Contact Information

Austin, Texas

Project

In May 2019, Tolar Manufacturing Company, through installation contractor Muniz Concrete and Contracting, was awarded a competitive procurement to supply 125 transit shelters to Capital Metro in Austin, TX.

The shelters, based on Tolar Manufacturing’s Signature series, are in support of Capital Metro’s Coordinated Bus Stop Street Furniture Program. As stated by Capital Metro the goal of the Program is to deliver uniquely attractive, functional street furniture of exceptional design quality that provides a variety of public services across the Authority’s service area.

The 125 Tolar-built non-advertising bus stop shelters will be 12 feet in length and provide weather-protecting radius roof and perforated metal walls designed to be installed at either the front or rear of the shelter as well as on each end, for best wind protection. The shelters also incorporate perforated metal benches with anti-vagrant bars and highly visible branding banner.

“For the past several years we have been fortunate to supply passenger shelters for Capital Metro,” commented Scott Williams, Tolar Manufacturing Business Development Manager. “This latest purchase includes improvements and design options based on customer and agency feedback.  We appreciate the opportunity to be a part of the process.”

Location

The capital of Texas, Austin is located in the central part of the Lone Star State on the eastern edge of the American Southwest. Dating back to the 1830s, Austin has a population of approximately 820,000 people.

A cultural and economic center, Austin is one of the fastest growing large cities in the United States and home toa number of Fortune 500 company headquarters and regional offices including 3M, Amazon, Apple Inc., Cisco, General Motors, Google, and Whole Foods Market. As a cultural center Austin promotes itself as the “The Live Music Capital of the World®.”

Austin boasts a lively downtown and vibrant outdoor settings, to which Tolar Manufacturing Company has added its attractive and functional bus shelters and street furniture to complete a true Sense of Place™.

A Word from our Founder

“Since 2016, Tolar Manufacturing has designed and fabricated 69 custom-branded transit shelters for Capital Metro and this contract takes that number to almost 200 on the streets of Austin,” said Tolar Manufacturing founder and president Gary Tolar. “It’s always nice to work with a contractor and transit agency who understand the importance of providing durable and highly functional street furniture and bus shelters that also fit within the community aesthetically. Thank you Cap Metro for allowing Tolar Manufacturing to be a part of such a worthwhile project.”

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