ACT News:

Atomic City Transit (ACT) announces plans to implement Phase II of “re-opening” fixed-route public transportation service in Los Alamos County beginning Monday, April 5.

Phase II “re-opening” will include resuming fixed-route bus service on Routes 3 (Canyon & Central), 2T (White Rock to Los Alamos via Truck Route), and Route 5 (Barranca Mesa).

In addition, all Express Routes: 7A & 7B (North Mesa Express), 8 (North Community Express), 9 (Aspen Area Express), 10 (Barranca Mesa Express), and 11 (White Rock Express) also resume service April 5.

Note that fixed routes already in-service including Route 1 (Downtown), Route 2M (White Rock to Downtown Los Alamos via Main Hill), Route 4 (Northern Community), and Route 6 (North Mesa) also will continue to operate.

All routes will operate a reduced hours of service schedule, from approximately 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, as has been the case since fixed-route bus service resumed operations.

Paratransit service for eligible persons with disability, will continue 7:30 am to 5:30 pm. Monday through Friday. A critical factor, as ACT continues to gradually resume bus service, is maintaining employee and passenger safety by complying with public health recommendations. In accordance with the current Governor’s Executive Order – as well as federal mandates:

• Passengers and Operators are required to wear face coverings to board and ride the bus
• The number of passengers allowed on each bus will be limited to comply with social distancing recommendations
• Some seats on every bus will be blocked-off to assure adequate spacing between passengers again to comply with social distancing recommendations
• Atomic City Transit staff will continue to follow measures to further enhance public health safety as fixed-route bus service resumes:
• Hand sanitizer is available on all vehicles for both customers and staff
• All transit vehicles will be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected prior to being put into daily service, as well as high touch areas disinfected between trips, throughout the day
• Passengers will board and depart the bus only through the back doors only (when available).
• ACT staff will monitor bus capacity on each route to assure capacity compliance

Since fixed route service will be available again on all routes beginning April 5, the Dial-A-Ride service that has been operating in lieu of fixed-routes will no longer be provided.

For additional information, call 505.661.RIDE (7433) and for specific route service schedules, visit the ACT website.