You Are Invited...Public Meetings on Expansion of Rapid Ride Bus Service

[Claude Morelli]

You Are Invited...

ABQ RIDE is seeking your input

for a new Rapid Ride bus route

A total of nine public meetings will be held – one in each City Council district.   ABQ RIDE (the City’s Transit Department) wishes to determine how best to use six new Rapid Ride buses that will be arriving this month.  The department is seeking suggestions on where a Rapid Ride route would be most needed.

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Public meetings are scheduled for the following dates and venues:

Wednesday, Feb. 7       6 p.m.  Highland Senior Center (131 Monroe NE)
Thursday, Feb. 8        6 p.m.  Erna Fergusson Library (3700 San Mateo NE)
Saturday, Feb. 10       2 p.m.  Alvarado Transportation Center (100 1st St. SW)
Monday, Feb. 12 6 p.m.  Taylor Ranch Community Center (4900 Kachina NW)
Tuesday, Feb. 13        6 p.m.  Cherry Hills Library (6901 Barstow NE)
Thursday, Feb. 15       6 p.m.  Los Volcanes Senior Center (6500 Los Volcanes NW)
Tuesday, Feb. 20        6 p.m.  Garfield Middle School (3501 6th St. NW)
Wednesday, Feb. 21      6 p.m.  Singing Arrow Community Ctr (13001 Singing Arrow SE)
Thursday, Feb. 22       6 p.m.  James Dwyer Substation (12700 Montgomery NE)
       
ABQ RIDE began Rapid Ride service along Central Avenue in December 2004.  The service has been very successful.  Since implementation, the already heavy transit ridership along the corridor has increased by 50 percent.  Rapid Ride features frequent service with low-floor vehicles, fewer stops, and priority through traffic signals.  For more information on ABQ Ride (including the existing Rapid Ride bus service), please visit www.cabq.gov/transit.