145,300, or about 80,900 per weekday as of the third quarter of 2023.

Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Overview
Area served
LocaleCentral Texas
Transit type
Number of lines
    • 49 Metro bus
    • 12 Special bus
    • 8 Express bus
    • 19 UT shuttle bus
    • 1 Commuter rail
Number of stations
    • 2,300 Bus stops
    • 17 Park and ride/Transit centers
    • 26 MetroRapid station pairs
    • 9 Commuter rail stations
Daily ridership80,900 (weekdays, Q3 2023)
Annual ridership21,145,300 (2022)
Chief executiveDottie Watkins
Headquarters2910 East Fifth Street
Austin, Texas
Websitecapmetro.org
Operation
Began operationJuly 1, 1985 (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 (MetroRail)
Number of vehicles
    • 368 Buses
    • 12 E-buses
    • 55 MetroRapid buses
    • 10 Diesel electric trains
    • 257 Vanpool vehicles
    • 213 Paratransit vehicles

Voters approved the creation of Capital Metro in January 1985, agreeing to fund the organization with a one percent sales tax. Operations began in July 1985 and Capital Metro 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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