North Central Regional Transit District (NCRTD)
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?
The counties of Santa Fe, Los Alamos, Rio Arriba and Taos and 70 communities located therein.
What transportation modes does your agency provide?
Fixed Route, Commuter, Para Transit, Micro-Transit.
How many buses, vans and other vehicles do you operate?
Approximately 67
Key priorities for making services route decisions?
Access to medical services, employment, groceries, education, daily life necessities.
How has your agency applied its federal funding?
Operating costs, bus replacement and capital investments.
How would your agency apply additional state transit funding?
Operating costs, bus replacement and capital investments.
What ways does your agency assist your community during community events or emergency assistance?
Buses are utilized for participating in community events, providing services for special events sponsored by a community and for evacuation purposes if called upon.
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