Article: Elk Grove, Calif., Officials Point to New Study on Bus Service Inequities.

By Gabriel Baird, The Sacramento Bee, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Oct. 20--Elk Grove officials are once again threatening to break with Regional Transit after a new study confirmed the city's belief that it has paid millions more to the transportation agency than it has received in services.

According to the study, the city contributed nearly $15.7 million between 2000 and 2002 but received only about $6.8 million in bus services within the city's boundaries -- an $8.9 million gap.

RT concedes Elk Grove pays for more service than the agency provides. But officials dispute some of the study's calculations and say the gap is ...

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