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County Connection board member briefs Lafayette on ridership recovery, SB 63 and youth free-fare results
Summary
Donald Tatsum, Lafayette's County Connection board member, reported on ridership trends, a summer youth free-fare pilot that sharply increased youth boarding, transit-signal priority trials and the fiscal uncertainty that underlies possible multi-county sales-tax measures (SB 63).
Donald Tatsum, Lafayette's representative on the County Connection Joint Powers Authority (CCCTA/County Connection), told the City Council the agency's ridership has recovered unevenly from pandemic lows, outlined experiments intended to boost riders and summarized the agency's fiscal position and looming state policy choices.
Tatsum said weekend ridership has recovered to slightly above pre-pandemic levels while weekday travel lags and that the nature of trips has shifted toward shorter rides unrelated to BART.
On fares, Tatsum highlighted a summer pilot of free youth passes that drove substantial ridership gains. "Youth ridership has grown by about 200%,…
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