The San Joaquin Regional Transit District (RTD) is claiming that funding to fix four buses past their prime was denied, while pointing the blame at the San Joaquin Council of Governments (SJCOG).

"Our customers are the most physically challenged, the most visually challenged, the most economically challenged," RTD Board of Directors Chair Gary Giovanetti said. "Our ridership, oftentimes the majority of our ridership, are what is called transit dependent."

RTD claims its application for $62 million in critical transportation funding has been denied by SJCOG.

Without it, the board voted Friday to draw nearly $15 million from their operating and capital reserves while also deferring four bus replacements.

"They're saying that any service that we put back on the street after the low of the

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