Southwest Area Regional Transit District's (SWART) Program (formerly known as Southwest Transit) has provided disability and public transport services to the Middle Rio Grande Region since 1981. The program is funded through the Texas Department of Transportation's (TxDOT) Section 5311 Rural Public Transportation Program. In collaboration with the rural public transit system, SWART's medical transportation in Texas is also funded through the HHSC's Medical Transportation Program to provide non-emergency medical transportation to eligible Medicaid clients. SWART contains a fleet of fifty (50) vehicles and operates in an eight (8) county service area. Over 150,000 one-way trips are performed on an annual basis traveling over 1,350,000 miles annually. The program contains one (1) General Manager, one (1) Lead Mechanic, two (2) mechanics, two (2) operation managers, one (1) trainer, three (3) dispatchers, and fifty-six (56) drivers. read more