Welcome to the North Central Regional Transit District

A Message from Executive Director, Anthony J. Mortillaro

Welcome to the North Central Regional Transit (NCRTD) Blue Bus website.  We hope that you find the site informative and user friendly.  The District and the services we are able to provide are very important to me.  I have been involved with the NCRTD since its inception and am looking forward to serving the district as its Executive Director.
 
Regional transit and interconnectivity of the communities and employment bases is critical for Northern New Mexico and the District plays a very vital and pivotal role in the delivery of this service.  There are many challenges the District faces and collectively the Board of Directors, Staff and I will collaboratively be addressing these challenges over the years to come. 

In 2011 the state of the national and regional economy has forced many other transit agencies, municipalities and businesses to cut expenses and increase costs for services.  The NCRTD has been fortunate, to have not had to undertake such measures due to its fiscally conservative financial practices.  However, the NCRTD has and continues to examine its operations, administration, routes and schedules to operative as efficiently and transparently as possible.
  
The NCRTD team is excited about the changes and in even while influx has garnered recent awards. It was recently honored  by the Federal Transit Administration, Region 6, for increased Ridership and NCRTD drivers took the top three spots in the New Mexico Public Transportation Association’s Road-E-O in the van category.   

We have much to look forward to.  Construction is proceeding on the Jim West Regional Transit Center in Espanola, New Mexico.  The entire NCRTD team is looking forward to calling the new center home.   In addition, the NCRTD has undertaken the acquisition of eleven new buses in order to better serve our customers and to reduce operating costs.  We continue to see our ridership grow and are grateful to those who utilize the Blue Buses.

Over the coming months, we will begin to acquaint our customers with the NCRTD, pay tribute to Jim West, who was a former Chairman of the NCRTD, and tell stories of our riders on our website.  We hope that you will stay tuned and share your ridership experiences with us as well.
 
We encourage you to tell others about our free service!   Thank you for allowing me this opportunity to serve you.
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 Enjoy the free ride!