Sun Metro Free 30-Day Passes — Veterans, Dependents and Surviving Spouses
El Paso's Sun Metro issues free 30-day passes for Fixed Route, Brio and LIFT paratransit to veterans, their dependents AND surviving spouses under a Texas Veterans Commission grant — first come, first served, with the current window running to 31 August 2026 or until funding runs out.
Verified August 21, 2026
What this benefit is
El Paso's Sun Metro issues free 30-day passes for Fixed Route, Brio and LIFT paratransit to veterans, their dependents AND surviving spouses under a Texas Veterans Commission grant — first come, first served, with the current window running to 31 August 2026 or until funding runs out.
What it's worth: Free 30-day passes on Fixed Route, Brio and LIFT — renewable within a week of expiry
- Estimated for a pass-a-month rider while the grant window holds; the programme is funding-limited, not entitlement-based.
Who is entitled to it
- You are a veteran — or a dependent or surviving spouse, whom the programme reaches too.
- You are in El Paso County, where Sun Metro operates.
- Sun Metro serves your area.
Not sure whether that describes you?
Answer a few questions about this benefit specifically — we only ask what this one actually depends on, and we stop as soon as we know.
How to claim it
- 1Fill out the Application for Texas Veterans Form or call the Sun Metro Call Center; prior participants skip the form and just call to confirm their information.
- 2Dependents and surviving spouses apply on the same form — the programme reaches them in terms, which almost no transit benefit does.
- 3Request each new pass within one week of the current pass's expiry. Funds distribute first come, first served, and the window is explicit: to 31 August 2026, or until the money is gone. Texas Veterans Commission regrants have renewed it before — "once again been awarded" is Sun Metro's own phrasing — but nothing promises the next round.
- Form
- Application for Texas Veterans Form
- File with
- Sun Metro, or by phone at 915-212-3333
- Documents you will need
- dd214
- Periodic
Sources
- authority · published policySun Metro — Vets Ride Free (Texas Veterans Commission grant programme)
Why only one source type: The authority's own page states eligibility including dependents and surviving spouses, the services covered, the renewal cadence and the funding window.
This finder provides an informational match, not a government eligibility determination. The responsible agency decides your application.