RTC 24-0026:
Receive Information Regarding Potential Shuttle
Options and Authorize City Manager to Apply for Micro
Transit Grants With 50% Maximum Local Match
Connie Verceles, Deputy City Manager
City Council, March 26, 2024
Background
Santa Clara & Cupertino Received $8.5M for
Hopper (Total Cost $17M for 4 years)
1/9/24— Council asks Staff to Evaluate Funding
Options for SV Hopper and Consider Replacing
Study Issue DPW 23-06
2/15/24— Council Decides to Keep Study
Issue 23-06 Until SV Hopper path is identified
• Contract Driver Model
• Cupertino Administers Program –VIA is vendor
• Serves Sunnyvale Caltrain Station
Operated in
Cupertino
and Santa
Clara
• Grant for FY 23/24 to FY 26/27
• Santa Clara--$2M from Silicon Valley Power/$2M GF
• Cupertino --GF
50% TIRCP
Grant/50%
local Match
SV Hopper Operations and Budget
Sunnyvale Shuttle Options
•Peery Park Shuttle
•Fall 2024 Target Start Date
• 2-year Pilot
•EPA Grant for Citywide Shuttle
•Student-Only Shuttle
• Uber Credits
Potential Shuttle Options Costs/Funding Sources
• Peery Park Rides--$2M (2-year pilot)
• Citywide SV HOPPER— $3-$4M/year
• Student Only Shuttle— about 500,000/year
• Uber Rides –about $100,000/year
Costs
• Grants
• General Fund
• School District
Funding
Sources
Considerations
• Peery Park Shuttle—Target Fall 2024
• EPA Grant—Award Announced Late Summer 2024
• TIRCP Grant—Apply 7/23/24 (October 2024 Award)
Timing
• TIRCP Requires Local match
• Council Policy 7.1A Budget PoliciesBudget
• No Shuttle Program Outreach Outreach
Alternatives
Staff Recommendation
1. Authorize City Manager to Apply for Micro Transit Grants With up to a 50% Maximum Local Match.
2. Pause Work on Study Issue DPW 23-06 Until Environmental Protection Agency or Transit & Intercity Rail Capital Program Grants are Announced.
3. Direct Staff to Explore a Student-Only Shuttle for Afternoon School Hours With School District Sharing 50% of Cost.
4. Other Council Direction.
Staff Recommendation
Alternatives 1 and 2