Riders using Capital Area Rural Transit System, which runs The Bus in San Marcos, can now
buy passes and store them on smart devices using Hopthru, a cloud-based mobile ticketing platform for public transit agencies. After downloading the app, passes can be bought with credit cards, debit cards or commuter benefit cards.
Other CARTS systems, which includes Bastrop Transit and Georgetown Transit, will also adopt Hopthru.
Katharine Jose has written about politics, infrastructure, environment, development, natural disasters and other subjects for The New York Observer, Capital New York, and The New York Times, among other publications. She was an editor for several publicat
