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| Founded | 1928 |
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| Headquarters | Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| Service area | Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, and southeastern Sandoval County, New Mexico |
| Service type | Public transportation |
| Routes | 40 |
| Hubs | Alvarado Transportation Center Uptown Transit Center Northwest Transit Center Central and Unser Transit Center |
| Fleet | 156 |
| Daily ridership | 21,500 (weekdays, Q2 2024)[1] |
| Annual ridership | 6,907,500 (2023)[2] |
| Fuel type | Gasoline, CNG, Diesel-electric hybrid |
| Operator | City of Albuquerque |
| Chief executive | Leslie Keener |
| Website | cabq |
ABQ RIDE (City of Albuquerque Transit Department) is the local transit agency serving Albuquerque, New Mexico. ABQ RIDE operates a variety of city bus routes including two Albuquerque Rapid Transit (ART) bus rapid transit lines and a currently suspended ARTx express bus line It is the largest public transportation system in the state,[3] serving 6,907,500 passengers in 2023, or about 21,500 per weekday as of the second quarter of 2024.
The name "ABQ RIDE" and a new logo depicting the Alvarado Transportation Center clock tower were chosen in a contest, replacing the previous name SunTran in September 2004. The current ABQ RIDE color scheme is yellow-green, white, and turquoise, though most of the existing fleet wears the previous maroon, white, and gold livery.
- ^ "Transit Ridership Report Second Quarter 2024" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. September 3, 2024. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
- ^ "Transit Ridership Report Fourth Quarter 2023" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. March 4, 2024. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
- ^ "13 Million Passengers use ABQ RIDE in 2012". City of Albuquerque. 2013-01-11. Archived from the original on 2013-02-10.