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Recent transit coverage from The Sidekick network, including local decisions, public meetings, and civic updates.
The Shasta Regional Transportation Agency board is set to hear public comment on unmet transit needs and vote on its comprehensive budget, along with related TDA actions, at its June 24 meeting in Redding.
June 18 meeting also ended with a closed-session report that contract talks will begin with the selected executive director candidate.
Board materials say Caltrans pulled back $300,000 in engineering grant funding for the NextGen Transit Facility after procurement preapproval steps were not followed, and that the board later revised its procurement manual.
The June 18 agenda would move City of Arcata State of Good Repair money to Humboldt Transit Authority, but the board has not voted yet.
The agency approved an AECOM change order to separate federally funded work from state-required zero-emission and climate-resiliency elements in the NextGen Transit Facility project.
The council unanimously chose an option that opens Fortuna Transit to the general public, adds a full-time supervisor and moves ahead with RideCo scheduling and call-center support.
Council chose transit Option B on Feb. 2, directing staff to expand service, hire a full-time supervisor and move ahead with RideCo contracts.