CITY of ALBUQUERQUE
TWENTY SIXTH COUNCIL
COUNCIL BILL NO. R-25-142 ENACTMENT NO. ________________________
SPONSORED BY: Joaqu?n Baca, by request
RESOLUTION
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Approving The Transit Department's Service Equity Analysis Of The Proposed ABQ Ride Forward Recovery Network (Baca, by request)
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APPROVING THE TRANSIT DEPARTMENT'S SERVICE EQUITY ANALYSIS OF THE PROPOSED ABQ RIDE FORWARD RECOVERY NETWORK.
WHEREAS, pursuant to Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C.
? 2000d et seq. ("the Act") and 49 CFR Part 21, the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color or national origin; and
WHEREAS, as a recipient of FTA funds, the Transit Department is required to comply with the requirements of the Act and applicable implementing regulations; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to FTA Circular 4702.1B, the Transit Department is required to conduct a service equity analysis for any major service changes as defined locally and to submit that equity analysis to its governing entity for approval; and
WHEREAS, the Transit Department's current 2023 Title VI Program, approved by City Council in June 2023, defines a major service change as a change that increases or decreases service revenue hours on a route by 35 percent or more or that adds or eliminates service to 35 percent or more of the bus stops on a route; and
WHEREAS, starting in 2022 the Department gathered extensive public comments through three main phases of the "ABQ RIDE Forward" planning effort to establish a new bus route network and used those comments to guide the development of the final "Recovery Network"; and
WHEREAS, the "Recovery Network" represents a major service change by changing some routes and adding approximately 40% more service than the current service, which has been reduced due to staffing shortages, and will return total service to pre-pandemic levels; and
WHEREAS, t...
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