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• Enhance rider safety and security • Enhance rider information and education about transit options • Enhance affordability for transit riders • Implement recommendations for transit service improvements from Community Based Transportation Plans These funds will be distributed periodically by the Alameda CTC. Grant awards will emphasize demonstrations or pilot projects which can leverage other funds. SPECIALIZED TRANSIT FOR SENIORS AND PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES (10% OF NET REVENUE, $774 M) This program provides funds for local solutions to the growing transportation needs of older adults and persons with disabilities. Funds will be provided to transit operators to operate specialized transportation service mandated by the Americans with Disabilities Act. In addition, funds will be provided to each part of the County based on their population of residents over age 70 for local programs aimed at improving mobility for seniors and persons with disabilities. The program includes three components. Pass-through funding for East Bay Paratransit Consortium (6% of net revenue, estimated at $464 M) This funding will assist the East Bay Paratransit Consortium to meet the requirements of the American's With Disabilities Act. These funds will be disbursed to and directed by the two agencies that operate the East Bay Paratransit Consortium: AC Transit will receive 4.5% of net proceeds annually, estimated at $348 M from 2012 to 2042 towards meeting its responsibilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act. • BART will receive 1.5% of net proceeds annually, estimated at $116 M from 2012 to 2042, towards meeting its responsibilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act. City -based and Locally Mandated Pass-through funding (3% of net revenue, estimated at $232 M) Pass-through funding provided to each of the four subareas of the County will be used for implementation of locally developed solutions to the mobility challenges of older adults and persons with disabilities. Funds will be distributed monthly based on the percentage of the population over age 70 in each of four planning areas for city -based and mandated paratransit services of local bus transit providers: • North County - including the cities of, Albany, Alameda, Berkeley, Emeryville, Oakland and Piedmont. • Central County - including the cities of Hayward and San Leandro or unincorporated areas. • South County - including the cities of Fremont, Union City, and Newark, as well as Union City Transit. • East County - including the cities of Livermore, Dublin, Pleasanton, unincorporated areas, and LAVTA. Funds can be further allocated to individual cities within each planning area based on a formula refined by Alameda CTC's Paratransit Advisory Planning Committee (PAPCO), a group of seniors and disabled riders that advise the Alameda CTC. In East County, funding provided to Livermore and Dublin will be assigned to LAVTA for their ADA mandated paratransit program. In Central County, funding will be provided to Hayward to serve the unincorporated areas. Coordination and Gap Grants (1% of net revenue, estimated at $77 M) These funds, administered by the Alameda CTC, will be used for the purposes of coordinating services across jurisdictional lines or filling gaps in the system's ability to meet the mobility needs of seniors and persons with disabilities. These funds will be periodically distributed by the Alameda CTC for projects and programs with proven ability to: • Improve mobility for seniors and persons with disabilities by filling gaps in the services available to this population. • Provide education and encouragement to seniors and persons with disabilities who are able to use standard public transit to do so. • Improve the quality and affordability of transit and paratransit services for those who are dependent on them. • Improve the efficiency and effectiveness of ADA - mandated and local services.