FY 06 Accomplishments (July 05 - June 06)

• New bus service connecting the Rail Runner, Rio Rancho and Albuquerque
• Expanded Rapid Ride service to Sundays
• Recorded more than 8,384,144 million passenger boardings for FY 06 (most ever)
• Passenger boardings on the Central Avenue corridor exceed 350,000 per month
• Reported more than 182,000 paratransit trips
• Reported 2 million revenue miles on the paratransit fleet
• Purchased 35 new diesel electric hybrid buses, when received the fleet became 89% ADA compliant.
• ABQ RIDE purchased 30 new paratransit vans.
• ABQ RIDE introduced Rock Star Shuttle service to Journal Pavilion concerts.
• Increased ridership by 22% during the Dump the Pump campaign
• ABQ RIDE launched the Discover a Book on ABQ RIDE program, collecting more than 50,000 children’s books to be placed on all city buses.
• ABQ RIDE came in $6,000 under budget for FY 06.
• Opened the new Greyhound bus Terminal at the Alvarado Transportation Center.
• Luminaria Tour on-line sales introduced. 

FY 07 Accomplishments (July 06 - June 07)

• Record 9,386,450 million passenger boardings in FY 07, the highest passenger ridership ever recorded.
• Purchased 58 new diesel electric hybrid New Flyer buses to replace buses that date back to 1989.
• Received 6 new Rapid Ride buses (purchased FY07) to start the Rapid Ride Blue Line from the West Side to UNM.
• Lamar Transit Advertising receives contract to manage bus advertising. Includes a bus shelter component allowing Lamar to build 100 bus shelters at no cost to the city. Lamar will receive the advertising revenue from the shelters until they recuperate the cost of the shelter construction (approximately $ 1 million investment)
• 6, 500 passengers (record) boarded ABQ RIDE for Freedom Fourth.
• Arts on the Bus (Poetry on the Bus and Trappings) introduced to the City
• Luminaria Tour sold out in record time with 800 (25%) more tickets purchased.
• During FY 07, ABQ RIDE added the following routes
      Route 40 D-RIDE
      Route 151 ABQ-Rio Rancho Rail Runner Connection
      Route 157- All day route along Montano then to KAFB
      Route 222 – Rail Runner connection to the Sunport 
      Route 317 – Rail Runner connection from Downtown to KAFB 

FY 08 Accomplishments (July 07 - June 08)

• Customer Service complaints dropped by 30% from 2006. Ridership for the same period increased by 10%.
• ABQ RIDE fleet went 100% ADA compliant with the newly arrived buses in March 2008.
• On March 15, 2008 the ABQ RIDE fleet became 100% alternative fuel (half of fleet is CNG.)
• Security officers and Albuquerque police officer presence in city buses and at bus stops were increased.
• Introduced Downtown Circulator, “D-RIDE” July 14, 2007
• An Automatic Vehicle Locator system was introduced to the ABQ RIDE fleet to track the speed and location of buses and vans.
• New Rapid Ride route (Blue Line) was added in July 2007 connecting the West Side with UNM and UNMH Complex
• Rapid Ride Red Line logged their 5 millionth passenger boarding in March 2008.
• 158,093 passengers have taken advantage of the D Ride (down town circular) as FY 08.
• The Student Ride Pass, where fulltime students ride for free, began to include the University of New Mexico (August 07) and Central New Mexico Community College (October 07)
• Passenger boardings passed the 10 million mark.

FY 09 Accomplishments (July 08 - June 09)

• New Northwest Transit Center opened to high demand September 2008.
• Implementation of the New Fare Ordinance with the new One Day and Two Day Passes February 2008.
• New electronic, self-serve kiosk installed at the Alvarado Transportation Center.
• Addition of Route #350 – free shuttle service between ATC and the Albuquerque International Sun Port.
• Plan Your Ride – an online trip planning service was introduced.
• 30 additional bus stop shelters (non-Lamar) were constructed.
• D- Ride increased by 9%
• Monthly ridership exceeds 1 million (1, 011,853) August 2008 
• Independent Delta Services, Inc. ADA Compliance report ranks ABQ RIDE among the best in the country for accessibility and navigability for passengers with disabilities. Locator announcements for the visually impaired are made 98.6% of the time in December 2008 compared to 49.5% in May 2006.
• Ridership in 2008 up 41% over 2005
• 43% of the fleet now have capabilities to sell one-day passes from fareboxes on the bus
• ABQ RIDE built three new Rapid Ride shelters on the "Blue Line" route at Lomas and 4th Street, Lomas and Stanford Drive NE and Central and Rio Grande.
• ABQ RIDE purchased 32 – 900’s Diesel Hybrids and 6 Articulated-- Rapid Ride Diesel Hybrids.

FY 10 Accomplishments (July 09 - June 10)

• Implementation of Rapid Ride Green Line service Central Ave. from Tramway to Downtown.
• Broke grond on the Southwest Mesa Park and Ride September 2009
• Began construction on four Rapid Ride structures October 2009
• Construction on ARRA (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act) shelters began September 2009.
• Three additional Kiosk order September 2009.
• Installation of new fare boxes October 2009.