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ETA presents regional transit options; Socorro ratifies interlocal access agreement
Summary
El Paso Area Transportation Services (ETA) presented ridership, funding and service models to the Socorro City Council and outlined options for Socorro to join or contract for service. Council later approved and ratified an interlocal agreement (effective 10/01/2025) to provide Socorro access to ETA services for an annual $5,000 access fee.
John Ando, executive director of El Paso Area Transportation Services (ETA), presented an overview of ETA’s fixed‑route, microtransit, paratransit and vanpool services and reviewed funding, ridership and administrative arrangements during the Oct. 6 Socorro City Council meeting.
Ando described ETA as a local government corporation formed under Texas Transportation Code (presented in the meeting as “section 4 31”) and said the organization operates countywide routes, paratransit (Access), microtransit (OnDelay) and a vanpool subsidy program. He told the council that ETA carried more than 559,000 passenger trips system‑wide in…
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