CapMetro

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	86,900 (weekdays, Q4 2024)[1]
Annual ridership	26,967,700 (2024)[2]
Chief executive	Dottie Watkins
Headquarters	2910 East Fifth Street Austin, Texas
Website	capmetro.org
Operation
Began operation	July 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 2024, the system had a ridership of 26,967,700, or about 86,900 per weekday as of the fourth 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.