Golden Crescent Regional

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Golden Crescent Regional Planning Commission
Regional Public Transportation Coordination Plan
To GCRPC Transportation Coordination Advisory
Committee
The Goodman Corporation
May 10, 2006
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Regional Transit Coordination Plan
Why Coordinate?

• Opportunity to Provide More Extensive Better
  Service
• FTA will require regional coordinated plan for
  funding transit services for persons with
  disabilities elderly persons
• Funding will become more competitive
• 1. Revenue mile per capita
• 2. System trips per capita
• 3. Local funds / Local commitment

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Todays Agenda

• Introduction to Project Team
• Steering Committee
• Project Approach
• Community Outreach
• Deliverables
• Schedule

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TGC Experience

• TGC brings in-depth regional knowledge, transit
  funding know-how, transit policy expertise
  to create innovative strategies that deliver
  results.
• Legislative Initiatives

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Regional Transit Coordination Plan
TxDOT FTA Requirements
Plan addresses any entity providing public
transportation services if it is a local/state/or
federal entity or receives financial assistance
from a local/state/or federal entity.
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Regional Transit Coordination Plan
TxDOT FTA Requirements
Plan shall consider incorporate information in
Federal Transportation Bill, SAFETEA-LU
(2005). SAFETEA-LU requires locally developed
coordination plan for all FTA programs for
underserved populations.
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Regional Transit Coordination Plan
TxDOT FTA Requirements
Plan shall consider address separately each
goal of public transportation set forth in Texas
PTC, Section 461.004(a)
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Regional Transit Coordination Plan
TxDOT FTA Requirements
Plan will list obstacles to implementation,
identification of party responsible for
impediment, any actions that would reduce or
eliminate the impediment.
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Regional Coordination Plan Projects
Harris County Transit Strategy

• Provided mobility options to underserved
  portions of
• Harris County (outside METRO)
• Identified candidate pilot projects for commuter
  local
• service park ride, commuter service
• Enhanced existing services through coordination
  of
• providers/programs
• Identified target areas for pedestrian-access
  improvements
• Developed comprehensive finance implementation
  
• strategy plan.

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Regional Coordination Plan Projects
Fort Bend County Transit Plan

• Enhanced existing services through coordination
• Created management structure needed to
  effectively organize coordinate shared
  services
• Presented several cost-effective transit mode
  service
• alternatives (park ride, demand response)
• Developed strategy to facilitate coordination
  between county its social service providers
  to enable enhanced leveraging capability
  

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Regional Transit Coordination Plan
Goals Objectives
Texas H.B. 3588 provides starting place for
developing the following goals

• Improve delivery of transportation services
• Generate efficiencies in operation
• Enhance customer service satisfaction
• Encourage cooperation coordination

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Regional Transit Coordination Plan
Additional Goals Objectives
Additional Goals Objectives to Fit Local Needs
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Project Approach
Review Scope of Work Schedule

• Steering Committee Oversight
• Establishment Goals Objectives
• Regional Assessment
• Community Outreach
• Identification of Barriers
• Feasibility of Regional Transportation Agency
• Operational Assessment
• Finance/Implementation Strategy

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Regional Assessment

• Demographic Profile of Each County
• Evaluation of Existing Fixed-Route/Paratransit
  Services (SWOT)
• Review Ridership Data
• Identify Service Overlaps
• Client Surveys
• Transit Provider Survey
• Community Outreach Input
• Identification of Barriers

Bold tasks represent scope of GCRPC terminal
project
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Community Outreach/Advisory Committee Meetings

• Committee/Stakeholder Meetings
• Kick-off Meeting (May)
• Two Meetings w/Public Input (Jun)
• Proposed Sites Port Lavaca Gonzales.
• Committee Workshop to Discuss Regional
  Assessment Results Coordination
  Barriers (Aug)
• Committee Workshop to Discuss Pilot Projects
  (Oct)
• Presentation to Committee of Results (Nov)
• Website goldencrescenttransit.com
• Online Surveys
• Meeting Notices/Results
• Updates on Work Progress

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Immediate Project Priorities

• Inventory of Existing Human Service
  Transportation Providers Public Transit
  Services in your county (or counties)
• Transportation Providers Identify Short-term
  Priorities for Improving Transit Services in next
  5 years
• TTI Required Survey to Transportation Providers
• Client Survey
• Data Collection Regional Growth, Major Activity
  Centers, Travel Data by TAZs
• Public Outreach
• - Website
• - Surveys

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Potential Logos
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Golden Crescent Regional Planning Commission
Transportation Coordination Plan Kick-off Meeting
Contact TGC - Natalie Bush [phone]
nbush_at_thegoodmancorp.com TSU Gwen Goodwin
713-313-7283 goodwingc_at_TSU.EDU AR Consulting
Alan Rodenstein [phone] ARconsul_at_aol.com