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Public commenters press task force to replace farebox recovery ratios and fund transit operations
Summary
During the task force's final meeting, multiple public commenters urged stronger recommendations for dedicated state operating funds and alternatives to the farebox recovery metric, urging the task force to prioritize funding that reflects ridership gains and the needs of transit‑dependent riders.
Multiple members of the public used the meeting's public comment periods to press the task force to be more explicit in recommending new operating revenue sources and to reconsider the role of the farebox recovery ratio as an eligibility or performance measure.
Adrianna Rizzo (California Electric Rail) said the draft report had many good recommendations but lacked a specific state source of operating revenue, warning that transit agencies “have been lurching from crisis to crisis with the fiscal cliff…
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