Sanchez on bus action plan funding and expected mileage
Sanchez asks how many miles of bus lanes will be built with the $16.9M bus action plan funding. Forgione says exact numbers aren't available yet but expects historic output significantly exceeding prior years.
Bus action plan.
The executive plan includes additional city funding of $16.9 million.
million and 70 headcount positions in fiscal 2027 that grows to 35 million and 104 additional positions in fiscal 2030 for the bus action plan.
How many miles of bus lanes will be built with this funding and how many will be new bus lanes?
Thank you, Chair.
Yeah, so we're thrilled with the level of investment.
It's a historic level of investment.
It's going to let us bring this program to a historic level of output.
While I don't have specific miles for this year because the program is kind of a dynamic thing that we're developing and implementing, we're expecting a historic level of output this year, significantly more than prior years.
Okay.
Do you know how much more that would be?
Unfortunately, I don't have exact numbers, but I think it will be significantly more than what we're on track for.
All right.
Once you get that information, if you could share that with us, that would be greatly appreciated.