Local Financing Facts

SCMTD LOCAL REVENUE INFORMATION

• Percentage of local TDA, State Transit Assistance, and SCMTD ½ cent sales tax revenues, fare revenues and misc. local revenues in relation to the total SCMTD operating budget:

• Percentage of locally generated revenues for SCMTD vs. other transit operators in California and in the nation:
  

SCMTD	Other California Operators	Other US Operators
98%	88.7%	76%

SCMTD FEDERAL REVENUE SOURCES

• Percentage of Federal Operating funds of SCMTD budget:
  Only 2.1% of SCMTD's operating budget is derived from Federal Operating Funds.
  
• Percentage of Federal operating funds for SCMTD vs. other transit operators in California and in the nation:

SCMTD	Other California Operators	Other US Operators
2.9%	4.9%	13.1%

SCMTD SERVICE CHARACTERISTICS: Annual Riders

• Comparison of bus riders per federal operating dollar for SCMTD vs. other FTA Section 5307 funded operators in California serving areas with populations under 200,000:

	SCMTD		Other California Operators
Federal Operating Subsidy		$505,614		$334,679
Total Annual Riders		6,643,200		1,830,546
Riders per Federal Dollar		13.1		5.5

SCMTD SERVICE CHARACTERISTICS: Annual Miles

• Comparison of revenue service miles per federal operating dollar for SCMTD vs. other FTA Section 5307 funded operators in California serving areas with populations under 200,000:

	SCMTD		Other California Operators
Federal Operating Subsidy		$505,614		$334,679
Total Annual Miles		3,306,400		1,069,860
Revenue Miles per Federal Dollars		.15 per mile		.31 per mile

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