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OPT Presentation to Iowa Public Transit Association October 19, 2009

OPT Presentation to Iowa Public Transit Association October 19, 2009. OPT Topics. ARRA Progress Funding Applications STA Receipts AMOCO Loan ADA Refresher Training Update PTP Passenger Transportation Funding Study. ARRA Progress.

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OPT Presentation to Iowa Public Transit Association October 19, 2009

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  1. OPT Presentation to Iowa Public Transit AssociationOctober 19, 2009

  2. OPT Topics • ARRA Progress • Funding Applications • STA Receipts • AMOCO Loan • ADA Refresher • Training Update • PTP • Passenger Transportation Funding Study

  3. ARRA Progress • 49 out of 214 vehicles have been delivered as of September 30th • One facility project complete with all others well underway • Job hours being reported monthly for facilities and upon delivery and upon payment of make-ready for vehicles • Two additional vehicles have been added to non-urbanized grant using reprogrammed funds with more anticipated as projects are closed out

  4. Funding Applications • Applications taken October 1 for • Intercity Bus Assistance • Iowa’s Clean Air Attainment Program • 2nd Round Job Access/ Reverse Commute • 2nd Round New Freedom • 2nd Round Public Transit Infrastructure Grants • On-going Applications for • STA Special Projects

  5. Intercity Bus Applications • Funding available: $1,518,528 (plus carryover) • Requests: • DART (Sr) $7,500 • Burlington Trailways $996,474 • Jefferson Lines $876,921 • Greyhound $108,799 • Royal Charters $213,919 $2,203,613

  6. ICAAP Applications • Funds available: $4.7 million for FFY11 • 19 total applications, requesting $7,567,645 • 12 highway applications for $6,003,624 • 2 trail/AQ planning applications for $540,000 • 5 transit applications for $1,024,021 • DART (Jr) nitrogen filling station for tires • DART (Jr) hybrid-electric bus up-grades • DART (Jr) route 7 (Ft DSM/Hubbell) service improvemnts • DART (Jr) route 11 (Jordan Crk/Mills Pkwy) srvc imprvmts • Keyline medical loop

  7. JARC Applications • Small Urbanized ($52,991 available) • Keyline $29,700 • Non-urbanized (232,091 available) • Region 3 $75,000 • Region 5 $11,131 • Region 8 $99,246 • Region 12 $28,000 $213,377

  8. New Freedom Applications • Small Urbanized ($95,611 available) • No applications • Non-urbanized ($326,823 available) • DART (Sr) $ 4,383 • Region 3 $13,000 • Region 5 $11,432 • Region 8 $24,346 $53,161

  9. PTIG Applications • Funds Available: $1,818,443 • Ames $880,000 • Coralville $1,000,000 • DART (Jr) $4,080,000 • Ottumwa/10-15 $188,000 • Region 2 $140,800 • Region 5 $574,320 • Region 9 $104,000 • Region 16 $237,000 $7,204,120

  10. STA Receipts • Transit not affected by 10% across-the-board cut since not from General Fund, but… • Four months into year • STA receipts about 9% behind pace needed to meet annual projection • Last year at this point had received 36% of annual total

  11. AMOCO Loan • Loans for non-federal share of energy-saving capital projects • Repayment over 1-5 years • $544,129 currently available • $583,703 by January 1 (plus interest earned)

  12. ADA Refresher • Different service standards • Fixed route/complimentary paratransit • Demand-responsive transit • Vehicle standards • Facility standards • Access to information

  13. ADA Paratransit Standards • Response time: prior day reservations, pick-up w/in 60 minutes of requested time • Fares: no more than 200% of base fare • Geographic coverage: w/in ¾ mile of fixed-route • Hours/days: same as fixed-route • Restrictions on trip purpose: there can be none • Availability of info and reservations: must be comparable • Constraints on capacity: there can be none

  14. Demand –ResponsiveADA Service Standards • Response time: same as for everyone else • Fares: same as for everyone else • Geographic coverage: same as for everyone else • Hours/days: same as for everyone else • Restrictions on trip purpose: same as for others • Availability of info/reservations: same as for others • Constraints on capacity: same as for others

  15. More service issues • Must allow anyone use of lift or ramp • Must keep access features in operating condition • Must announce major stops/locations and requested locations on fixed- route • Must accept service animals • Aides ride free • Availability of service to persons with disabilities and any special arrangements for requesting rides must be prominently publicized

  16. More service issues • Must always accept “common wheelchair” • 3 or 4-wheeled design • Up to 30 inches wide • Up to 48 inches long • Weight does not exceed 600 pounds when occupied • Includes scooters, etc. • May be higher standard if using NF to serve “over-sized wheelchairs”

  17. More service issues • Can require that wheelchair be secured, but • Cannot deny ride if unable to secure • Cannot require use of personal restraint, unless all riders are required to use seatbelts • Cannot require transfer to regular seat • Cannot require specific orientation when riding lift

  18. Paratransit Eligibility • Must have system for identifying “ADA Paratransit Eligible Persons” using narrowest definition • Individuals who cannot board, ride, disembark from accessible vehicle (includes those who can not navigate system) • Individuals with specific impairment-related condition that prevents access to bus stop

  19. Paratransit Eligibility • Can not have residency requirement • Must issue ID’s • Must accept ID’s issued by other systems • Visitors must be presumed eligible for 21 days • Automatic eligibility 21 days after application if determination not made • Each eligible individual entitled to one aide plus one companion (others on space available basis)

  20. Accessible Vehicles • Lift or ramp • Mobility aid securement system(s) • At least two, if over 22’ in length • Slip resistant flooring • Minimum lighting standards • Color contrasts • Priority seating • Signage

  21. Accessible Vehicles • Clear path from entrance to securement location, with minimum headroom • 56 inch in small vehicles (under 22 feet) • 68 inch in larger vehicles (22 feet or more) • If used for fixed-route service • Public address system for stop announcements • Special stop request signaling from securement locations

  22. Accessible Stops/Shelters • Bus stops to have level firm-surfaced area min 72” from roadway and 42” wide with access to public way(s) • Shelters to be positioned to allow access, w/interior space for at least one wheelchair • Bus stop signage to be specified height/contracts w/ braille markings (schedule info not included)

  23. Training Update • Transit Driver Training • Iowa-Illinois Safety Council course • Custom developed for Iowa’s transit industry • DOT is paying 100% through fellowship/ in-house training program • To date: • 414 participants • Nine transit systems

  24. Training Update • Additions to Transit Training Library • Updated video list available • Info on new listings posted to IPTA forum • Handout on new videos • Iowa DOT policy change will allow increased training for OPT staff through use of RTAP fellowships

  25. Planning Update • Now it’s the “PTP” • Updated every five years, or as needed • Transit projects must be addressed to be funded under any state-wide funding programs, including 5310 formula

  26. Passenger Transportation Funding Study • Stay tuned for presentation of study recommendations on Wednesday AM.

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