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Board of Directors – July 10, 2024: Draft 2024 PPRTA Amended Budget – Mountain Metropolitan Transit

DATE: May 24, 2024

TO: Pikes Peak Rural Transportation Authority (PPRTA)

FROM: Lan Rao, Transit Division Manager

RE: 2024 PPRTA Budget Amendment – Transit


Mountain Metropolitan Transit is proposing the following amendment to the 2024 PPRTA budget.

Proposed RevenueAmount
2023 Fare Revenue Carryover$1,395,877
2023 Sales Tax Revenue Carryover$1,350,688
2023 Interest Earnings$1,000,000
Total Proposed Budget Amendment$3,746,565

Transit proposes to use the funding for the following services:

  • Funding contract and fuel cost increases for existing level of service.
  • Service improvements over the next two and a half years:
    • Increase Sunday morning and evening service to match Saturday operating hours.
    • Increase evening service on Routes 18, 19 and 39 to align with weekday evening service.

Cc: Gayle Sturdivant, Acting Public Works Director