Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission 10/01/2026

The Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission’s regular meeting on October 1, 2026, included a procurement item recommending authorization for the executive director to execute a purchase order for Replica transportation-data software through a California Department of General Services licensing program and a cooperative agreement. Staff described the joint procurement as a way for regional agencies to coordinate access to a shared data platform for transportation planning and project analysis. The presentation covered data sources, privacy protections, and planned evaluation of the platform over a year; the public would not have direct platform access. No Replica price or final vote on the purchase is included in the available transcript.

The consent agenda included rail-line maintenance (item 7) and an application for grant funds to advance passenger rail planning (item 8), both supported by some public commenters; another commenter opposed further rail spending. A motion and second were recorded for the consent items, and Commissioner Downey was noted as recusing herself on certain items, but the transcript does not capture the roll-call outcome. Separately, a commissioner noted that the Ride Amigos platform costs about $50,000 annually and requested usage data to help assess the effectiveness of transportation-demand-management programs; this was discussion, not a new spending decision.