TO: AC Transit Board of Directors
FROM: Salvador Llamas, General Manager/Chief Executive Officer
SUBJECT: City of Alameda Free Bus Pass Program
ACTION ITEM
AGENDA PLANNING REQUEST: ?
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
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Consider authorizing the General Manager to execute a contract amendment to exercise two option years with the City of Alameda for its Free Bus Pass Program for Alameda Seniors and Persons with Disabilities.
Staff Contact:
Claudia Burgos, Interim Executive Director of External Affairs, Marketing & Communications
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STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE:
Goal - Financial Stability and Resiliency
Initiative - Financial Efficiency and Revenue Maximization
Extension of the Free Bus Pass Program for Alameda Seniors and Persons with Disabilities supports the District's ridership recovery goals, provides a steady source of revenue and supports and further strengthens the District's relationship with the City of Alameda and its policymakers.
BUDGETARY/FISCAL IMPACT:
Under this program, the District is paid in full for the number of total rides taken by participants. Additionally, the District is reimbursed for the additional administrative and direct costs, billed on a monthly basis. As of April 2025, there are 970 participants and a total of 442,875 trips recorded. With the program concluding its pilot, the District has invoiced $502,972.
BACKGROUND/RATIONALE:
Approved by the Board and launched as a three-year pilot program in 2022, the Alameda Free Bus Pass Pilot Program for Seniors and Persons with Disabilities was designed to assist disproportionately lower income Alameda residents with funding their transportation needs. The program has been widely viewed as a success, with enrollment and ridership growing each year.
As the City of Alameda explores opportunities to secure long-term funding and transition this pilot program into a permanent program, it is seeking to amend the existing contract to extend the pilot for an additional two years. This...
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