A COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORTATION STUDY OF THE PUEBLO DE ACOMA

The Acoma reservation, approximately 65 miles west of Albuquerque, N.M.,has scheduled intercity bus service on Interstate 40 across its northern edge and a group of vans and buses purchased by the Tribal Council for various community programs. There are school, community health, emergency medical, social service and senior citizen transport operations. The 250 miles of primary and secondary routes within the Acoma reservation vary from the Interstate to secondary roads often affected by terrain and climate so that work sites, service center and residential communities are sometimes isolated. Purchase of a public transit van for commuting workers was found to be a deficit operation. Next an investigation was made of combining worker transportation to and from Albuquerque with regular tourist service from that city. This would enhance tourism on the reservation, but would not be financially viable. A shorter tourist van operation from nearby Grants, N. M., was also studied. It was concluded that the Pueblo of Acoma will continue to depend on the automobile; as autos and their fuel become more expensive there will be increasing demand for more public transportation.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Prepared in cooperation with the Middle Rio Grande Council of Government of New Mexico and the Urban Mass Transportation Administration.
• Corporate Authors:

  Pueblo de Acoma Tribal Council

  Pueblo of Acoma, NM  United States  87034

  Tribal Planning Office

  Pueblo of Acoma, NM  United States  87034
• Publication Date: 1983-7

Media Info

• Pagination: 51 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Commuting; Deficits; Indian reservations; Native Americans; Rural areas; Tourism; Transportation planning; Vans
• Uncontrolled Terms: Subscription bus service
• Geographic Terms: New Mexico
• Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00380148
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 30 1983 12:00AM