{"id":373764,"date":"2026-07-15T08:16:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T08:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/373764\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T08:16:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T08:16:09","slug":"capmetro-to-collect-public-feedback-on-proposed-fare-increases-central-austin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/373764\/","title":{"rendered":"CapMetro to collect public feedback on proposed fare increases | Central Austin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.capmetro.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Capital Metro<\/a> customers and community members will be able to provide feedback on CapMetro&#8217;s proposed fare increases, the first for the agency since 2015.<\/p>\n<p>The agency announced the community engagement efforts in a July 13 news release.<\/p>\n<p>The update<\/p>\n<p>The agency is proposing a phased approach to implementing the new fares, with potential fare adjustments Jan. 10, 2027, and again in January 2029. Under this plan, fares for a single ride would increase by the following:<\/p>\n<p>Local Service: $1.25 (current), $1.50 (January 2027), $2.00 (January 2029)Pickup Service: $1.25 (current), $1.50 (January 2027), $2.00 (January 2029)Commuter Service: $3.50 (current), $4.00 (January 2027), $5.00 (January 2029)CapMetro Access Service: $1.75 (current), $2.25 (January 2027), $3.25 (January 2029)According to CapMetro officials, the proposed change will help the agency &#8220;ensure service reliability and maintain investments in new transit vehicles and infrastructure made over the last 11 years.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Capital Metro customers and community members will be able to provide feedback on CapMetro&#8217;s proposed fare increases, the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":373765,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,132244,132252,132256,132263,134,37496,133,132232,37497,35640,132242,132236,132260,132234,132241,132245,132262,132251,132254,132228,132235,132230,132231,132247,132258,132239,132255,132240,132229,132246,132253,132233,132243,40921,132250,132249,132238,132237,132248,132257,132259,132261],"class_list":["post-373764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-bus-fare-increase","tag-austin-bus-fares","tag-austin-community-college-capmetro-meetings","tag-austin-commuters","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-mobility","tag-austin-news","tag-austin-public-transit-fares","tag-austin-transit-news","tag-austin-transportation","tag-capmetro-access-fare","tag-capmetro-board-meeting-september-2026","tag-capmetro-board-of-directors","tag-capmetro-community-feedback","tag-capmetro-commuter-service-fare","tag-capmetro-customer-feedback","tag-capmetro-fare-adjustment","tag-capmetro-fare-changes","tag-capmetro-fare-hearing","tag-capmetro-fare-increase","tag-capmetro-fare-proposal","tag-capmetro-fares-2027","tag-capmetro-fares-2029","tag-capmetro-infrastructure-investment","tag-capmetro-july-2026","tag-capmetro-local-service-fare","tag-capmetro-low-income-fares","tag-capmetro-pickup-service-fare","tag-capmetro-proposed-fare-increases","tag-capmetro-public-comment-period","tag-capmetro-public-engagement","tag-capmetro-public-meetings","tag-capmetro-reduced-fare-program","tag-capmetro-routes","tag-capmetro-sales-tax-revenue","tag-capmetro-service-reliability","tag-capmetro-single-ride-fare","tag-capmetro-transit-news","tag-central-texas-transit","tag-goodwill-career-amp-technical-academy-capmetro-meeting","tag-public-transportation-austin","tag-transit-funding-austin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373764","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=373764"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373764\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/373765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=373764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=373764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=373764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}