Transcript Coordinated

Transportation Development
How do we get rubber on
the road? …..and other
burning questions.
Identification of Need
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Who? (Characteristics)
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Low income, seniors, disabled, children,
general public, any special requirements?
What? (Trip Purpose)
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Work, adult education and training, medical
appointments, meeting basic needs,
shopping, recreation, inter-modal
connections, senior nutrition access…
More Questions
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Where (origins and destinations)
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Identify common origins and destinations
(this is more specific than from home to
work – actual map locations)
When (time of day)
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Is the need varied (medical appointments)
or the same every day (commute), or
changes because of shift rotation?
Developing Solutions - How
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Solutions are the answer to the question
“how”. How can a specific need be met for a
particular element of the population?
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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
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If we build it, will you ride?
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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
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Brief History of JARC earmarks
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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
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Distributes State Funds
Rural Mobility
Paratransit Special Needs
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Distributes Federal Funds
5310-Seniors and Disabled
 5311-Rural Public
 JARC –Employment and Higher Ed
 New Freedom-Beyond ADA
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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.
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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)
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Stakeholders (Continued)
DSHS (CSO)
 Foundations
 Group Homes
 Hospitals and Health Care Providers
 Local Medicaid Brokers and providers
 School Districts
 Employers
 Non-Profit Transportation Providers
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Stakeholders (Continued)
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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
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Hours of operation
 Service area/boundaries
 Type of service
 Fares
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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.
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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
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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.
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Public Participation
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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
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