San Joaquin County city managers decry RTD expansion plans as looming ‘transit disaster’

WARNING OF A “TRANSIT DISASTER,” the city managers of San Joaquin County’s eight incorporated cities are urging the Regional Transit District to reconsider plans to expand intercity service.

In a letter to RTD CEO Alex Clifford, the city managers say a proposed expansion will cost millions of additional dollars in taxpayer money at a time when ridership levels have not recovered from COVID-19 pandemic lows.