Transcript Mobility Services for All Americans (MSAA)

Mobility Services for All Americans (MSAA)
Yehuda Gross
ITS Mid-West State Chapter
February 7, 2006
Challenges
Medicaid
Program
Development
Disabilities
Family
Assistance
Temporary
Assistance for
Needy Families
Substance Abuse
Mental Health
Faith Based
Transit
Special Ed
Transportation
Medicare &
Medicaid Svcs
HHS
Health
Resources
& Services
Head
Start
Children
& Families
Health
Care
Rural Transit
Operators
Office of the
Secretary
Family
Area Agency
on Aging
Assistant
Secretary
Planning
Evaluation
Child
Care
Bureau
Soc. Services
Block Grant
Private
Paratransit
Aging
Education
Community
Services
Centers for
Independent Living
State Governors
&
Cabinet Secretaries
Disability
Rehab and
Research
Rehabilitation
Services
Administration
Federal
Agencies
&
Grant
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Education
Office of Special
Education Programs
Office of Disability
Employment Policy
Employment
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Shopping
Local
Government
Labor
Recreation
Employment
Training
Agency
Medical
Transit Provider
Transportation
Urbanized
Grant Program
Office of the
Secretary
National Highway
Traffic Safety
Administration
Departmental
Office of
Civil Rights
Federal Transit
Administration
Elderly
&
Disability
Program
Private Taxi
Independence
Rural Grant
Program
Head Start
ADA
Paratransit
Assistant Secretary
for Transportation
Policy
Job Access
Reverse Commute
Program
Disability
Service
Provider
Transit
Pass
Local
Transportation
Authority
MSAA Overview
• Goals:
– Increase mobility and accessibility for all
– Achieve more efficient use of federal transportation funding
resources
• Key Approaches:
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Collaborate with the United We Ride (UWR) initiative
Establish interagency coalition and stakeholder advisory groups
Conduct foundation research
Develop model plans
Conduct model deployment and evaluation
Perform technology transfer, outreach and education
• End Product:
– Replicable/scalable human service transportation models
ITS Role
ITS enables service coordination and system
accessibility through
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Integrated point of access for traveler support
Improved fleet scheduling, dispatching, routing
Streamlined reporting, billing and financial transaction
Simplified fare payment, collection and processing
Enhanced traveler information with accessibility
features
Timeline
FY 04
FY 05
FY 06
FY 07
FY 08
Program Steering and Stakeholders Groups
Foundational
Research
HST Model System
Planning & Design
Technical Assistance
HST Model Deployment
HST Model Evaluation
Technology Transfer, Assistance & Outreach
October, 2005
Summer, 2005
FY 09
Opportunities
• Two-phase Demonstration
• Phase 1:
– Up to 10 local communities for
model planning and design
• Phase 2:
– 2 local communities from Phase 1
for model deployment and
evaluation
Phase 1: Model Planning & Design
• # of local community recipients: up to 10
• Length: 15 months net
• Key tasks:
– coordinated transportation model concept
and designs
– necessary institutional arrangements
• Outcome: up to 10 “deployment-ready” sites
Request for Proposals
• Open competition RFP
• Encourage “team”
applications and publicprivate partnership
• Estimated RFP release by:
February 2006
• Estimated announcement:
May/June 2006
Tools/Resources We Will Provide
• Money
• One-stop technical
assistance
• Generic concept of
operations
• Framework for
implementation guides
• Others as needed
Outreach and Communications
• Newsletters
• Websites
• UWR/MSAA stakeholders online forum
• Direct contact with lead USDOT staff
Thank You
Questions and Discussions
Yehuda Gross
ITS Transit Program Manager
ITS Joint Program Office, USDOT
202-366-1988
[email protected]
www.its.dot.gov/msaa
www.unitedweride.gov