![]() The bus system operated under the name Albuquerque Transit System, and then Sun Tran starting in the 1970s. The official handover took place on February 1, 1965, with the city retaining all existing routes and equipment and most of the personnel. In order to maintain service for bus riders, the city ultimately bought out the assets of the bus company and turned it into the city Transit Department. But the company was not able to maintain profitability as private car ownership increased in the 1950s and 1960s, and in 1963, the Albuquerque Bus Company notified the city it planned to cease operation within a few months. Nine years later, in 1953, the route network had grown to 167 miles (269 km) and there were 51 buses and 120 employees. ABQ RIDE TMC Rapid Transit Series bus, in service from 1989 to 2008īy 1944, the company had 32 buses, 65 employees, and 37 miles (60 km) of routes. ABQ RIDE still owns one of the original buses and uses it for special occasions. The company started with five White Motor Company buses and had four routes: Central Avenue, Fourth Street, Sawmill-Edith Street, and East Silver Avenue. The streetcar stopped running at midnight on December 31, 1927, and the bus company began operation the next morning. City leader Clyde Tingley was a strong opponent of the streetcar system and led the effort to have it replaced with buses. Before this, transit in the city was provided by an electric streetcar system, but it was forced out of business by declining ridership and expensive paving bills charged by the city government. ![]() What is now ABQ RIDE began in 1928 as the Albuquerque Bus Company. The current ABQ RIDE color scheme is yellow-green, white, and turquoise, though most of the existing fleet wears the previous maroon, white, and gold livery. The name "ABQ RIDE" and a new logo depicting the Alvarado Transportation Center clock tower were chosen in a contest, replacing the previous name SunTran in September 2004. ![]() ABQ RIDE operates a variety of city bus routes including two Albuquerque Rapid Transit (ART) bus rapid transit lines and a currently suspended ARTx express bus line It is the largest public transportation system in the state, serving 6,151,300 passengers in 2022, or about 22,300 per weekday as of the second quarter of 2023. ABQ RIDEĪlbuquerque, Bernalillo County, and southeastern Sandoval County, New MexicoĪBQ RIDE (City of Albuquerque Transit Department) is the local transit agency serving Albuquerque, New Mexico. Not to be confused with SunTran, the public transit bus service in Washington County, Utah.
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