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Transportation staff outline $17M planning number and limits on savings; single-route cost about $111,000
Summary
Officials defended the district’s $17 million transportation planning number, outlined contract timing for routes and said significant savings require schedule tiering or policy changes; a staffer noted a single route costs about $111,000.
Transportation staff reviewed current contracts and said the district continues to use $17 million as a working number for transportation planning while the city and mayor review possible cuts; they also reported specific contract-year timings and that many routes remain in competitively procured multi-year contracts.
A transportation representative said, “a single route is 111,000.” Committee members discussed tiering middle- and high-school routes to save roughly one route per compatible pair but noted charter-school scheduling and start-time differences complicate quick savings. Members asked the administration and the city CFO for documentation underlying the city’s proposed cuts so the committee can reconcile assumptions.
