Navajo Transit System
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 transportation modes does your agency provide?
Rural Transit Commuters
How many buses, vans and other vehicles do you operate?
62 buses total: 14 Active Buses (6 Large Buses and 8 Smaller Buses with 18 seats)
Key priorities for making services route decisions?
The classification of the routes and average daily traffic (FHWA Classifications)
How has your agency applied its federal funding?
Funding goes to direct operations, personnel salaries & fringe benefits, operational costs, administrative expenses, staff development
How would your agency apply additional state transit funding?
Capital projects: construction, buildings, transit transfer centers, park-n-ride, wash bay, bus
What ways does your agency assist your community during community events or emergency assistance?
Special pollical events requested 2 weeks before event and approved by FTA, Fire and Flooding events.