Commission approves Metro Transit Title VI update with 8% disparity threshold

The Transportation Commission voted to approve Metro Transit’s Title VI program update and set the disparate‑impact and disproportionate‑burden threshold at 8% for future analyses. Connor Mountford, Metro Transit’s interim planning and scheduling manager, told the commission staff had surveyed 28 peer agencies and proposed a 15% threshold as the median industry value; after discussion the commission chose 8% as a compromise.