Local Bus Transit
Measure M contributes 10% of its revenue to the Local Bus Transit (LBT) Program. Throughout Sonoma County public transportation is operated to provide a viable alternative to the private automobile.
Bus transit funding is allocated quarterly to each of the bus transit operators in Sonoma County: Sonoma County Transit, Santa Rosa CityBus and Petaluma Transit. Each year an estimate of Measure M funding is included in the annual Coordinated Claim.
The bus transit operators use Measure M funds to maintain and, when possible, expand service. Transit operators are required to submit a letter to the SCTA on an annual basis outlining how the Measure M funding was spent, a description of what projects or activities were completed and how performance standards were met.
Measure M Local Bus Transit (LBT) Program Distribution Ratios
For Fiscal Year 2021/22
POPULATION AS OF JANUARY 1, 2020
Area |
Population1 |
% Population |
| Cloverdale | 9,213 | 1.87% |
| Cotati | 7,533 | 1.53% |
| Healdsburg | 12,089 | 2.45% |
| Petaluma | 61,873 | 12.55% |
| Rohnert Park | 43,069 | 8.74% |
| Santa Rosa | 173,628 | 35.22% |
| Sebastopol | 7,745 | 1.57% |
| Sonoma | 11,050 | 2.24% |
| Windsor | 28,248 | 5.73% |
| County | 138.532 | 28.10%2 |
| Total | 492,980 | 100% |
1 California Department of Finance – January 1, 2020 – Based on published population by entity.
2 See below for adjusted calculation for TDA formula
LOCAL BUS TRANSIT (LBT) PROGRAM DISTRIBUTION RATIOS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2018/19
Distribution to Transit Operators based on TDA Population Percentages Above
Area |
Population |
% Population |
| Healdsburg | 12,089 | 2.45% |
| Petaluma | 61,873 | 12.55% |
| Santa Rosa | 173,628 | 35.22% |
| County | 245,390 | 49.78% |
| Total | 492,980 | 100% |