Public transit services and data.

Use the service pages for current rider information and the Transportation Plans section for regional transit planning. Schedules, fares, alerts, and eligibility rules change frequently, so this site links to the agencies that maintain them rather than duplicating them.

Regional Transit Planning and History#

• Rio Metro / ABQ RIDE Consolidation Study Final Report (2025)

  Evaluates governance options for ABQ RIDE and Rio Metro, rejects full consolidation as unnecessarily disruptive, and recommends greater ABQ RIDE autonomy, improved Rio Metro regional planning, coordinated demand-response service, and a more integrated transit network. Official Rio Metro publications

• Paseo del Norte High-Capacity Transit Study: Alternatives Analysis Report (2014)

  Evaluates high-capacity transit across Albuquerque’s Paseo del Norte corridor and recommends a phased bus rapid transit alternative, with alignment screening, ridership forecasts, conceptual design, costs, funding, land-use considerations, public input, and implementation steps. Official Rio Metro publications

• UNM/CNM/Sunport Transit Study: Alternative Alignments Identification and Assessment (2014)

  Compares transit alignments linking UNM, CNM, major medical and employment destinations, and the Sunport, then recommends a University-Gibson bus rapid transit alternative using ridership, cost, traffic, right-of-way, and community-impact analysis. Official Rio Metro publications

Zero-Emission Fleet Transition#

• Rio Metro Zero Emission Feasibility Study (2023)

  Evaluates battery-electric, hydrogen fuel-cell, and compressed-natural-gas options for Rio Metro’s revenue and support fleets, including vehicle availability, charging and fueling needs, facility constraints, energy modeling, capital schedules, operating costs, and lifecycle comparisons through 2040. Official Rio Metro publications

• Rio Metro Zero Emission Transition Plan (2023)

  Sets Rio Metro’s path toward battery-electric and hydrogen vehicles through 2040, with fleet purchases, charging and fueling concepts at the Albuquerque rail yard and county facilities, utility coordination, funding, workforce training, and implementation priorities. Official Rio Metro publications

State Transit Connections#

• NMDOT Park and Ride

  Provides current express-bus schedules, fares, rider alerts, and stop information for NMDOT Park and Ride, including the weekday Albuquerque-to-Los Alamos route and connections with Rail Runner stations.

• NMDOT Transit and Rail Division

  Collects statewide public-transit and rail plans, programs, grant resources, provider information, Rail Runner and Park and Ride links, and permitting guidance for access to or crossings of railroad right-of-way.

Statewide Planning Context#

• Planned and Potential Transit Service Map

  Shows the Albuquerque metropolitan area’s planned and potential regional transit service network adopted with Transitions 2045, replacing the former Long Range Transit Network as the current interactive planning reference.

• Connect New Mexico: Statewide Public Transportation Plan (May 2025)

  NMDOT’s final statewide public transportation plan establishes the broader policy and investment context for transit providers, riders, and connections affecting Albuquerque. It supplements local and regional plans; it does not replace ABQ RIDE or MRCOG service and programming sources.