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Type:
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Informational Report
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Status:
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Filed
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On agenda:
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7/25/2024
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Final action:
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7/25/2024
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Title:
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RECEIVE AND FILE an update on the Low Income Fare is Easy (LIFE) Program in response to Board Motion 22 Bridge to Fareless Transit (Attachment A).
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Indexes:
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Access Services Inc., Americans With Disabilities Act, Arroyo Verdugo subregion, Audit, Barriers (Roads), Budgeting, Central Los Angeles subregion, City of Los Angeles, Compton, Council Of Governments, Customer service, East Los Angeles, Fare Zone, Fareless System Initiative, Fernando Dutra, Florence, Formula Allocation / Local Return, Funding plan, Gateway Cities (Southeast LA County) Service Sector, Gateway Cities subregion, Glendale, GoPass, Grant Aid, Hilda Solis, Holly J. Mitchell, Immediate Needs Transportation Program, Informational Report, Jacquelyn Dupont-Walker, James Butts, Karen Bass, Lancaster, Little Tokyo, Local Returns, Low-Income Fare is Easy (LIFE), Measure M, Measure R, Motion / Motion Response, North Los Angeles County subregion, Outreach, Paratransit services, Partnerships, Pilot studies, Program, Proposition A, Proposition C, Public service, Rancho Park, Ridership, San Fernando, San Fernando Valley Service Sector, San Fernando Valley subregion, Santa Clarita, Social benefits, South Los Angeles, Students, Subsidies, Surveys, Tokens, Transit operators, Westside/Central Service Sector
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Meeting_Body REGULAR BOARD MEETING JULY 25, 2024 Subject SUBJECT: MOTION 22 RESPONSE: BRIDGE TO FARELESS TRANSIT Action ACTION: RECEIVE AND FILE Heading RECOMMENDATION Title RECEIVE AND FILE an update on the Low Income Fare is Easy (LIFE) Program in response to Board Motion 22 Bridge to Fareless Transit (Attachment A). Issue ISSUE On April 25, 2024, the Board passed Motion 22 by Directors Bass, Butts, Dutra, Dupont-Walker, Mitchell, and Solis which made the GoPass Program permanent and required staff to report back in June 2024 on opportunities to expand the Low-Income-Fare-is-Easy program enrollment and utilization. Background BACKGROUND In September 2020, Metro convened the Fareless System Initiative (FSI) Task Force to study the feasibility of removing fares for the most vulnerable riders. On May 27, 2021, the Board passed Motion 45 by Directors Garcetti, Mitchell, Krekorian, Hahn, Bonin, and Solis (Attachment B) on implementation strategies for FSI. The motion directed the Chief Executive Officer to implement the FSI, subject to a final funding plan, while pursuing cost-sharing agreements, and reporting to the Board on the development, launch, and performance of FSI. On September 23, 2021, the Board approved a staff recommendation to launch Phase 1 of the FSI for K-14 students (GoPass) on October 1, 2021, as a two-year pilot, with the understanding that future Board approval would be required to launch Phase 2 for non-student, low-income adults once available funding had been identified. At the same meeting, the Board approved Motion 40 by Directors Mitchell, Solis, Garcetti, Sandoval, and Bonin to streamline the LIFE Program and increase enrollment. On April 23, 2023, the Board approved a one-year extension of the GoPass Pilot Program to add Year 3 through June 30, 2024. On April 25, 2024, the Board passed Motion 22 - Bridge to Fareless Transit . This motion made the GoPass Program permanent and required staff to "report back by June... Click here for full text
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