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11/9/2022
The Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority (CapMetro) in Austin, Texas, announced its ridership exceeded 2 million in September, the first month since February 2020 that the passenger count has surpassed that mark.
The transit agency logged 2,080,446 riders across all its systems. The milestone finished off fiscal-year 2022 with a ridership count of 20,482,594, a 20% increase over FY2021's total.
On average, CapMetro has registered consecutive ridership growth every month so far in 2022 compared to 2021, agency officials said in a press release. Overall ridership has reached about 70% of pre-pandemic levels, in line with the nation’s other major transit networks, they said.
“As we continue to connect our region and expand services through Project Connect and other projects, ridership will grow even more,” said CapMetro Interim President and CEO Dottie Watkins.
Project Connect, a collaboration between CapMetro, the Austin Transit Partnership and city of Austin, aims to expand and improve Central Texas’ public transit network, including a new light-rail system and underground subway in the downtown area.