NM DOT Park and Ride
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.
NM DOT Park and Ride
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What is your agency’s service area?
The NMDOT Park & Ride provides service on 12 commuter routes covering the areas of Santa Fe, Pojoaque Espanola, Los Alamos, Bernalillo, Albuquerque, Las Cruces, Anthony and El Paso.
What transportation modes does your agency provide?
Commuter Bus Service
How many buses, vans and other vehicles do you operate?
25 maximum but only use 18 during peak service.
Key priorities for making services route decisions?
Customer feedback, available funding.
How has your agency applied its federal funding?
Only a small percentage of funding for the program comes from the FTA 5311(f) intercity allocation.
How would your agency apply additional state transit funding?
For continued operations.
What ways does your agency assist your community during community events or emergency assistance?
We provided transportation for COVID patients in the early stages of the pandemic and transportation for the immigrant community.