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Placer County adopts 2025 Short‑Range Transit Plan with electrification goals and regional coordination
Summary
Supervisors adopted Placer County Transit’s 2025 Short‑Range Transit Plan that recommends regional fare integration, service changes, paratransit certification, and capital investments to electrify the fleet; staff said near‑term items are funded but electrification needs leave about $28 million in unfunded capital over the planning horizon.
Placer County Transit presented its 2025 Short‑Range Transit Plan Aug. 19 and the Board voted to adopt the plan subject to available funding and partnership agreements. The plan calls for expanded fixed‑route coverage and frequency, a regional paratransit certification platform, unified fare structures, performance metrics, and a five‑year phased implementation with near‑term items funded.
Transit staff said electrification of the fleet and associated depot and maintenance upgrades create significant capital needs—roughly $28 million unfunded—to maintain existing service levels with electric buses. The plan includes two scenarios: a fiscally constrained scenario reflecting near‑term funded elements and a second scenario analyzing additional service improvements that would require extra funding.
Board members asked whether paratransit certification and new rapid links will ease long transfer trips (for example, Lincoln to Roseville) and whether EIFD (Enhanced Infrastructure Financing District) projects could fund transit improvements; staff said the regional paratransit certification and the Roseville‑operated rapid link pilot are designed to improve cross‑jurisdictional connections. The board adopted the resolution approving the plan.
