Summary: At the beginning of each fiscal year, the Fresno COG must determine the funding available from the Transportation Development Act (TDA) Local Transportation Fund (LTF) for allocation to local agencies within Fresno County.
Allocations are made into four categories: bicycle and pedestrian facilities, social service transportation, regional transportation planning, and public transportation. In certain cases, funding from the public transportation category can be applied to local streets and roads in individual jurisdictions if a finding has been made that there are no unmet transit needs that are reasonable to meet within the jurisdiction; however, public transit must be given priority.
As a result, prior to allocating LTF funds for any use other than public transit, Fresno COG must identify any unmet public transit needs that may exist in Fresno County that are reasonable to meet. The Unmet Transit Needs Assessment process is conducted annually to identify any unmet transit needs and issue any related findings.
Unmet Transit Needs Public Outreach
Public outreach is an essential component of the annual Unmet Transit Needs Assessment process. This year, the public outreach component consists of an online survey, six in-person events, one virtual event, and a public hearing. Additionally, comments can be received by email, phone and text. Details are below:
Unmet Transit Needs Survey
An online survey for transit riders is available online through April 4, at:
https://www.publicinput.com/utn2025
It contains a widget enabling non-English speaking transit riders to submit their comments in their primary language.
In-Person and Virtual Public Outreach
For those transit riders wanting to provide their feedback directly Fresno COG and transit agency staff, in-person and virtual outreach will be taking place from Tues., Feb 20 through Thurs., March 6. Non-English-speakers and individuals with disabilities or their representatives should contact Fresno COG at (559) 233-4148, at least three days in advance to request auxiliary aids and/or translation services necessary to participate in the public meeting.
The dates, times, and locations of each public outreach meeting are as follows:
Meeting No. 1: Rural Westside Fresno County
5:30 p.m. Thurs., Feb. 20
Granada Commons Apartments
14570 West California Ave.,
Kerman, CA 93630
Meeting No. 2: City of Fresno, No. 1
5:30 p.m. Mon., Feb. 24
Pinedale Community Center Computer Lab
7170 N. San Pablo Ave.,
Pinedale, CA 93650
Meeting No. 3: City of Fresno, No. 2
5:30 p.m. Tues., Feb. 25
Mosqueda Comm. Center Conf. Rm. No. 1
4670 E. Butler Ave.,
Fresno CA 93702
Meeting No. 4 – City of Clovis, No. 1
5:30 p.m. Wed., Feb. 26
Clovis Transit Center
785 3rd St., Clovis, CA 93612
Meeting No. 5: City of Fresno, No. 3
11 a.m. Sat., March 1
Maxie L. Parks Comm. Center
1802 Cesar Chavez Blvd,
Fresno, CA 93706
Meeting No. 6: Virtual Meeting, No. 1
11 a.m. Tues., March 4
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/rbtr71o7SDGRH1i69ZyTew
After registering, participants will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the
meeting.
Meeting No. 7: Rural Eastside Fresno County
5:30 p.m. Thurs., March 6
Fowler Magnolia Apartments
325 E. Vine St.,
Fowler, CA 93625
Other Ways to Participate
Transit riders can also submit their comments via voicemail, in English or Spanish, via email or text.
To email staff, use utn2025@publicinput.com.
To leave a voicemail message, call (855) 925-2801, and enter project code when prompted 11041.
Participants can also submit comments in English via text to: Utn25 to 73224, and in Spanish to Utn25s to 73224.
Public outreach for the FY 2025 Unmet Transit Needs Assessment process concludes with the public hearing scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Thurs., April 24 at the Fresno COG Policy Board meeting:
Fresno Council of Governments
2035 Tulare Street Suite 201, Sequoia Room
Fresno, CA 93721
Marketing activities for the FY 2025-26 Unmet Transit Needs Assessment will include flyers to the FAX unmet transit needs mailing list, articles published in the Fresno COG newsletter, flyers and postcards distributed to Fresno County Department of Social Services offices and social media posts through the Fresno COG social media channel. A community outreach hub is also available at https://publicinput.com/unmet.transit.needs
Previous UTN Final Reports:
2024 – 2025 UTN Report – approved June 27, 2024
2023 – 2024 UTN Report – approved June 29, 2023Information. The Committee may provide additional directions at its discretion.
Action: Information. The Committee may provide additional directions at its discretion.
