Capital Area Rural Transportation System
Call 1-800-456-7433 (or in Austin call 478-7433) for information about our service and to learn where we can take you.
Serving the Texas counties of Bastrop, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell, Fayette, Hays, Lee, and non-urbanized areas of Travis and Williamson.
CARTS delivers transportation tailored specifically for each of the one hundred and sixty-nine communities it serves. The service frequency in or to the various locales range from many times a day to once a month.
Passenger Notices/Service Changes
Bastrop Connector Service Changes - January 30, 2012
Georgetown Connector Service Changes - January 30, 2012
Find Routes in Your Community
See all services offered in your area.
Changes to CARTS District Boundaries are coming
The proverbial “other shoe” dropped on Monday, March 26th --the one that we had been waiting for, the final U.S. Census report on urbanized area determinations. Why this matters to us is because it changes the size of our District as parts of it urbanize and become ineligible areas for CARTS to use its RURAL transit funds (Capital Area RURAL…).
Georgetown, San Marcos (including part of Martindale) and Kyle became urbanized areas, so they will no longer be in our RURAL district. These communities will receive funding directly (or through Capital Metro) to provide transit services, not through CARTS.
How will this change CARTS? What will happen to our customers in these areas needing rides?
Short answer, we expect that not much will change in the coming CARTS fiscal year (Sept 1 2012-Aug 31 2013) as we have been dealing with the issue beforehand with both Georgetown and San Marcos, and to some degree, Kyle. The Texas Department of Transportation, the Federal Transit Administration, Capital Metro and CARTS are all actively engaged in looking for solutions that will prevent any disruption of service to our customers.
The "new" map of the CARTS District, and the ever-growing urbanized core tells the story. In coming weeks we will provide updates and discuss the changes and the effect, if any, on our customers.
Some press reports on this subject have caused uncertainty to our customers, but be assured that we and others are working everyday on this, and we will keep you informed as we work through processes to arrive at workable solutions.
Electronic Fare Cards
It's Here! Get Your RideCARTS Fare Card Now! Introductory Special gives you $10 of rides for free. Limited time only, sign up today!
Discover the convenience and ease of the new RideCARTS fare card! Just swipe and go! Our reloadable fare card is the easiest way for you - or someone you know - to ride our bus. Caregivers can be sure their CARTS customer has a ride.
There are several ways to get our RideCARTS fare card:
- here on our web site. BEST WAY!
- call CARTS at 1-800-456-7433
- visit any CARTS location