Capital Metro offers University of Texas and Austin Community College students, faculty and staff a ride at no charge on bus and rail services. Employees and students riding Capital Metro through these programs must present a valid ID and/or valid pass.

The University of Texas

UT has 13 routes to provide an easy and cost effective way for students, faculty, staff and visitors to access the UT campus. For shuttle information, please click here.

Texas Express

The Texas Express is an exclusive non-stop service from PTS and Star Shuttle that provides charter buses from campus to Dallas, Houston and San Antonio on weekends. It is exclusively available to UT students, faculty, staff and their friends and family. For more detail information, visit the Texas Express page.

Zipcar

Don’t have a car? Well Zipcar is there to help! UT students who are members have 24/7 access to a Zipcar and they also offer discounted hourly rates for university, faculty, staff and students. Visit here to learn more about this cool program!

Visit UT’s Parking and Transportation Service page to find out more information on carpooling, vanpooling, biking and walking.

Ebus

Capital Metro runs three E-Bus routes on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights from approximately 8:30 p.m. to 3:00 a.m. to provide safe and convenient transportation between student housing areas and the downtown entertainment district. UT Students must swipe their student ID to ride. Non-students must pay a $1 fare for a single ride. E-Bus service operates during the UT school year, excluding breaks and summer. Click here for additional information.

Austin Community College

With multiple campuses, ACC wants to get you to there. They encourage students and employees to Go Green, with campus-to-campus Capital Metro routes and continue its Green Pass program, which provides free Capital Metro passes to credit students and employees. ACC students and employees may use bus and rail service (Capital Metro Fixed Route Service, Express Bus Service, Special Transit Service, and MetroRail) at no additional cost. Check out the links above to learn more about these options.

CARTS Bastrop Metro Connector Route offers direct service from the Bastrop Bus Station to the ACC Riverside Campus with additional stops at Cedar Creek and Garfield Library.

Texas State University

The Bobcat Tram provides City and Campus routes, which are designed to serve the campus of Texas State and the densely populated areas in San Marcos. Click here for schedule and map information.

BT Interurban Bus Service

There are two BT Interurban bus routes serving the Austin-San Antonio corridor along IH 35, which collectively provide transportation between the Campus and City of San Marcos and these two metropolitan communities. Service stops in Austin are linked in several locations to the Capital Metro bus system; Service to San Antonio is linked to the VIA bus system at the Randolph park-and-ride. For more details, schedule and fare information, please visit the BT Interurban page.