Committee reviewed the one-year agreement (up to $17 million: $11.5 million fixed route and paratransit, $2.5 million on-demand, $3 million BRT) and recommended it to the full Council. Transit staff cited about $2 million a year in fares and BRT ridership near 300,000 of about 1.6 million rides. Councilors asked for ridership data and better notice of route changes.
Transit leadership addressed paratransit and microtransit fleet size, on-time performance, ridership declines (route reallocation and a data-collection error), the Max Connect app and election-day complimentary service. Councilors raised late-night service and administrative costs.