More buses will be running along two express bus lines while sections of local lines will be cut and replaced by other bus lines to increase coverage and frequency.

AUSTIN, Texas — Big changes are coming to CapMetro’s bus service in the southeast and northeast areas of Austin. 

This is major news for Phil Boseley, who is getting around on CapMetro these days mostly relying on the Rapid 800. 

“I struggled a little bit at first, but the more you learn the system, even though it’s on Google and everything, the better. It’s effective. I’m running every corner, the coverage is good,” Boseley said. 

Improving that coverage is what CapMetro wants with the changes its board had approved Monday afternoon. 

“These proposed June 2026 service changes build on years of work from staff and from the community and our regional partners,” Senior planner Jordan McGee said. “Building on data and community feedback that we received as part of Transit Plan 2035 and components of Projects Connect.”


New changes coming to NE and SE Austin bus routes

There is changes to routes three times a year, but this one is ambitious: 

CapMetro looks to increase ridership by increasing frequency for Rapid 800 and Rapid 837, with buses coming every 10 minutes at its peak. Parts of Routes 20, 233, 339 in Northeast Austin near the Travis County Expo Center will be discontinued and so will parts of Routes 333 and 318 in Southeast Austin. There will be routes that will take over for discontinued routes, including the Rapid 837, and 320 taking over for the part of 20 that is discontinued. CapMetro says this will not decrease service but increase coverage and frequency. Routes 5 and 18 will be extended to cover service gaps near the Expo Center. 

CapMetro said its making these changes to build access to its two new park and rides set to open by June. One is the Expo Center Park and Ride in Northeast Austin and the other is the Goodnight Ranch Park and Ride in Southeast Austin. 

“Where we heard from customers and residents, say for instance, that they need more direct or more frequent service to connect to this specific destination,” McGree said. 


Expanding access to CapMetro and Austin 

Boseley started taking the bus only weeks ago. In that time he had been moving with CapMetro, he also saw some of the lines having more frequency than others. 

“For example, the 801, it’s like they’re everywhere, they stack up at Tech Ridge because there’s so many, they stack up before they hit their bay,” Boseley said. 

With change on the horizon, Boseley said he will continue taking the bus. 

“When I get another vehicle, there will be certain things I will still do on the bus because I see the effectiveness of it, OK, whereas you know jumping in the car every time, well, the price of gas, man, it’s up there,” Boseley said. 

The change arrives on Sunday, June 7.Â