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Unmet Transit Needs Process

Unmet Need Assessment and Findings Unmet Transit Needs Meetings

As the administrator of Transportation Development Act (TDA) funds for Butte County, BCAG is charged with performing the annual Unmet Transit Needs process. The purpose of this process is to ensure that all unmet transit needs that are reasonable to meet are met before funds are expended for non-transit uses, such as streets and roads.

Unmet transit needs are those trips required, but currently not provided and not scheduled to be provided within Butte County, for individuals dependent on public transit to maintain a minimum standard of living.

Reasonable to meet shall includ e all of the following criteria:

Cost Effectiveness: The cost to provide the service will meet the minimum farebox recovery ratio.
Economy: The project can be implemented at reasonable cost.
Community Acceptance: Support exists as indicated through the public hearing process.
Operational Feasibility: The service must be safe to operate.

The process entails a comprehensive public outreach program and a series of workshops throughout the county to obtain testimony on unmet transit needs that may be reasonable to meet. Once the testimony is obtained, it is analyzed to determine if there are any transit needs that meet the adopted definitions of "unmet transit need" and "reasonable to meet". This analysis report, called the Transit Needs Assessment, is reviewed by the Social Services Transportation Advisory Council, which provides a recommendation for unmet transit needs findings to the BCAG Board of Directors. This information is then provided to the BCAG Board, which makes one of the following findings:

There are no unmet transit needs.
There are no unmet transit needs that are reasonable to meet.
There are unmet transit needs that are reasonable to meet.

If the Board determines there are unmet transit needs that are reasonable to meet, the affected jurisdiction must satisfy those needs before any TDA funds may be expended for non-transit purposes.

Unmet Need Assessment and Findings

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2006/2007 Adopted Unmet Transit Needs Assessment
2006/2007 Caltrans Submittal letter

2007/2008 Adopted Unmet Transit Needs Assessment
2007/08 Caltrans Submittal Letter

2008/2009 Adopted Unmet Transit Needs Assessment (3.24 mb)
2008/09 Caltrans Submittal Letter

2009/2010 Adopted Unmet Transit Needs Assessment (1.72 mb)
2009/10 Caltrans Submittal Letter

2010/2011 Adopted Unmet Transit Needs Assessment (3.42 mb)
2010/11 Caltrans Submittal Letter

2011/2012 Adopted Unmet Transit Needs Assessment (3.22 mb)
2011/12 Caltrans Submittal Letter

Unmet Transit Needs Meetings

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The public is invited to provide comments on existing or desired public transportation services within Butte County at an Open House forum on unmet transit needs at the following meetings:

CHICO - Monday, October 17, 2011, 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
City of Chico - Conference Room #1, 421 Main Street

OROVILLE - Tuesday, October 18, 2011, 11:00 a.m.- 1:00 p.m.
Butte County Library - Oroville Branch, Conference Room - 1820 Mitchell Avenue

GRIDLEY - Tuesday, October 18, 2011, 2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Gridley City Hall, Council Chambers, 685 Kentucky Street

PARADISE - Thursday, October 20, 2011, 2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Butte County Public Library, Paradise Branch, 5922 Clark Road

BUTTE COUNTY - Thursday, October 27, 2011, 9:00 a.m.
Public Hearing at BCAG Board of Directors meeting,
Chico Council Chambers, 421 Main Street, Chico

* Workshops will not end until all those that would like to speak have been given the opportunity.

If you prefer, comments may also be submitted via mail, telephone, fax, or email to Kristy Bonnifet. They will be given the same consideration as those received at the public meetings. Comments must be submitted by Thursday, October 27, 2011 to receive consideration in this year's analysis.

Mail: Butte County Association of Governments, 2580 Sierra Sunrise Terr., Ste 100, Chico, CA 95928
Email: kbonnifet@bcag.org Phone: (530) 879-2468 Fax: (530) 891-2979