Transcript Coordinated
Transportation Development
How do we get rubber on
the road? …..and other
burning questions.
Identification of Need
Who? (Characteristics)
Low income, seniors, disabled, children,
general public, any special requirements?
What? (Trip Purpose)
Work, adult education and training, medical
appointments, meeting basic needs,
shopping, recreation, inter-modal
connections, senior nutrition access…
More Questions
Where (origins and destinations)
Identify common origins and destinations
(this is more specific than from home to
work – actual map locations)
When (time of day)
Is the need varied (medical appointments)
or the same every day (commute), or
changes because of shift rotation?
Developing Solutions - How
Solutions are the answer to the question
“how”. How can a specific need be met for a
particular element of the population?
Often this results in a favored method, vanpool,
carpool, demand response, fixed route service.
Make sure you know what assets already
exist. Maybe you are addressing just a small
gap between two existing systems. Maybe
coordination of systems could solve the
problem.
Involve Consumers
If we build it, will you ride?
Springdale and Suncrest examples
Where’s the Money?
Consolidated Grant Process – State
Formula Allocation from FTA to State and to
Transit Agencies
Limited Discretionary Funding from FTA
Brief History of JARC earmarks
1999-2001 WorkForce Transportation Iniative
Barriers included no license or insurance
Resale and loans not approved uses through WSDOT
By 2007(?) earmarks were replaced with allocations to
states and transit systems.
State Consolidated Grant Process
Distributes State Funds
Rural Mobility
Paratransit Special Needs
Distributes Federal Funds
5310-Seniors and Disabled
5311-Rural Public
JARC –Employment and Higher Ed
New Freedom-Beyond ADA
State Priorities
Coordination of services to stretch funding
ACCT
Preservation of service
Service to Unserved/Underserved
Options that encourage shared ridership
rather than single occupant vehicles.
Are
Needs Already
Identified to Address our
Local Problem?
Maybe…
Coordinated Transit Human
Services Transportation Plan
First plans were submitted in January of 2007.
All projects seeking funding through state
consolidated grant program must be ranked by
local CTHSTPs
Process required to develop a plan
Convene Stakeholder Groups
Gather Data and Information
Identify Unmet Transportation Needs
Develop Transportation Alternatives
Stakeholders
ACCT (Local Coalitions)
AAAs
Assisted Living Communitites
City Councils
CAAs
Community Colleges
County Officials
Public (and riders)
Stakeholders (Continued)
DSHS (CSO)
Foundations
Group Homes
Hospitals and Health Care Providers
Local Medicaid Brokers and providers
School Districts
Employers
Non-Profit Transportation Providers
Stakeholders (Continued)
Other Non-Profit Organizations
Nursing Homes
Private transportation operators
Public transit district
RTPO
RSVP
Taxicab Operators
Tribal Governments
Work First LPA
Data and Information
Origins and destinations for people with
special transportation needs
Use maps where feasible
Existing Transportation Services
Hours of operation
Service area/boundaries
Type of service
Fares
Identify Unmet Transportation
Needs
Gaps in service
Identify duplication
Identify social services that are providing
transportation to clients. Find out if they
are willing to coordinate to leverage
funds.
Using GIS/maps can help inform the public
and assist planners in developing
transportation alternatives.
Develop Transportation Alternatives
Offer
prioritized solutions to meet
the unmet needs. (Prioritization first
comes from the community and
stakeholder input).
Identify how coordination will be
utilized within the transportation
alternatives.
Updates
The plan must be updated during the
current state biennium. It will need to be
completed by about May of 2010 in order
to be available to transportation service
developers for the next round of grant
applications (August 2010). It is not clear
what the update schedule will look like in
the surface transportation
reauthorization.
Project Ranking for Consolidated
Grant Process
The RTPO has the responsibility for
ranking transportation projects submitted
in the Consolidated Grant Process.
The RTPO ranks the projects using the
priorities set by the community within the
plan.
Public Participation
The public can participate in the stakeholder
meetings.
In the first planning process, we used a
combination of public survey results
(especially to obtain origins/destinations) as
well as inviting the public to the stakeholder
meetings.
United We Ride Framework for Action (focus
groups, surveys, needs assessments, public
notices)
Questions?
Kelly Scalf, Planning and Transportation
Division Director
1-800-776-9026