FY 25-26 Short
Range Transit Plan
Sudesh Paul
Transit Program Manager
June 4, 2025
City of Corona
Services Provided
▷ Corona Cruiser, fixed route
o Blue Line & Red Line
▷ Citywide Dial-A-Ride (DAR)
o For all seniors and persons with disabilities
▷ DAR provides complementary paratransit in
compliance with ADA ¾ mile corridor
▷ Operate on weekdays and Saturdays
▷ 20 vehicles in fleet (13 DAR; 7 Cruiser)
2 Ridership Data
Service FY20/21 FY 21/22 FY 22/23 FY 23/24 FY 24/25
Estimate
DAR 13,386 22,673
69.4%
38,141
68.2%
46,400
23.7%
49,053
4.0%
Cruiser 76,645 95,892
25.1%
120,272
25.4%
139,000
15.6%
125,039
-10.1%
10,000
30,000
50,000
70,000
90,000
110,000
130,000
150,000
FY 20/21 FY 21/22 FY 22/23 FY 23/24 FY 24/25* FY 25/26** Dial-A-Ride Corona Cruiser
3 City of Corona
FY 25-26 Budget Breakdown
• Contract Services: 5% increase
• Increase in year-to-year costs for transit
operations
• Increased allocation for consulting
services
• Salaries & Benefits: 19% increase
• Increase in wages effective 12/28/24
• Full-year cost for new Management
Analyst
• Materials & Supplies: 23% increase
• Increase in transit fair share of
administrative costs
Offset by a decrease in fuel cost (13%) and
auxiliary program expenditures (7%)
Contracted Services
83%
Fuel
5%
Salaries & Benefits
9%
Materials & Supplies
3%
4 Highlights
▷ Consulting Services
o Transit Service Planning & Implementation
New Route planning including Microtransit
Develop Standards for Bus Stop Amenities
Redesign Public Information Materials
o Capital Improvement Projects
Bus Stop Improvements
Intelligent Transportation System
Replacement Buses
Deployment of ZEB Technologies
▷ Continue Marketing Efforts to Re-engage
Residents
FY 25-26 Operational Highlights and Challenges
Challenges
▷ Competing priorities; not enough staff
bandwidth
▷ Solicitation challenges
5 Thank You!
www.CoronaCA.gov/transit
[email protected]
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