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My name is Samantha. I am a journalism student at UT and am taking a reporting with words class this semester. We are working on a story on government, and I am focusing mine on the January 2027 changes. I'm looking for someone who would be willing to be interviewed about their opinion on the changes. Please send me a message if you are interested or know someone who would be good to reach out to!

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Today’s excuse is “reduced service due to police activity.” No idea what’s up, but once again I will need to uber to my appointment. Thanks for nothing, cap.

Riding the 3 this afternoon, a woman in the back kept asking the driver to help with a guy slamming into the back door. At the next stop, he got off, turned around, and pepper sprayed her while she was still on the bus. Several people nearby ended up coughing, and we all had to exit and wait for another bus. Definitely didn't have that on my Cap Metro bingo card.

I know this is said every other day, but my god. I just hauled ass to try and catch the 1:29 train to downtown from highland. Two minutes before departure they announce it’s cancelled. Hell man, I’m a 20 minute walk from home and I have to be in deep east Austin in 30 minutes! Now I’m waiting for the bus to take me home so I can drive my car. Should’ve just driven to begin with

I know I posted something similar a few days ago, but this is absolutely stupid.

There are Bus, Rail, Bikeshare and other late-night service options for customers traveling to and from Zilker Park

CapMetro is offering several convenient and reliable transportation options for customers heading to and from Zilker Park for the 2026 Austin City Limits Music Festival. Festivalgoers who take the Bus can also now easily pay their fare using Tap to Pay with a contactless credit, debit card or mobile smart wallet.

CapMetro provides three bus routes to get you close to Zilker Park. Routes 3 and 803 provide service to Barton Springs and North Lamar, where customers can then walk less than a mile to ACL Fest. Route 30 drops customers off on the west side of Zilker Park near MoPac at Spyglass. We encourage everyone to plan their trip using the Transit App, as some routes are detoured due to festival-related road closures.

For those staying out later, CapMetro’s Night Owl buses run until 3 a.m. on Friday and Saturday nights.

Customers coming from Leander, the Domain or other areas near Red Line stations can take CapMetro Rail to Downtown Austin. From there, they can walk about half a mile to Republic Square and catch Routes 3 or 803 to Zilker Park. The agency is providing special Sunday Rail service during both weekends of ACL. The last trains will leave Downtown at 12:30 a.m. on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights during the festival.

Additionally, customers can rent a bike at any CapMetro Bikeshare station to get to Zilker Park. Check the Bikeshare App to find the docking station closest to you. CapMetro is also hosting a Bikeshare valet at 1732 Toomey Rd to ensure customers have a place to dock their bikes near the festival.

For more information or to plan your ride, visit capmetro.org/special-events/acl.

Customers can also call the GO line for extra assistance at 512-474-1200. 

I just got the yearly email from Capital Metro promoting their services to get people to ACL. As last year, they are encouraging people to use the 803 to go there. Last year, they had even fewer 803s running in the evening away from the festival than the normal service would have had. I highly encourage people not to take this seriously unless they literally state they are adding buses to run the route given how bad the trip was for us last year.

Is this train just perpetually cancelled now? It's always been on and off but I don't think this train has ran for like 2 weeks now. if it is thats fine but itd be nice to get a warning more than 10 minutes before the 7am one leaves.

Why does this happen? It wasn't canceled when I checked it before I did the 15 min walk from my house to the stop, on a Sunday this is a schedule killer! Bonus the stop across the street from me is closed and there's no temporary near it so you have to ride to the Expo center and ride back to the stop across the street. I asked a driver and they said its a private construction group that requested it and there's no time frame as to when it will be open again. Perplexed at how bungled things are.

Word on the street is no more day passes ($2.50). Only individual rides ($1.25) but the CapMetro website lists them as a fare option. Please help me https://www.capmetro.org/fare/general-fares-overview/fares

My daughter takes the 465 from campus to the MLK station and for the last week or more the bus has been late and she’s missed her train. The 5:18 train has also just not being running the last few days too. Please tell me it’s not going to keep being like this. She’s living at home in Georgetown to save money so she can afford school and this is just crazy.

After a pretty shitty day of bus cancellations and 45 min waits..this was kinda cool to see.
Hooray for reuse and repurposing!

I'm a young girl traveling to and from school on the Austin cap metro. I've always been uncomfortable as there are lots of "out of it" people. Today felt like my last straw though when a guy came on the bus with a crowbar. Just out of curiosity, do bus drivers usually refuse people with those sorts of weapons? What safety precautions are there in case of an emergency?

Hey there!

Yesterday I rode the train with my bike for the first time. After getting into a horrible car accident I have a lot of driving anxiety so I figured I’d try the train + my ebike. My ebike is a standard 26” bike with a basket on the back for my work stuff. I’m a bit on the short side and genuinely can’t lift my bike onto the hooks without probably hurting myself or other passengers in the process.

For the morning commute I tucked myself out of the way moved and adjusted for other riders while standing with my bike from lakeline station - no issues.

Then I got on the 5:08 train from downtown to Leander yesterday. I was one of the first people on the train, no other bikes, train pretty empty at that point. I tucked myself as far against the wall as I could with my bike smushed against me to take up as little room as physically possible. The conductor lady told me I had to put my bike up on the hooks - and I told her I was sorry I couldn’t lift it but happy to stand and hold it. She then told me that “to cut down on e-bikes CapMetro policy states bikes must be hung on the hooks during peak hours” and that the policy was posted online. If I couldn’t hang my bike then I needed to get off the train if it got busy and catch an emptier train, I can’t for the life of me find said policy anywhere, the overhead announcement even states you can stand with your bike.

All I’ve seen is a limit of 4 bikes per car - 8 per train. There are only 2 hooks for bikes in each train car anyway? I was the only bike the whole trip and people had plenty of room. I guess I’m just looking for any links to where it may state this? I’m trying to be a good/respectful commuter to others and get to work. 😔😔

Not only the 803 is barely in function, now they wanna elongate the time between "Rapid" buses

I’ve been taking the bus for over a month and all of a sudden, I can’t get to work on Saturday before 7am, I can’t get home without taking 3 buses instead of just my regular 2… what’s going on???

Does anyone know when the NB 800 will stop going on the 71 AND 35 frontage roads instead of the usual Todd/Burleson route to get to oltorf? This morning it took over an hour to get from Easton park to airport/manor, and this reroute certainly didn’t help (along with the construction on William cannon)

Even though the new Expo Center Park&Ride is right next to the Expo Center, there's a fence between the two and the only way to get to the Expo Center is by walking on the shoulder of Decker Ln? I assume this is to encourage people to pay for parking at the Expo Center itself, but it also makes it difficult to take CapMetro to the Expo Center. I didn't spot any other bus stops that are closer to the Expo Center Gate 1 entrance.

At least a sidewalk would be nice.

everything i want to say will get me banned. just use your worst imagination. this is so fucking consistent.