Atomic City Transit adds Friday buses for Ashley Pond concerts
Friday concert nights at Ashley Pond will get a bus option, with Atomic City Transit extending service through the summer to cut parking and traffic headaches.
Residents heading to Ashley Pond for Friday concerts will have a bus option all summer, a change aimed at easing downtown parking pressure, reducing congestion, and shortening the walk to one of Los Alamos County’s busiest warm-weather gathering spots.
Atomic City Transit will extend Friday service from May 22 through Aug. 28, covering the full Los Alamos Summer Concert Series season. The special concert schedule will modify Route 4, Route 6, and the White Rock fixed route, with evening service running until about 10 p.m. on concert nights. The county says the goal is practical: make it easier to attend the concerts without driving and help keep traffic moving around Ashley Pond Park, which the county describes as a downtown landmark dating back to ranch-school days.
The shuttle will use the regular bus system, with riders boarding at existing stops and temporary stop signs placed where needed. The main pickup point for the concert service will be the Central Avenue and Mesa Library stop on the north side of Ashley Pond. North Mesa and North Community service will run every 30 minutes, while White Rock service will run hourly. The last return departures are set for 9:35 p.m. for North Mesa, 9:35 p.m. for North Community and 9:40 p.m. for White Rock.
The concert series itself runs every Friday from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. and is free, family-friendly and non-ticketed. The county says the summer lineup will include local acts and themed nights, along with a food court, games and a beer garden, which helps explain why transit is being stretched across the entire season rather than tied to a single event. For riders outside those fixed routes, Dial-a-Ride will be available for Los Alamos and White Rock locations not served by the buses, with reservations taken up to one day in advance and service available during concert hours.
County officials are also steering riders to ACTracker for real-time bus information and to the transit phone line for questions, a sign the service is being set up as a working transportation option, not just an announcement.
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