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!”

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.



Jurisdiction/Agency  Location  Date Time  
 City of Ripon 259 N. Wilma Ave  10/08/2019  6:00PM
 City of Lathrop 
  390 Towne Centre Dr.
  10/14/2019  7:00PM
 City of Tracy  Tracy Transit Station, 50 E. 6th Street  10/15/2019  10:30AM
 City of Tracy Council Chambers at City Hall, 333 Civic Center Plaza
  10/15/2019  7:00PM
 City of Lodi Carnegie Forum, 305 W. Pine Street
  11/06/2019  7:00PM
  City of Escalon
 City Council Chambers, 2060 McHenry Ave
   11/18/2019
  7:00PM
 SJCOG  555 E. Weber Ave  11/18/2019  3:00PM
  City of Manteca
  1001 W. Center St.
  11/19/2019
  7:00PM
San Joaquin Regional Transit District (RTD)
   421 E. Weber Ave. 
  11/22/2019  10:00AM



  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!