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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.
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Counties Served:
What is your agency’s service area?
Otero, Lincoln, and part of Dona Ana counties. Cities of Alamogordo, Las Cruces, Holloman AFB, Tularosa, Mescalero Apache Reservation, Village of Ruidoso, and City of Ruidoso Downs
What transportation modes does your agency provide?
Fixed Routes: 3 in Alamogordo, 2 in Ruidoso Area
Intercity Routes: 1 from Alamogordo to Las Cruces, 2 to Mescalero
Demand Response: 5 in Alamogordo, 1 in Ruidoso Area
How many buses, vans and other vehicles do you operate?
14-passenger cutaway
Key priorities for making services route decisions?
Coverage, ridership, local input from committees and match funding partners
How has your agency applied its federal funding?
Operating costs, administrative costs, and capital costs
How would your agency apply additional state transit funding?
Increases in service and infrastructure
What ways does your agency assist your community during community events or emergency assistance?
If possible and if NMDOT approves we try assist the communities with non-political events. We also are tasked by the LEPC (Local Emergency Planning Committee) for mass evacuation during emergency events.