Santa Fe Trails – City of Santa Fe
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?
Greater City of Santa Fe Limits
What transportation modes does your agency provide?
Fixed Route Large Bus (MB) service & Paratransit ADA & Senior (DR) service.
How many buses, vans and other vehicles do you operate?
23 Large buses, 11 Paratransit Vans, 2 Shuttles
Key priorities for making services route decisions?
Population (ADA, Senior, low-income, no vehicle, youth, essential work force, schools, outreach centers, accessibility to all federal, state, city, and medical facilities.
How has your agency applied its federal funding?
Currently, we apply federal funding to wages and fringe benefits.
How would your agency apply additional state transit funding?
Capital projects
What ways does your agency assist your community during community events or emergency assistance?
Santa Fe Trails is part of the City of Santa Fe City Emergency Evacuation Plan.
Santa Fe Trails also provides transportation for community events. Events include:
• International Folk Art
• Spanish /Colonial & Indian Market
• Burning of Will Shuster’s Zozobra
• Farolitos