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Mass Transportation Committee Minutes
January 8, 2025, 2:30 p.m.
Council Hearing Room, 990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo
Mass Transportation
Committee Members
Present:
Member Hans Hershberger (Business Rep), Member Robin
Kisinger (Senior Rep), Member Audrey Lariz (Alternate), Vice
Chair Marlene Cramer (Cal Poly Rep), Chair David Figueroa (At-
Large Rep)
MTC Members Absent: Member Matthew Duffy (Disability Community Rep), Member
Trevor Freeman (Technical Rep), Member Emily McBride (ASI
Rep)
City Staff Present: Mobility Services Business Manager Alexander Fuchs, Transit
Coordinator Jesse Stanley, City Clerk Teresa Purrington
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1. CALL TO ORDER
A Regular Meeting of the San Luis Obispo Mass Transportation Committee was
called to order on January 8, 2025, at 2:32 p.m. in the Council Hearing Room at
City Hall, 990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, by Chair Figueroa.
2. PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA
Public Comment:
Louise Justice
--End of Public Comment--
3. CONSENT
3.a CONSIDERATION OF MINUTES - NOVEMBER 13, 2024, and
DECEMBER 11, 2024, MASS TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
MINUTES
Public Comment:
None
--End of Public Comment--
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Motion By Member Kisinger
Second By Member Lariz
To approve the Mass Transportation Committee Minutes of November 13,
2024, and December 11, 2024.
Ayes (5): Member Hershberger, Member Kisinger, Member Lariz, Vice
Chair Cramer, and Chair Figueroa
Absent (3): Member Duffy, Member Freeman, and Member McBride
CARRIED (5 to 0)
4. BUSINESS ITEMS
4.a SHORT-RANGE TRANSIT PLAN
Mobility Services Business Manager Alex Fuchs provided information to
the Committee and responded to inquiries.
Public Comment:
None
--End of Public Comment--
Motion By Member Hershberger
Second By Vice Chair Cramer
To recommend the following service changes in the final Short-Range
Transit Plan update:
FY 2025-26
• Reinstate services to pre-pandemic levels
• Increase Routes 4A/B service frequency
• Revise Routes 2A/B to serve San Luis Ranch and reduce
headways to 45-minutes
FY 2026-27
• Modify academic service to align with Cal Poly’s transition to a
semester system
• Operate B Routes on weekends, sooner if feasible
FY 2027-28
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•New direct route to serve Avila Ranch development
•Microtransit pilot program to supplement evening service
FY 2028-29
•Provide academic service year-round, to align with Cal Poly’s
schedule for year-round semester system
And the other non-service recommendations as presented in the report
Ayes (5): Member Hershberger, Member Kisinger, Member Lariz, Vice
Chair Cramer, and Chair Figueroa
Absent (3): Member Duffy, Member Freeman, and Member McBride
CARRIED (5 to 0)
5.COMMENT AND DISCUSSION
5.a SLO TRANSIT UPDATE
Mobility Services Business Manager Alex Fuchs provided updates on the
following:
•Continuation of the 6 Express
•Fare Free Pilot Program Update
6.ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 3:31 p.m. The next Regular Meeting of the Mass
Transportation Committee is scheduled for March 12, 2025, at 2:30 p.m. in the
Council Hearing Room at City Hall, 990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo.
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APPROVED BY MASS TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE: 03/12/2025