Mobility Action Planning Workshops RECAP

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Mobility Action Planning Workshops RECAP
Statewide Mobility Action Planning Conference Des
Moines, Iowa November 1, 2006 Donna Johnson,
Program Manager Iowa DOT, Office of Public
Transit
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Iowa Transportation Coordination Council (ITCC)
Membership

• Iowa departments of
• Education,
• Elder Affairs,
• Human Rights,
• Human Services,
• Public Health,
• Transportation,
• Veterans Affairs,
• Workforce Development,
• and Governors Council on Developmental
  Disabilities,
• plus the Iowa League of Cities, Iowa State
  Association of Counties, and Iowa Association of
  School Boards

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ITCC Mission Statement

• To discuss and review transportation
  coordination issues and address institutional
  and/or regulatory barriers to coordination to
  provide the most public transportation with the
  effective use of public investment.

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United We Ride

• Federal United We Ride campaign provided the
  ITCC with funding to hold a series of workshops
  around the state on the benefits of
  transportation coordination.

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Mobility Action Planning Workshops

• 15 MAP workshops were held between April and June
• 527 people attended a local area workshop!

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Structure of public transit services
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• Public transportation allows Iowans the
  opportunity to contribute to their community and
  supports their efforts to work and live
  independently.

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• Iowa is served by 35 public transit systems
• 19 urban transit systems
• 16 multi-county regional transit systems
• More than 23 million rides are provided annually

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• Public transit allows people from all walks of
  life access to opportunities, and helps them
  accomplish what is important to them.

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• Although Public Transit plays a vital role, it
  takes everyone working together to improve
  transportation services.
• Health and Human Service agencies,
• Planning agencies,
• Decision-makers at all levels, and
• Consumers
• We are all partners!

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Mobility Action Planning Workshops

• Common Issues Identified
• Availability of Service Special Services
• Marketing / Education Scheduling
• Affordability Driver Issues
• Funding Resources/Infrastructure
• Coordination Growth
• Service Area Safety
• Access ADA issues regulations

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Mobility Action Planning Workshops

• Solutions to some of the challenges/ barriers to
  the unmet needs
• 24/7 Centralized dispatch center
• Master inventory of resources
• Education and Communication
• Agreements of Cooperation/Understanding
• Ride Sharing/Van Pooling
• Local Option Sales Tax/Tax Levies
• Cost Sharing
• ITS

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Mobility Action Planning Workshops

• Solutions to some of the challenges/ barriers to
  the unmet needs (cont.)
• Develop partnerships
• Employee bus pass programs
• Educate policy makers on transit needs
• One-on-one survey interviews
• Marketing mutual benefits to coordination
• Involve customers as stakeholders
• Consider redesigning service to meet needs

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Mobility Action Planning Workshops

• Solutions to some of the challenges/ barriers to
  the unmet needs (cont.)
• Encourage satellite medical offices
• Develop insurance pool and support legislation
  to limit liability for volunteer drivers
• Policy changes/State and Federal levels
• Complaint/Grievance process so you have an
  opportunity to fix things
• Make use of established communities/groups
• Utilize 211 to promote transit services available
  in community

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Working together makes sense!
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Putting the Pieces Together
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Activities are occurring at all levels
simultaneously, not in silos but rather in
conjunction with each other Federal
Interagency Coordinating Council on Access and
MobilityIowa Statewide Transportation
Coordination CouncilLocal level TAG(Primary
Coordination Activity)
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Developing a Coordinated Public Transit - Human
Services Transportation Plan
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The Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient
Transportation Equity Act A Legacy for Users
(P.L. 109-59, 2005)
SAFETEA-LU statesProjects selected for funding
under the Special Needs, JARC, and New Freedom
programs are derived from a locally developed,
coordinated public transit-human services
transportation plan
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Five Elements of aCoordinated Plan

• Assessment of transportation needs.
• Inventory, including duplication and gaps.
• Strategies to address gaps.
• Coordination actions to address duplication, more
  efficiently utilize resources.
• Implementation strategies prioritization.

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Get Involved in your localTransit Action Group
(TAG)

• Your input is important. You can help find
  solutions to meet unmet transit needs in your
  local community.
• Together, we CAN improve passenger
  transportation services!

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A System for all users