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BART, BUS SENIOR AND YOUTH TRANSIT • Enhance rider information and education about disabilities.Funds will be distributed monthly based transit options on the percentage of the population over age 70 in • Enhance affordability for transit riders each of four planning areas for city-based and mandated paratransit services of local bus transit • Implement recommendations for transit service providers: improvements from Community Based • North County-induding the cities of Albany, Transportation Plans and the County's transit plan Alameda,Berkeley, Emeryville,Oakland and Piedmont. These funds will be distributed periodically by • Central County-including the cities of Hayward Alameda CTC.Grant awards will emphasize and San Leandro or unincorporated areas. demonstrations or pilot projects which can leverage other funds. • South County-including the cities of Fremont, Union City,and Newark,as well as Union City AFFORDABLE TRANSIT FOR SENIORS Transit. AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES(1o% • East County-including the cities of Livermore, OF NET REVENUE,$774 M) Dublin,Pleasanton,unincorporated areas,and LAVTA. This program provides funds for local solutions to the growing transportation needs of older adults and Funds can be further allocated to individual cities people with disabilities.Funds will be provided to within each planning area based on a formula refined transit operators to provide specialized by Alameda CTC's Paratransit Advisory and transportation service mandated by the Americans Planning Committee(PAPCO),a group of seniors with Disabilities Act(ADA).In addition,funds will and people with disabilities that advises be provided to each part of the County based on its Alameda CTC.In East County,funding provided to population of residents over age 70 for local Livermore and Dublin will be assigned to LAVTA for programs aimed at improving mobility for seniors their ADA-mandated paratransit program.In Central and people with disabilities.The program includes County,funding will be provided to Hayward to three components. serve the unincorporated areas. Funding for East Bay Paratransit Consortium Coordination and Service Grants(1%of net (6%of net revenue,estimated at$464 M) revenue,estimated at$77 M) This funding will assist the East Bay Paratransit These finds,administered by Alameda CTC,will be Consortium in meeting the requirements of the ADA. used for the purposes of coordinating services across These funds will be disbursed to and directed by the jurisdictional lines or filling gaps in the system to two agencies that operate the East Bay Paratransit meet the mobility needs of seniors and people with Consortium: disabilities.These funds will be periodically • AC Transit will receive 4.5%of net proceeds distributed by Alameda CTC for projects and annually,estimated at$348 M from 2015 to 2045, programs with proven ability to: towards meeting its responsibilities under the • Improve mobility for seniors and people with ADA' disabilities by filling gaps in the services • BART will receive 1.5%of net proceeds annually, available to this population. estimated at$116 M from 2015 to 2045,towards • Provide education and encouragement to seniors meeting its responsibilities under the ADA. and people with disabilities who are able to use City and local Transit Operator funding(3%of standard public transit to do so. net revenue,estimated at$23214) • Improve the quality and affordability of transit Funding provided to each of the four subareas of the and paratransit services for those who are • County will be used for implementation of locally dependent on them. developed solutions to address the mobility • Improve the efficiency and effectiveness of ADA- challenges of older adults and people with mandated and local services. z.o1,4 Alameda County.Transportation Expenditure Plan j 15