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Let CapMetro be your designated driver to the Hot Sauce Festival on September 10 so that you can spend your parking money on a cold drink and tacos instead! Download the CapMetro App on your phone to buy a 24-hour bus pass for $2.50 and ride as much as you want.

We’ll set the scene: you’re on day 45 of a 100 degree streak in Austin, Texas. You’re bored, trapped inside an office building with the AC blasting. After spending most of the summer swimming in Barton Springs, paddle boarding, pool grilling, boat renting and misting your face with tiny necklace fans at concerts, you’re out of creative ways to stay cool.

You’re craving the tangy, fiery salsas and sauces you enjoyed at last year’s Hot Sauce Festival. You don’t want to deprive yourself of the pure joy you feel washing down that Carolina Reaper with a few ice cold beers, but you don’t live close enough to the Far Out Lounge to walk.

You also know how popular the Hot Sauce Festival is and that the parking lots cost $10-20, so you check the Austin Chronicle’s FAQ to see what transportation options you might have. And that’s when you see the answer to all your concerns: a day pass on CapMetro Bus costs no more than $2.50 and KIDS RIDE FREE!

You type “Far Out Lounge” into CapMetro’s Trip Planning Tool and find that Bus Route 801 and Bus Route 10 can drop you off a 3-6 minute walk away. And because kids ride for free on all CapMetro services, you decide to pick up your spicy-food-loving nephews from a suburb in South Austin before the festival. You decide the best option for you is to park for free in CapMetro’s Southpark Meadows Park & Ride or the South Congress Transit Center and hop on the bus with your family from there.

Don’t miss out on what Austin has to offer just because you’re worried about wasting time and money finding a good parking spot. Enjoy the fall weather while it lasts: CapMetro services can take you to Austin City Limits, football games, bars on the east side, Q2 Stadium and more. Let us be your designated driver. Use the CapMetro app or website to find a route to school, work, stores, events and even within your neighborhood.

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