Transcript Transportation Forum - Vehicles for Change

Pilot Project Launch
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How low-income families are impacted by
lack of transportation
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First – let’s look at what some
of the research on
transportation to jobs says
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Per the Opportunities Collaborative
Six Barriers to Employment:
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Basic Skills
Industry and Career
Transportation and Housing
Social Skills
Structural Racism
System Limitations
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Public Transportation Systems
CURRENT SITUATION
• Designed to get into the
center not to suburban
job sites
PROBLEM
• Most new jobs are
created in the suburbs
• Schedules focused on
weekday rush hours
• Entry level jobs are often
for 2nd/3rd shifts or
weekends
• Changes to schedules
take years to evaluate
and adjust
• Commutes by public
transportation often take
more than 90 minutes
• Best alternative to move
the most people
• ‘Last Mile’ to job site is
problematic in weather
Per Various Studies
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Transportation systems pay for
themselves
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Solving transportation issues helps users overcome psychological barriers
to obtaining and keeping jobs
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For every $1 of cost there is a $1.90 of net economic gain
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For every $1 of cost there is $1.50 of return to the ‘non-user (taxpayer) in
future taxes and social benefits
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For every $1 in cost there is a personal benefit of $3.50 to the user of the
transportation
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Spending is likely to “jump-start” the user on a lifetime trajectory of
lifetime earnings growth
JARC program – Economic Benefits Study
Professor Piyushimita Thakuriah, U of Ill.
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Keys to Success in improving
Transportation
JARC STUDY*
OUR PLAN
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Plan/Plan/Plan –
statewide/regional/city
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Includes City, County, State
initiatives
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Transportation Coordinator bridge
between govt agencies
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BWIB Transportation Committee +
VFC
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Private sector involvement
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Employer inclusion
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Users viewed as customers
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Residents inclusion
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Program funds to market /
publicize the project
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Marketing funds will be
budgeted
* JARC Transportation Study –
Professor Piyushaimota Thakuriah
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Local Baltimore Area Statistics
81,000
Unemployed in the Metropolitan Region
15%
Unemployed City wide
80,000
Baltimore city residence with no access to a vehicle
EDBI
East Baltimore Project area
Unemployment Rate: 33%
# of Households: 1,529 – 1,000 (with no access to car)
Percentage below the poverty line: 45%
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There are More Jobs in the Region Outside
the City than inside
75% Of jobs based outside the city
In Baltimore City
Outside Baltimore City
Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance – Vital Statistics – 12th Edition
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Baltimore Statistics
Unemployment Rate
Baltimore City Residents
Commuting to Jobs
Baltimore City
EBDI (Targeted Area)
53%
Patterson Park
47%
OldTown/Middle East
Greenmount East
Clifton-Berea
0.0%
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10.0% 20.0% 30.0% 40.0%
Commute
Outside the
city for Jobs
Commute
Inside the city
for Jobs
EBDI Pilot Transportation Projects
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We want to thank these organizations and their representatives who have helped
us to date and are as passionate as we are in helping people have improved
access to transportation
Opportunities Collaborative
Mayor’s Office of Employment Development
-Baltimore Work Force Investment Board
Central MD Transportation Alliance
The Annie E. Casey Foundation
America Works of Maryland
Central Maryland Regional Transit
And many others
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East Baltimore Transportation
Initiative - Goals
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Develop a Series of Transportation Initiatives that:
Increase access to jobs
Increase access to health care and healthy living options
Increase access to adult education, and job training
Improve family access to before/after school and leisure
activities
Can be replicated in other neighborhoods and cities
Translating into healthier,
more financially stable neighborhoods
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Proposed Area of Focus
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So what are we proposing to do???
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Hire and train and locate in the neighborhood Transportation
Experts on “how to get there from here”.
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Initiate a Van share program to go from the city to
employment hubs
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Provide Vehicles For Change (VFC) cars for hard to reach jobs
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Expand “Last Mile” Programs
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Coordinate buses/vans to Grocery and other stores; job
training; and to non local medical facilities
6. Expand Bike share and other bike programs
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What’s the First step?
Open an office + hire local staff
who are experts in how to get
there from here.
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Local Office / Transportation Experts
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Be in and of the community to help people get to there from here
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Attend and present at community events
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Knowledgeable about public transportation, having access and skills on all the
transportation web sites
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Coordinate with the local bike and ride share programs
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Coordinate the store and shopping bus programs
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Manage and act as dispatcher for the van share program. Recruiting and
managing drivers and vans
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Resource point for VFC and other vehicle programs
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Van Share Program
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Initiate commuter vans from East Baltimore to employment
hubs
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4– 6 passengers per van
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Vans provided by VFC
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Riders share the operating costs
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Drivers ‘earn’ car van ownership over four years
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Office manages, recruits, schedules drivers & vans
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Vans available during off hours for Doctor trips and
emergency pick-ups on a rotating basis.
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Dispatching done by office
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Van Share Program Example
VA Hospital in Perryville
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Entry level and Middle class jobs available
– 23
$25- $50 K
– 28
$50 - $75 K
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Commute by train/bus/walk takes 1:52
(40 miles or 53 minutes by van share)
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“Last mile” from MARC Station is 0.9 Miles
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Trains do not run on Sunday
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East Baltimore residents could obtain these jobs if the commute was
reasonable
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Van Share Costs
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Vans provided by VFC
80 Mile round trip
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Gas
Tolls
Repairs
Insurance
Driver
$16 ( 20 miles /gal @ $4)
$8
$ 8 (10 cents per mile)
$ 4 ($1,000 )
$67 ($15 / HR + SS)
Driver earns Ownership in vehicle
Fully loaded cost per rider (May initially be subsidized)
$25 at 4 to van
$17 at 6 to van
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Riders save One Hour of time each way!!
Can we get the employers to share in this cost.
Vehicles for Change Program
• Make a select # of Vehicles available for individual /
families in East Baltimore
• Can not get to employment via reasonable travel on
mass transit nor are there Van share routes available.
• Meet all regular program qualifications
– Valid / clean Drivers license
– Ability to pay $750 car loan
– No DWI or other vehicles in household, etc.
Number of vehicles dependent on availability of quality donated
vehicles and program funding.
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“Last Mile” Problem
“It would be easier to get commuters on board
with support for public transportation without the
dreaded ‘first- and last-mile problem’:
[the extra time and hassle commuters face when
they’re going from home to a transit station and
then from the station at the other end of the trip
to a final destination.]”
Quote from UTNE Reader
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“Last Mile”
Proposed Program
• Team with existing organizations to identify current routes and
new routes. Publicize them to the community
• Team with employers to identify new routes and employees
• Organize 6 new routes per year around employment hubs
• Team recruits drives and obtains vans from VFC
• Convert routes to employer paid over 18 Months
• Saves workers hassle of walking that last mile to work, especially
helpful in rain/wintery weather.
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So How does it work?
Morning Rush
• Van and driver meet the
Afternoon Rush
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Pick up individuals at work
driving circular route
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Drop off the workers at the
Stop
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Repeat as necessary
bus/train at the stop
• Drive circular route
dropping off 3 – 6
individuals at work
• Return to Stop
• Repeat as necessary
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Note : Driver has cell phone to
enable calls when worker
needs a ride back to the Stop
“Last Mile” Hindrance to Working
Walking Routes / Distances
Employer C
Employer
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Employer A
0.3 Miles
1.1 Miles
0.75 Miles
Walking routes
Van route
Bus / Train
Stop
0.65 Miles
Employer
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1.25 Miles
Employer E
Last Mile Costs($30,000/year)
• Vans provided by VFC
• Driver work Part time / split shifts – 5 hours per day
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Gas
Driver
Repairs
Insurance
Total
$ 8,000 (20K miles)
$19,000 (Fully loaded $15/hr)
$ 2,000
$ 1,000
$30,000 per year
Could provide rides for 20 -30 employees
for multiple employers
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Healthy Living / Shopping
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Provide, via bus/van regularly scheduled shopping trips
Alternate between daytime and evening routes
Assumes funding by stores
– previous program was deemed very successful by residents
Pickup locations/timing and stores managed by Office staff
Alternate between select group of stores
– Supermarket
– Discount Department stores
Van share and Shopping vans available for non-neighborhood medical trips and job
training on an as needed or scheduled basis
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Bike Share Program
• Encourage Bike share programs to locate in East Baltimore
and employment hubs
• Negotiate discounted rates for East Baltimore neighborhood
residents
• Expand Bike donation / bike repair programs
• Work with city to encourage bike lanes and safe parking zones
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In Summary –
The East Baltimore Development Area
Transportation Program
Transportation Office Neighborhood Shopping Bike programs
Van share
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“Last Mile” Initiative
VFC cars
Combined Program Impact
Access to JOBS
Dramatically increases the number and types of
jobs available for inner city individuals
Designed to assist 350 individuals from the EBDI
area obtain or retain employment
In total, the programs will improve the lives of
1650 Family members including non EBDI residents
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