Editing El Paso, Texas (section)

====Mass transit====
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The [[Sun Metro Mass Transit System]] operates a system of medium- to large-capacity natural gas-powered buses all around the city of El Paso.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elpasotexas.gov/sunmetro/ |title=Sun Metro Homepage |publisher=www.elpasotexas.gov |access-date=July 1, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100528013932/https://www2.elpasotexas.gov/sunmetro/ |archive-date=May 28, 2010}}</ref> In 2011, Sun Metro was named the most outstanding public transit system of the year in all of North America for a mid-size transit system by the [[American Public Transportation Association]].

El Paso County Transit makes trips with small-capacity buses mainly in the eastern El Paso area. [[South Central Regional Transit District]] operates two routes from El Paso to [[Sunland Park, New Mexico]] and [[Anthony, New Mexico]].

On September 1, 2009, [[NMDOT Park and Ride]] began operating commuter bus service to and from [[Las Cruces, New Mexico]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nmshtd.state.nm.us/main.asp?secid=15736|title=History and Facts|publisher=[[NMDOT]]|access-date=November 22, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723002037/http://nmshtd.state.nm.us/main.asp?secid=15736|archive-date=July 23, 2011}}</ref>

Historically, El Paso and Ciudad Juarez had a shared [[streetcar]] system with a peak electrified route mileage of {{Convert|64|mi|km}} in 1920. The first electrified line across the Rio Grande, which opened on January 11, 1902, was preceded by a network that relied on animal labor. The system quickly spread into residential and industrial areas of El Paso. In 1913, a {{Convert|12|mi|km|adj=on}} [[interurban]] line was built to Ysleta. At the close of 1943, the holding company [[El Paso Electric]] sold its subsidiary, the El Paso Electric Railway Company and its Mexican counterpart, to one of [[National City Lines]]' subsidiaries. This resulted in the formation of El Paso City Lines, whose domestic streetcar lines were replaced by buses in 1947.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Myrick|first=David F.|title=New Mexico's Railroads: An Historical Survey| publisher=Colorado Railroad Museum |location=Golden|year=1970|pages=189–190}}</ref> The international streetcar line which crossed the border via the Stanton Street Bridge continued to operate until 1973. In 1977, El Paso City Lines and two other bus companies were bought by the municipality and merged to form Sun City Area Transit (SCAT). In 1987, SCAT restyled itself Sun Metro.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elpasotexas.gov/sunmetro/sunhis.asp|title=El Paso Mass Transit History|publisher=City of El Paso|access-date=November 22, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100603074144/https://www2.elpasotexas.gov/sunmetro/sunhis.asp|archive-date=June 3, 2010}}</ref>