City of Socorro 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 service the city of Socorro and also twice a day to the Belen nm rail runner station
What transportation modes does your agency provide?
Curb-to-curb service
How many buses, vans and other vehicles do you operate?
4 buses, 2 minivans
Key priorities for making services route decisions?
We prioritize to meet the rail runner express also the curb to curb for in town rides.
How has your agency applied its federal funding?
We have used funding for new vehicles, office upgrades, camera systems, and maintenance for vehicles.
How would your agency apply additional state transit funding?
New equipment, computers, possible pay increase and possible expansion.
What ways does your agency assist your community during community events or emergency assistance?
We do multiple things for the community. We transport for the local trinity site at white sands. Also offer transportation for the festival of the cranes, high school graduation and anything that the city asks us to provide transportation for.