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Tehachapi council finds no unmet transit needs; action preserves $835,000 in state and local funding
Summary
Council adopted a resolution finding no unmet transit needs reasonable to meet, a required finding under the Transportation Development Act that preserves eligibility for roughly $835,000 in Local Transportation Fund and State Transit Assistance funds; ridership declined and farebox ratio remains far below the 10% benchmark.
The Tehachapi City Council voted 5-0 to adopt a resolution finding there are no unmet transit needs that are reasonable to meet within the city, a procedural determination required under the Transportation Development Act (TDA) to qualify for Local Transportation Fund (LTF) and State Transit Assistance (STA) funding.
Hamed, the city staff presenter, told the council that Tehachapi contracts with Current Transit for its dial-a-ride service and that ridership for the reported fiscal year decreased by 7.4% while…
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