Community Engagement

Purpose: an agency that serves our community with public transportation options, CapMetro seeks relationships with 501(c)3 nonprofit organizations that have a similar mission to provide a valuable service to the community and that align with our mission, vision, guiding principles and strategic operating plan. Our CapMetro Cares program offers qualifying partners an opportunity to display co-branded promotional messaging on CapMetro assets.

Goals: an agency that serves our community with public transportation options, CapMetro seeks relationships with 501(c)3 nonprofit organizations that have a similar mission to provide a valuable service to the community and that align with our mission, vision, guiding principles and strategic operating plan. Our CapMetro Cares program offers qualifying partners an opportunity to display co-branded promotional messaging on CapMetro assets.

CapMetro has an inventory of transit advertising space on its vehicles. The goal is to leverage this space to raise awareness for the mission of participating organizations and to support CapMetro's strategic priority for being a valued community partner.

CapMetro will assume responsibility for the design, printing and installation of either full wrap or full-side bus advertisements used to promote the partner's organization. Artwork will feature a co-branded message presented by CapMetro Cares.

Participation in the program is provided to at no charge to the partner. In order to be eligible, organizations must submit in writing a completed application, which will be measured using the following criteria:

• Organization's primary mailing address lies within the CapMetro's service area.
• Alignment with CapMetro's mission, guiding principles and strategic operating plan.
• Organization must demonstrate significant service and impact to the residents of Central Texas.

CapMetro will review applications every 90 days and select up to 2 organizations to participate in the program concurrently. Artwork will be placed on vehicles for a minimum of 30 days and may be extended at the discretion of CapMetro based on availability and timeliness of the program. Organizations may be able to apply for consideration once every 120 days. Decisions on selection of partners and removal of bus wraps are solely in the discretion of CapMetro.

Note: The program launched in September 2019. With the strong community interest in CapMetro Cares and our first buses on the street. Due to high demand, CapMetro is not accepting applications at the moment. Please check back soon.

Apply for Participation

In 2014, the CapMetro Board approved a Vehicle Grant Program to distribute retired rideshare vehicles to the community to increase access to transportation and improve connectivity to CapMetro services. Since then, we have distributed 66 vans to 25 agencies, providing 35,120 trips.

CapMetro is seeking proposals from qualified applicants for the Vehicle Grant Program. The goal of this program is to promote innovative solutions by providing services to address critical community needs as well as increase wheelchair accessible transportation options for people who have limited access to transportation.

The program will offer accessible retired MetroAccess vehicles to successful applicants that provide community-based services and transportation for the community. Vehicle trips provided through this program shall be coordinated as much as possible with existing CapMetro services and other transportation resources in the region.

Vehicles will be distributed to organizations to reach two community goals:

1. To meet an unmet need in the community for accessible transportation, such as providing transportation to veterans, seniors, individuals with disabilities, individuals with low income, individuals with limited English proficiency or individuals with limited access to transit.
2. To provide support for organizations with innovative solutions to delivering basic needs services such as food, homelessness services, healthcare, literacy or other community-based services.

In exchange for the vehicle(s), recipients will track the type and amount of services provided and/or vehicle trips and will provide a quarterly report to CapMetro for a period of two years. CapMetro will provide the reporting format.

Click here to download the application