The City Council on Tuesday created two oversight committees related to transportation issues.

The council voted unanimously to create a citizens’ advisory committee to discuss the details of the $81 million Regional Transportation Authority project to widen 22nd Street from Interstate 10 to Houghton Road. A task force was also assembled to take a close look at mass transit financing and ridership numbers, which were publicly questioned when a bus fare increase proposal came before the council last month.

The task force will eventually be expanded into a commission that will examine alternative modes of transportation other than bicycles, Councilman Steve Leal said.

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