Transportation

Fairfield, BART and SFMTA score federal funds for post-Covid transit work

Fairfield Transportation Center sign
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Mark Jones

Fifty transit agencies across 24 states will share $25 million to help restore and improve service that has been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration  announced.

In the Bay Area:

  • The City of Fairfield will receive $1 million to examine restructuring its transit service in Fairfield's Cordelia area from traditional fixed route to on-demand microtransit that will reduce wait and travel times, increase access to an expanding area and improve overall public transportation usage.
  • BART will receive $514,045 to conduct an evaluation of its transit system designed to increase ridership and reduce travel times and to identify opportunities to increase the quality or frequency of service provided to low-income riders and disadvantaged neighborhoods or communities.
  • SFMTA will also receive $514,045 for an evaluation of its transit system to prioritize resources to increase ridership and reduce travel times and to identify opportunities to increase the quality or frequency of service provided to low-income riders and disadvantaged neighborhoods or communities.

The grants – announced Thursday – are provided through FTA's Route Planning Restoration Program and will help transit agencies with planning projects to increase ridership and reduce travel times in response to changes in travel patterns that occurred during the pandemic. 

The grant awards will help provide communities across the country with better transit service including expanded routes, Bus Rapid Transit, and on-demand service, the FTA said. 

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