Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority

CALIFORNIA STATE AUDITOR Report 2023-101 | June 2024 Table 1 We Compared VTA With Five Peer Transit Agencies SANTA CLARA TRI‐COUNTY CAPITAL LOS ANGELES SACRAMENTO ORANGE COUNTY VALLEY METROPOLITAN METROPOLITAN COUNTY REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION METROPOLITAN TRANSIT AUTHORITY AUTHORITY (VTA) DISTRICT OF AUTHORITY TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT (OCTA) OREGON (TRIMET) (CAPMETRO) AUTHORITY (SACRT) (LA METRO) Service Area Santa Clara Clackamas, Travis and Los Angeles Sacramento and Orange County, CA County, CA Multnomah, Williamson County, CA Yolo Counties, CA and Washington Counties, TX Counties, OR Population of 1,895,000 1,558,000 1,331,000 10,395,000 1,333,000 2,944,000 Service Area (2022) Operating $424,438,000 $506,016,000 $283,570,000 $1,801,365,000 $215,479,000 $295,256,000 Costs (2022) Cost per capita* $224 $325 $213 $173 $162 $100 Selected CMA, rail, bus, and Rail, bus, and Rail, bus, and Rail, bus, and Rail, bus, and CMA, rail, bus, and Transportation transit services transit services transit services transit services transit services transit services Services for individuals for individuals for individuals for individuals for individuals for individuals Provided† with disabilities with disabilities with disabilities with disabilities with disabilities with disabilities Eligible Specified elected Elected officials Elected officials Specified elected Elected officials Specified elected Candidates for officials and members of and members of officials and and members of officials and the Governing the public the public members of the public members of Board‡ the public the public Source: Federal Transit Administration (FTA) and National Transit Database transit agency data, transit agency documentation, state laws. * The per capita cost is the cost per person in the transit service area. † Congestion Management Agencies (CMA) are agencies responsible for, among other things, traffic level‑of‑service standards for highways and roadways. We identified select transportation services common among the agencies. ‡ In our report, we use the term specified elected officials to refer to directors who are required by law to hold a specific elective office—such as a city council member—to be eligible for appointment to the board of a transit agency. We refer to elected officials when we are discussing directors who are required or permitted by law to hold an elective office but do not need to hold a specific elective office to be eligible for appointment to the board of a transit agency.