Transcript National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board Overview of JARC & New Freedom Projects, FY 2013 HSTC Task Force Meeting February 20,2014 Lynn Winchell-Mendy Transportation Planner.

National Capital Region
Transportation Planning Board
Overview of JARC & New Freedom Projects, FY 2013
HSTC Task Force Meeting
February 20,2014
Lynn Winchell-Mendy
Transportation Planner
JARC and New Freedom
Grants, 2007-2013
Planning and Promotional Activities - 6
Accessible Cabs - 6
$1,393,084
$2,198,118
Car Loans - 7
$3,385,837
$3,015,729
Fixed Route/Demand Responsive - 10
Vouchers - 9
$1,399,076
Enhanced Access to Fixed
Route/Paratransit Services - 14
Travel Training - 7
$6,757,399
$2,876,814
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JARC and New Freedom Projects
Funded to Date
• Project Sponsors by Agency Type
WMATA
3%
Public
Transit
Provider
17%
Private
For
Profit
11%
Other
Public
Agency
26%
Private
NonProfit
Agency
43%
2007 through 2010
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Recommended Projects - FY 2013
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• 6 JARC Grants - $1,954,720
4 New Freedom Grants - $1,015,970
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JARC
Project Highlights
Doorways for Women & Families
Grant:
Taxi vouchers
(priority project in FY2013 solicitation)
Target Population:
Residents of shelters and transitional housing
programs in Northern Virginia
Purpose:
To get to job training, conduct job searches or
reach employment locations
Total Funding: $40,000
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Dulles Area Transportation Association
Grant:
Rotating Rideshare Coordinator – mobility management
Target Population:
Low-income employees of employment sites in the
Dulles corridor
Purpose:
Assistance to form carpools, vanpools and to
improve transit use
Total Funding: $187,500
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Skill Source Group
Grant:
Road to Employment – shuttle service
Target Population:
Participants in the Fairfax County Pre-Release
Employment Center
Purpose:
Transport to and from job sites that are not transit
accessible
Total Funding: $250,254
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Family Matters of Greater Washington
Grant:
Ways to Work Program – affordable car loans for
low-income working families (priority project in FY2013 solicitation)
Target Population:
Individuals in Southeast D.C. and Prince George’s
County with limited access to public transit
Purpose:
To meet reverse commute and child-care related
transportation needs
Total Funding: $340,000
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Northern Virginia Family Service
Grant:
Vehicles for Change Program–donated vehicles to lowincome working families for a program fee (priority project
in FY2013 solicitation)
Target Population:
Northern Virginia families with limited access to transit
who are unable to qualify for a standard vehicle loan
Purpose:
To encourage job stability and financial responsibility
Total Funding: $1,034,410
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Northern Virginia Family Service
Grant:
Training Futures Program – shuttle service to job
training site
Target Population:
Training Futures participants able to reach commuter
stops within a 10-mile radius of training site
Purpose:
Transport to Training Futures, a 23-week workforce
development program in Manassas offered through
Northern Virginia Community College
Total Funding: $102,556
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New Freedom
Project Highlights
City of Alexandria
Grant: Pedestrian Mobility Enhancements –
design and construction of pedestrian safety
upgrades at 4 intersections
Target Population:
People with disabilities living in and visiting the City
of Alexandria
Purpose:
To improve access
Total Funding: $400,000
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Yellow Cab of Prince William County
Grant: Accessible Taxi Pilot –
(priority in FY2013
solicitation)
Target Population:
Prince William County and North Stafford County
residents seeking alternative, accessible
transportation options
Purpose:
Purchase and operation of 4 accessible vehicles
Total Funding: $156,250
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Liberty Transportation
Grant: rollDC –
Purpose: Purchase
Target Population:
Total Funding:
expansion and
continuation of
accessible taxicab pilot
DC residents seeking
alternative, accessible
transportation options
and operation of 5
additional accessible
vehicles
$276,783
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DC Office on Aging
Grant: continuation of Caregivers Respite Escort
Service for Transportation (CREST) – certified home
care aids accompanying riders to and from medical
appointments
Target Population:
Older adults who have a disability
Purpose:
Door-through-door service
Total Funding: $182,937
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What’s Next?
5310 Enhanced Mobility Program
FY 2014
• Unmet Needs
• Strategies
• Priority Projects
• Coordinated Plan Update
• Solicitation
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For More Information
Website
www.TPBcoordination.org
(info on previously funded projects available)
TPB Staff
Lynn Winchell-Mendy
[email protected]
202-962-3253
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