Item 62 Passedunofficial
Approve a resolution directing the City Manager to coordinate with CapMetro and Travis County to explore the cost, possible cost sharing, and feasibility of continuing fare-free voting, which would provide waived transit fares for riders on Election Day during the 2026 general election, as well as the opportunity to expand fare-free voting to additional days during the early voting period.
This resolution asks the City Manager to team up with CapMetro and Travis County to look into keeping fare-free transit rides on Election Day for the 2026 general election, and to study whether free rides could be extended across the early voting period too. The catch is it's an exploratory step — staff would dig into the cost, who might split the bill, and whether the idea is even workable before anything is locked in. For folks who lean on the bus to get to the polls, this could mean one less hurdle on the way to voting.
"without objection, the consent agenda is adopted" — meeting transcript (unofficial)
What got said
- Zenobia Joseph neutral, urging fare-free transit every day
- CM Siegel tied fare-free voting to voting rights protections