Metro LogoFederal Legislative Program - 2004

Federal Goals:

  1. Support the appropriation of federal transit funds at the maximum amount provided in the extension of the Transportation Equity Act of the 21st Century (TEA-21) and support the continuation of the guarantee and firewall provisions contained in the Act. Resist efforts to single out specific states for lower transit funding levels.
  2. Support efforts to obtain funding for operating and capital costs to meet the increasing service requirements of ADA Paratransit.
  3. Advocate for the inclusion of service and equity factors in the Federal Transit Formula Program in the Reauthorization of TEA-21. Request that an Incentive Tier be added to the Formula Program for urbanized areas under 200,000 in population. Advocate for the Incentive Tier to be funded at $35 million in FY2004 and increased by 4% each year of the Authorization Bill to a level of $54 million in 2009.
  4. Advocate for the inclusion of a Bus Fleet Modernization Program in the Reauthorization of TEA-21. Support the funding of the Fleet Modernization Program at $100 million annually.
  5. Advocate for increasing the funding levels of the Federal Transit Program from $7.2 billion (last year of TEA-21) in 2003 to $14.2 billion in 2009.
  6. Advocate for and achieve TEA-21 Reauthorization Earmark of $8.66 million for the construction of the transit facility portion of the Santa Cruz Metro Center (Pacific Station) Redevelopment Project.
  7. Advocate for and achieve an Earmark in a 2004 Supplemental Transportation Appropriations Bill of $1.5 million for Right of Way Acquisition for the Santa Cruz Metro Center (Pacific Station) Redevelopment Project.

The Board of Directors meets the second Friday of the month at the Santa Cruz METRO offices, 370 Encinal Street, Suite 100, Santa Cruz, California, and on the fourth Friday of each month in the Santa Cruz City Council Chambers, 809 Center Street, Santa Cruz, California.

All Mail for Board Members may be sent to:

Administrative Services Coordinator
Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District
370 Encinal
Suite 100
Santa Cruz, CA 95060

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