The SCRTD will provide transportation between rural areas, small unincorporated communities, and municipalities throughout its boundaries, thereby strengthening and supporting the economic well being of its citizens, businesses, service providers, and member governments.The need for regional public transportation services within the SCRTD is referenced in various local, regional and state-wide plans and projects, including the following: Camino Real Regional Plan for Sustainable Development; Viva Doña Ana Sustainable Communities Plan; One Valley – One Vision; Doña Ana County Comprehensive Plan; Mesilla Valley Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) Coordinated Action Mobility Plan and Transport 2040 Plan; Santa Teresa Border Area Transportation Needs Assessment Strategic Plan (TIGER proposal); South Central Council of Governments / Mesilla Valley Metropolitan Planning Organization / El Paso Metropolitan Planning Organization Coordinated Public Transit – Human Services Transportation Plan; New Mexico State University Parking and Transportation Master Plan; New Mexico Department of Transportation’s (NMDOT) Statewide Public Transportation Plan; and, NMDOT Coordinated Management Plan. The SCRTD’s planning process builds on and supports those plans.