Cap Metro releases holiday schedule

The Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority has released all the details for service on Monday, July 4, particularly surrounding the annual H-E-B Austin Symphony July 4th Concert & Fireworks at Auditorium Shores. Bus routes going to and from Auditorium Shores include the 1, 3, 5, 7, 10, 20, 30, 100, 801 and 803. Additionally, those MetroRapid 801 and 803 routes will be operating every 30 minutes that night from 8 p.m. to midnight, and the Night Owls will be running on their normal schedules from midnight to 3 a.m. As far as detours go, there will be two phases of bus detours in effect from 5-11 p.m. on July 4, and Cap Metro encourages riders to use the Cap Metro app, the online Trip Planner or the Go Line phone services at 512-474-1200 for real-time information. The MetroRail, the service notes, will be operating on a Saturday schedule on July 4. Finally, Cap Metro is providing free park-and-ride shuttle service for Lago Vista’s Fourth of July Celebration. Cap Metro wants to remind riders that its offices will be closed on July 4 (but the GO Line will be staffed from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.) and that service will return to its normal weekday schedule on Tuesday, July 5. Good luck out there, friends.