{"id":172520,"date":"2026-02-20T06:14:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T06:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/172520\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T06:14:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T06:14:09","slug":"commuter-bus-routes-to-launch-march-2-for-bastrop-georgetown-and-round-rock-residents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/172520\/","title":{"rendered":"Commuter bus routes to launch March 2 for Bastrop, Georgetown and Round Rock residents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ridecarts.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Capital Area Rural Transportation System<\/a> will launch two new regional commuter bus routes March 2, offering express service to downtown Austin.<\/p>\n<p>One route will serve Bastrop and Smithville, while the other will have stops in Georgetown and Round Rock.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more<\/p>\n<p>The rides will be free for a limited time, according to a city of Georgetown news release. The service is funded by Austin\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.austintexas.gov\/page\/climate-pollution-reduction-grant\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Climate Pollution Reduction Grant program<\/a>, supported by the Environmental Protection Agency.<\/p>\n<p>The new routes are intended to relieve heavy traffic on Hwy. 7, Hwy. 290 and I-35, the news release states.<\/p>\n<p>For full route maps and schedules, residents can visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ridecarts.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.ridecarts.com<\/a> or call 512-478-7433.<\/p>\n<p>What they\u2019re saying<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese routes are about getting cars off the road and giving people a smarter way to commute,\u201d CARTS General Manager Dave Marsh said. \u201cOne bus can replace dozens of single-occupancy vehicles. If you\u2019re tired of sitting in traffic, this is your exit ramp.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What else?<\/p>\n<p>In Bastrop, CARTS will also celebrate the completion of the Smithville Station remodel with a ribbon cutting ceremony on March 2 at 2:30 p.m.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Capital Area Rural Transportation System will launch two new regional commuter bus routes March 2, offering express&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":172521,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,13491,5365,69724,69725,69726,12268,6240,31385],"class_list":{"0":"post-172520","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-austin","8":"tag-austin","9":"tag-austin-headlines","10":"tag-austin-news","11":"tag-bastrop","12":"tag-bus","13":"tag-capital-area-rural-transportation-system","14":"tag-carts","15":"tag-commuter-routes","16":"tag-georgetown","17":"tag-round-rock","18":"tag-smithville"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172520"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172520\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}