Title VI Plan Update

Current Definition:

• A major service change is defined as:
  • The addition and/or elimination of a bus route.
  • A twelve percent or more addition or reduction in the system revenue miles.
  • A twenty-five percent or more addition or reduction of revenue miles on any individual route, whether by frequency, span of service, or route realignment beyond a three-quarter mile buffer of the terminus and either side of an existing alignment.

Proposed Definition:

• A major service change is defined as:
  • The addition and/or elimination of a bus route
  • A ten percent or more addition or reduction in system revenue miles
  • A fifteen percent or more addition or reduction in revenue miles on any individual route
  • This includes a change in frequency, span of service, or route alignment beyond a three-quarter mile buffer of the terminus and either side of an existing alignment

Current Definition:

Should the impact of any major service change require a minority population to bear adverse effects twenty-five (+/- 12.5) percent or greater of a cumulative impact compared to those adverse effects borne by the nonminority population, that impact will be deemed a disparate impact unless,  there is substantial legitimate justification for the change, and no other alternatives exist that would serve the same legitimate objectives but with less disproportionate effects on the basis of race, color or national origin

Proposed Definition:

Should the impact of any fare or major service change require a minority population to bear adverse effects fifteen percent or greater of a cumulative impact compared to those adverse effects borne by the nonminority population, that impact will be deemed a disparate impact.

Current Definition:

Should the burden of any fare or major service changes require a low-income population to bear adverse effects twenty-five percent (+/- 12.5) percent or greater of the cumulative burden compared to the effects borne by the non-low-income population that impact will be considered a disproportionate burden.

Proposed Definition:

Should the burden of any fare or major service changes require a low-income population to bear adverse effects fifteen percent or greater of the cumulative burden compared to the effects borne by the non-low-income population, that impact will be considered a disproportionate burden.