The
Transportation Development Act (TDA) is one of the major funding
sources for public transit in California. The TDA provides two funding
sources:
the Local Transportation Fund (LTF) and
the State Transit Assistance (STA) fund
The LTF
is derived from ¼ cent of the 7¼% general statewide sales tax. This ¼
cent of the sales tax is returned to every county in the state from
where the tax was collected.
The STA
is derived from sales tax on gasoline and diesel fuel. Fifty percent of STA funds are allocated according to population. The other fifty
percent is allocated according to the ratio of the total public transit
revenues that were generated in each area during the prior fiscal year.
TDA Claims Information Specifically for Butte County:
Transportation Development Act 2005 Handbook
can be found by clicking on this link where you will be directed to the
Caltrans Homepage. In the "Search" field of this website type TDA 2005 Handbook for the PDF of this large file containing the entire 198 page book.
TDA
law requires that each transportation planning agency and all transit
operators have a triennial performance audit of its activities. Click
below for the most current audits.