Corre Caminos – Grant County
Why support public transit in New Mexico?
Public transit provides access for the general public, disabled and senior citizens to get to and from jobs and job training; emergency, medical prenatal and behavioral health care and veteran services; educational facilities; entertainment, shopping, community, senior, parks and recreational facilities.
As public transportation continues to grow, New Mexico’s 28 transit agencies provide fixed-route, dial-a-ride, demand response, intercommunity routes and paratransit that gives people more mobility options with low or zero emission transit vehicles to reduce carbon emissions to improve New Mexico’s air quality.
In the attached backgrounders, the transit agencies tell their stories about how their services assist the communities they serve, how they have expended federal grant funding and where they could invest additional state match transit funding if it was available.
Corre Caminos – Grant County
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What is your agency’s service area?
We serve Grant and Luna Counties. Within Grant County, we offer modified fixed routes in Silver City, Santa Clara, Bayard, and Hurley. We also provide on demand service in a five-mile radius in and around Silver City. These services are available Monday through Friday.
What transportation modes does your agency provide?
We provide limited flag commuter service between Deming and Silver City, and Silver City and Tyrone on Tuesday and Thursdays. We have demand service in Grant County. In Luna County, we offer modified fixed routes in Deming and between Deming and Columbus, and demand service in a five-mile radius around Deming Monday through Friday.
How many buses, vans and other vehicles do you operate?
We operate 8 to ten buses, depending on the day.
Key priorities for making services route decisions?
Our key priorities for making route decisions is to make the biggest impact to citizens while staying within our budget.
How has your agency applied its federal funding?
Our funding is used to maintain our current level of service and our current fleet.
How would your agency apply additional state transit funding?
With additional funding, we would like to coordinate with South Central in offering services between Deming and Las Cruces, however cash match is always a concern when considering any additional funding.
What ways does your agency assist your community during community events or emergency assistance?
We are part of Grant County emergency management plan, in the event of evacuations. When it is possible, we provide transportation for community events. To list a few, we offer park and ride to the local rodeo, the local harvest fest, we offer free rides to poll locations during elections.