SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico (KVIA)- The South Central Regional Transit (SCRTD) has been awarded a $5.04 million grant from the Federal Transit Authority (FTA).<\/p>\n
The grant is from the FTA’s Low or No Emission Vehicle Program, which is one of the most significant federal competitive grants.<\/p>\n
According to SCRTD, the grant will allow SCRTD to expand regional mobility, modernize its fleet, and advance clean transportation initiatives across southern New Mexico and West Texas.<\/p>\n
The $5.04 million award will fund the launch of the new Las Cruces\u2013El Paso Hybrid Express Bus Service. <\/p>\n
The route will be a limited stop express service connecting Las Cruces, Anthony, Sunland Park Casino, and the El Paso Downtown Transit Center, with a future extension to the El Paso International Airport.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis investment strengthens regional connections and expands access to opportunity for families across Do\u00f1a Ana County.\u201d Manny Sanchez, Do\u00f1a Ana County Commissioner and SCRTD Chair.<\/p>\n
According to SCRTD, obtaining the hybrid-electric buses will begin immediately and planning for the service, driver training, and operational scheduling are underway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico (KVIA)- The South Central Regional Transit (SCRTD) has been awarded a $5.04 million grant…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":74821,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139],"class_list":["post-74820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74820\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}