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
Fiscal Year 2018/19
POPULATION AS OF JANUARY 1, 2017
Area |
Population1 |
% Population |
| Cloverdale | 8,931 | 1.77% |
| Cotati | 7,272 | 1.44% |
| Healdsburg | 11,800 | 2.34% |
| Petaluma | 60,941 | 12.06% |
| Rohnert Park | 42,067 | 8.33% |
| Santa Rosa | 176,799 | 35.00% |
| Sebastopol | 7,579 | 1.50% |
| Sonoma | 10,989 | 2.18% |
| Windsor | 27,371 | 5.42% |
| County | 151,371 | 29.97%2 |
| Total | 505,120 | 100% |
1 California Department of Finance – January 1, 2017 – 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 |
Population1 |
% Population |
| Healdsburg | 11,800 | 2.34% |
| Petaluma | 60,941 | 12.06% |
| Santa Rosa | 176,799 | 35.00% |
| County | 255,580 | 50.60% |
| Total | 505,120 | 100%2 |