History
Sun City Area Transit (SCAT) was born in 1977 when the city of El Paso bought out the three existing public transit lines; and in 1987, El Pasoans approved a one-half cent tax increase dedicated to funding transit within the El Paso city limits. At that time, the transit system was changed from Sun City Area Transit to Sun Metro. Today, Sun Metro operates over 166 Fixed Route Vehicles, 65 LIFT vehicles, 6 Streetcars and serves more than 15 million passengers a year. Sun Metro also operates a large natural gas fueled fleet, which at one time was the world's largest operating mass transit fleets.
Specialties
The mission of Sun Metro is to provide a first-class public transportation service to all El Pasoans and visitors so they can experience safe, reliable, professional, courteous customer service and economic opportunity.