SJCOG determines the amount of public transportation funds available for allocation within the cities of Escalon, Lathrop, Lodi, Manteca, Ripon, Stockton, and Tracy, and the County of San Joaquin. Prior to disbursing these Transportation Development Act (TDA) funds, SJCOG must identify any unmet public transit needs that may exist in San Joaquin County. The Unmet Transit Needs (UTN) assessment is developed to ensure that all unmet transit needs that are "reasonable to meet" are met before funds are expended for non-transit uses, such as streets and roads. 

SJCOG reviewed comments in February 2020, and has created the first draft for FY 20/21 Unmet Transit Needs Assessment

Please take time to visit the tabs below to find out more about the UTN!”

Unmet Transit Need comments are welcomed year round! Comments can be submitted to utn@sjcog.org

SJCOG, in partnership with local and regional transit providers, is holding hearings to collect public comments on Unmet Transit Needs for Fall 2019. All comments are considered part of the 2020-21 UTN assessment. Dates and locations for this cycle can be found by checking the table below.

2021-2022 UTN SCHEDULE

SJCOG UTN Outreach Kick Off Meeting (SSTAC Meeting)..................October 5, 2020

UTN SJCOG Public Comment Period ....................October 2020 through January 2021

Last day to submit comments for the 2021-2022 UTN Report...............January 31, 2021

SSTAC subcommittee review of UTN comments.......February 2021 through March 2021

Draft 2021-2022 UTN Report.............................................................................April 2021

2021-2022 UTN Report comment period.............................April 2021 through May 2021

SJCOG Board adopts 2021-2022 UTN Report...................................................May 2021



  1. What is an Unmet Transit Need?
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"Unmet Transit Needs" are those trips required - but not currently provided and not scheduled to be provided within San Joaquin County - for residents who use or would use public transportation to meet their life expectation.  View our UTN Fact Sheet!

The “Reasonable To Meet” standard is based on several criteria that analyze how 
accommodating that transit need will affect the rest of the transit system that it relates to. If it passes the criteria then it is found reasonable to meet and changes will be made to accommodate the need.

The process is done annually and entails a comprehensive public outreach program and a series of workshops throughout the county to obtain comments on unmet transit needs that may be reasonable to meet. Once the comments are received, the Social Services Transportation Advisory Committee analyzes them to determine if there are any transit needs that meet the adopted definitions of "reasonable to meet" and "unmet transit need" and makes a recommendation of findings to the SJCOG Board. If the Board determines there are unmet transit needs that are reasonable to meet, the affected jurisdiction must satisfy the needs before any TDA funds are expended for non-transit purposes. 

Watch our UTN video today to learn more about the process!