City of Las Cruces – Roadrunner Transit
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.
What is your agency’s service area?
We serve the Las Cruces city limits, NMSU and the Town of Mesilla
What transportation modes does your agency provide?
We provide fixed route and paratransit services
How many buses, vans and other vehicles do you operate?
We have 20 large buses (35 ft) on fixed route and 20 cutaway vehicles on our paratransit service
Key priorities for making services route decisions?
Key priority is to fund an inductive charging project to allow our electric vehicles to last entire day. Adding later Saturday and some Sunday service are also priorities. Increasing headways on core routes is also a priority
How has your agency applied its federal funding?
Federal funding is used for both operating and capital expenses
How would your agency apply additional state transit funding?
State funding could lower the city match commitments and allow us to prioritize vehicle procurements vs applying for competitive grant opportunities that don’t always get awarded
What ways does your agency assist your community during community events or emergency assistance?
Transit will offer zero fare transportation options to certain city sponsored events during the holidays and on occasion with emergency assistance when called upon to provide large vehicles to transport a large number of people.
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