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Community Partnership Program

Community Partnership Program. Don Okazaki, Planner Accessible Services King County Metro. CPP Program Goals. Complement ADA paratransit service by filling gaps in service Provide effective and less expensive alternative transportation options for people with special needs

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Community Partnership Program

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  1. Community Partnership Program Don Okazaki, Planner Accessible Services King County Metro

  2. CPP Program Goals • Complement ADA paratransit service by filling gaps in service • Provide effective and less expensive alternative transportation options for people with special needs • Encourage people with special needs to try using the bus, if appropriate

  3. CPP Products • Taxi Scrip • Promotions for Free Bus Travel Training/Bus Tickets • AddVANtage Van Program • Special Use VanPool Program

  4. AddVANtage Program For non-profit agencies that serve seniors or people with disabilities Services: • Accessible vans • Van maintenance • Driver training

  5. Agency Requirements: • Van service open to the public • Provide drivers and insurance • Provide 50one-way van trips a month for ADA Paratransit eligible customers Provide 100one-way van trips for $10,000 in operating funds

  6. Special Use Vanpool Program For non-profit agencies that transport seniors or people with disabilities to work or training Services: • Metro VanPool vehicle • Van maintenance • Gas and comprehensive/collision insurance

  7. Agency Requirements: • Provide 50one-way van trips a month for ADA Paratransiteligible customers who commute to work or school • VanPool must include a driver, back up driver and bookkeeper. • Liability Insurance.

  8. CPP Programs

  9. Benefits to Agencies • More flexible schedules • Vehicles for errands, field trips or weekend service. • Consistent transportation environment for riders: • pick up and drop off times • routes • drivers • seat location • ridesharing passengers • Can transport riders not eligible for ADA, outside of the ADA service area or suspended from ADA Paratransit service

  10. Benefits to King County Metro • Van partnerships fill gaps in service. • Van partnerships per trip costs are under $6. • Service is adaptable to meet the needs of the community.

  11. CPP Program Data

  12. Metro Vanpools • ACCESS pass = $200 toward riders monthly vanpool fare value • Vanpool rider must commute at least one day each week on a Metro vanpool. • Vanpool rider must be registered for Metro’s ADA Paratransit service

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