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TIMA chair praises city attorneys, outlines funding efforts to protect EPA grant and advance bike share and electric ferry planning
Summary
Chair Matt Dorsey and staff reported the agency is engaged in litigation to defend EPA community challenge grant awards, pursuing Transportation Fund for Clean Air bike share programming, applied for a $7 million AHSC grant for an electric ferry service and noted rising ferry ridership and a fall business plan.
At the July 22, 2025 meeting of the Treasure Island Mobility Management Agency Board, Chair Matt Dorsey and TIMA staff updated the board on several funding and planning matters for Treasure Island, including litigation to preserve an EPA community challenge grant, pending decisions on bike share funding, a $7 million state grant application for an electric ferry service and rising interim ferry ridership.
“We joined with 350 other local governments, tribes, and nonprofits in a class action suit against the Trump Administration to restore our lawfully awarded grants,” Dorsey said, calling the EPA funds “critical funding for mobility improvements on Treasure Island.” He thanked City Attorney David Chu and staff for leading the litigation.
Dorsey said the Transportation Authority would consider final approval of bike share funds for Treasure Island from the Transportation Fund for Clean Air Program immediately following the TIMA meeting, and that the board and staff were working to secure matching funds so bike share could begin on the island if approved.
Maria Lombardo, chief deputy director standing in for Executive Director Tilly Chang, said staff worked with the Treasure Island Development Authority (TIDA) and the John Stewart Company on an application for $7,000,000 in operating funds from the state’s Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities (AHSC) program to support a Treasure Island electric ferry service to be operated by SF Bay Ferry. Lombardo said the application also sought additional funds for a bus shelter at the ferry terminal and that grant award announcements are anticipated in December 2025.
Lombardo reported interim ferry ridership trends have been increasing: the agency reached more than 47,000 rides in 2024, and 2025 has seen an average of about 100 daily riders, which Lombardo described as roughly 64% higher than the first quarter of the prior year. Lombardo and staff said they are preparing a Treasure Island Ferry business plan to bring to the TIMA committee and the board later this fall.
Dorsey also announced a grand opening for Cityside Park on Saturday, Sept. 13, and encouraged attendance. There were no public comments on the informational items.
The board then proceeded to take the committee‑recommended contract approvals later on the agenda.
