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 2020/21
POPULATION AS OF JANUARY 1, 2019
Area |
Population1 |
% Population |
| Cloverdale | 9,257 | 1.85% |
| Cotati | 7,919 | 1.58% |
| Healdsburg | 12,501 | 2.50% |
| Petaluma | 62,247 | 12.43% |
| Rohnert Park | 43,339 | 8.66% |
| Santa Rosa | 175,625 | 35.08% |
| Sebastopol | 7,885 | 1.57% |
| Sonoma | 11,556 | 2.31% |
| Windsor | 28,565 | 5.71% |
| County | 141,781 | 28.32%2 |
| Total | 500,675 | 100% |
1 California Department of Finance – January 1, 2019 – 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 | 12,501 | 2.50% |
| Petaluma | 62,247 | 12.43% |
| Santa Rosa | 175,625 | 35.08% |
| County | 250,302 | 49.99% |
| Total | 500,675 | 100% |