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El Paso transit official urges Socorro to join county authority as county buses set to stop stops inside city
Summary
An El Paso Transportation Authority official told the Socorro City Council that county buses will stop servicing stops inside Socorro effective July 1, 2025, unless the city becomes a member of the authority; he invited the city to join.
Good evening. My name is Javier Vinales. I am the interim director of the El Paso Transportation Authority and chair of the Regional Transportation Committee funded by TxDOT.
Vinales told the Socorro City Council at its March 20 meeting that the El Paso Transportation Authority (ETA) — created to provide countywide transit — now operates six routes and six paratransit buses, and that last fiscal year ridership on the three routes that run through or adjacent to Socorro exceeded 50,000 passengers. He said the county and…
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