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ITS Tools for Coordination Mobility Services for All Americans

ITS Tools for Coordination Mobility Services for All Americans. Yehuda Gross USDOT ITS Joint Program Office CalACT 2007 Spring Conference & Expo April 2007. Outline. MSAA Challenges ITS Promotes Coordination UWR/MSAA Joint Demonstration Stakeholders Outreach and Knowledge Transfer.

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ITS Tools for Coordination Mobility Services for All Americans

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  1. ITS Tools for CoordinationMobility Services for All Americans Yehuda Gross USDOT ITS Joint Program Office CalACT 2007 Spring Conference & Expo April 2007

  2. Outline • MSAA Challenges • ITS Promotes Coordination • UWR/MSAA Joint Demonstration • Stakeholders Outreach and Knowledge Transfer

  3. Health Transportation Education Employment Mobility Services for All Americans (MSAA) Background • 60+ independent Federal programs fund transportation, across 8 Federal departments • $ billions are spent on human service transportation • Transit industry experiences challenges in meeting mobility needs of the transportation disadvantaged

  4. Challenges

  5. ITS Role • ITS is an enabler to facilitate coordination and enhance accessibility All Users Human Service Transportation Service Providers Human Service Administration/Funding Agencies

  6. ITS Role (cont.) • ITS supports • Integrated point of access for traveler support • Improved fleet scheduling, dispatching, routing • Streamlined reporting, billing and financial transaction • Simplified fare payment, collection and processing • Enhanced traveler information and travel management flexibility with accessibility features • Service integration with existing fixed (flex) route public transportation services

  7. MSAA Initiative • Goals: • Increase mobility and accessibility for the transportation disadvantaged and general public • Achieve more efficient use of federal transportation funding resources • Key Approaches: • Facilitate stakeholder participation • Conduct foundation research (completed) • Plan and design model systems • Conduct model deployment • Transfer knowledge, outreach and education

  8. MSAA Targeted Outcomes • Scalable and Replicable models of Travel Management Coordination Centers (TMCC) • Local community driven (including system design and deployment) • Urban, small urban and rural models • Provide simplified point of access for traveler support • Support coordinated and comprehensive service operations and management • Streamline program management requirements and procedures

  9. MSAA and UWR Partnership UWR/MSAA Partnership • Allows thorough overhaul of issues, both in breadth and depth • Provides comprehensive suites of solutions • Broadens participation from other federal partners • Enables leverage of UWR/MSAA program progress and resources UWR/MSAA Joint Demonstration

  10. UWR/MSAA Joint Demonstration • Two-phased Approach • Phase 1: system planning and design • Phase 2: system deployment • Two independent evaluations • Process evaluation • Systems impact evaluation • Phase 1 RFP release: April 2006 • Phase 1 sites selection announcement: Jan. 2007 • Phase 2 sites selection announcement: Dec. 2008 (expected) • Demonstration completion: June 2010 (expected)

  11. Employment U.S. State & Local Government Funds, Policies, and Regulations Consumer with Mobility Needs Independence Health Care Family Education Recreation One Call Funding Agencies Transportation Service Providers One Integrated Vision

  12. Stakeholders Outreach • UWR/MSAA stakeholders steering group • User groups • Human service program administrations (state and local) • Private industry (system suppliers, consultants, etc.) • Transportation service providers • Public listening sessions • Conferences and workshops • UWR quarterly newsletters and news release • Web-based online community • http://blue.isoph.com/apta/mobilityServicesAllAmericans.aspx

  13. From USDOT perspectives…… • Identify and prioritize knowledge and technical needs with stakeholders’ input • Determine effective ways to deliver and address knowledge and TA needs • Workshops, publications, training courses, online communities • Coordination with other federal interagency resources and professional communities

  14. How to Participate and Stay Informed • Participate in public listening sessions • Subscribe to UWR newsletters/news releases • Sign up for UWR/MSAA online communities • Periodically check UWR/MSAA websites • Communicate directly with UWR/MSAA staff

  15. Start Coordination • There are plenty of easy excuses NOT to coordinate. • Successful coordination often starts small – the scale of coordination will grow “naturally” if it works. • Coordination can be “low-tech” or “no-tech.” • Look for “low-hanging fruits.”

  16. Thank You Questions and Discussions www.its.dot.gov/msaa www.unitedweride.gov Yehuda Gross ITS Transit Program Manager USDOT 202-366-1988 Yehuda.gross@dot.gov

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