Getting Around During the World's Game: Your Transit Guide from AARP & METRO

Getting around during the 2026 FIFA World Cup doesn’t have to be stressful. AARP and METRO created a free downloadable transit guide with practical information on rail service, on-demand options, senior fares, and travel tips.

Transit can make getting around the soccer festivities easier. Skip the traffic, avoid surge pricing, and let METRO's expanded service, from June 7 through July 11, get you where you need to be.

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📥 Download the Free AARP & METRO World’s Game Transit Guide

What's Inside the Guide

This easy-to-follow guide covers the transit options that matter most:

• 🚐 On-Demand Transit Services — Learn about METRO's on-demand, ADA-accessible options, including Community Connector and METRO curb2curb, with connections to bus stops, rail stations, and other destinations.
• ♿ METROLift Paratransit — ADA-accessible shared-ride service operating across most of Harris County. Riders must be prequalified by METRO.
• 🚈 METRORail — METRO's light rail network connects you to popular destinations including the Texas Medical Center, Reliant Stadium (formerly NRG), and downtown.
• 🎟️ Senior Fare Discounts — Adults 65+ qualify for reduced fares:
  • Ages 65–69: 50% off local bus, METRORail, METRO curb2curb, and Park & Ride
  • Ages 70+: Ride completely FREE with a discounted RideMETRO Fare Card
• 📱 Getting Started — Download the RideMETRO Mobile App to manage trips with ease and track your bus in real time.
• 🎓 Free Travel Training — Free travel training is available for people who want help learning to use METRO services.

More Than a Ride — It's a Celebration

AARP is also celebrating the tournament with the Family Fútbol Celebration Sweepstakes. Enter for a chance to win a prize package that includes VIP tickets to the city of Houston’s Freedom Over Texas Fourth of July Celebration with access to Fútbol Park, which will be showing a match that day. Read the official rules.

One grand prize winner will receive this VIP prize package:

• 🎆 A 4-pack of VIP tickets to Freedom Over Texas
• 🧊 A YETI cooler
• 👟 A $100 sports apparel gift card
• 🍔 A $100 food and party gift card

Total prize value: approximately $820!

About the AARP Houston + METRO Partnership

AARP Houston supports efforts to improve transportation options, including safer crossings, better sidewalks, and more reliable ways for people to get around. Through the Age-Friendly/Livable Community Action Plan, these efforts help create a more accessible community and support connections to services, destinations, and daily activities.