City of Albuquerque

Press Releases

The long-term plan adds a transit safety division of nearly 90 employees to the agency.
Aug. 13, 2025
The city of Albuquerque's BRT system delivers more than two million rides to the community annually and accounts for about 30 percent of ABQ RIDE’s total ridership.
June 26, 2025
ABQ RIDE Ambassadors are trained in customer service and bus rules, safety awareness, route planning, rider apps and real-time problem-solving skills.
April 28, 2025
With new technology, policies and an increase in dedicated officers, the city of Albuquerque is working to strengthen security in its downtown area.
Oct. 3, 2024
The city has been enforcing updated Rules to Ride, ramped up security and has placed Police Service Aides on city buses in areas with higher incident concentrations.
Aug. 13, 2024
The “Recovery Network” incorporates community feedback from Phase 1 and 2 of community outreach to provide more weekend and evening service, less peak-only commuter routes and...
July 23, 2024
City of Albuquerque
Albuquerque Police Department.
The goal of the operation was to address crime concerns at bus stops, on buses and known problem locations along the Central Avenue corridor.
July 17, 2024
The Albuquerque City Council voted to make the ABQ RIDE zero-fare pilot program a permanent part of the city's transportation services after a two-year pilot.
Nov. 13, 2023
City of Albuquerque
Items seized during operation
The operation resulted in six felony arrests for trafficking controlled substance and conspiracy to traffic-controlled substance, two felony warrants cleared, 122 fentanyl pills...
Sept. 18, 2023
The one-year pilot project is supported by a $3-million investment from the city of Albuquerque.
Dec. 22, 2021

News

When the project is completed in fall 2028, Uptown Connect will give residents convenient access to free city-wide bus service and access to more than 130,000 jobs within 45-minutes...
Sept. 22, 2026
Following the launch of the transit safety officer program in spring 2024, ABQ Ride has seen a 21% decrease in safety calls due to fewer incidents.
May 19, 2026
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
MTA's Access-A-Ride vehicle.
The company will deploy its technology for New York City Transit’s Access-A-Ride paratransit service and for the city of Albuquerque’s ABQ Ride.
Oct. 22, 2025
The Uptown Connect project seeks to add a transit hub and more than 200 affordable housing units to the uptown area of Albuquerque.
Sept. 29, 2025

Articles

The city of Albuquerque’s ABQ Ride has started using APCs to count ridership while L.A. Metro’s ridership grew for the 21st consecutive month and Santa Clara VTA saw 100,000-plus...
Oct. 2, 2024

Additional content from City of Albuquerque

The stop at Coors Boulevard NW and Eagle Ranch Road is scheduled to be completed in February 2022.
Dec. 21, 2021
Transit Director Danny Holcomb served as director of the department for the past two years, leading staff through a pandemic that posed many challenges to the city’s public transportati...
Nov. 22, 2021
Construction on the ART station located at Central Avenue and San Pedro Drive kicks off a series of upgrades to several of the city’s existing platforms.
Oct. 19, 2021
The modern buses offer more room for bikes and Wi-Fi service, transforming Route 790-Rapid Ride/Blue Line.
Aug. 10, 2020
The funding for electric buses serves as the local match to the Low-No Grant the city received last year from the FTA.
April 23, 2020