Laboratory employees who use the All Aboard America commuter bus service from Albuquerque will have a temporary new pick up and drop off location starting Monday.
Users of the commuter bus service from Albuquerque will catch the bus from the Balloon Fiesta Park off Alameda Boulevard, said Dan Villa of All Aboard America, which operates the service for the New Mexico Department of Transportation. To get to the new location, take Alameda west from Interstate 25 to the Balloon Fiesta Park and museum and north to the pick up and drop off location.
Route times and fares from Albuquerque remain the same, Villa said, adding that the temporary location is needed while a new, permanent location is constructed. Lab employees who ride the bus from Albuquerque currently catch the bus at the transportation department's District 3 office off the Pan American freeway east of I-25.
The Department of Transportation is building a new pick up and drop off location at San Diego Avenue and San Mateo Boulevard N.E. It will have space to accommodate 300 vehicles, about a dozen which will be for handicapped parking, and will have off-street pick up and drop off for passengers.
Villa said the new drop off and pick up location may be completed within 30 days.
The commuter bus service provides transportation between Los Alamos, Española, Santa Fe and Albuquerque. Rider fares are $2 each way between Los Alamos, Española and Santa Fe, and $4 each way between Los Alamos and Albuquerque.
The buses drop off and pick up Laboratory employees at East Jemez Road and Diamond Drive near Technical Area 3 and in front of Mesa Public Library on Central Avenue downtown.
For more information, contact Villa of All Aboard America at 424-1110. To see a schedule of bus routes, click here.
--Steve Sandoval
