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PROCESS TO MEET STATE LEGISLATURE REQUIREMENT ON REGIONAL TRANSIT PLANS

PROCESS TO MEET STATE LEGISLATURE REQUIREMENT ON REGIONAL TRANSIT PLANS. COORDINATION WORKSHOP. Regional Planning and Public Transportation Study Group. June 14, 2005. PART 1: WHAT WHEN WHERE WHY. Regional Planning and Public Transportation Study Group

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PROCESS TO MEET STATE LEGISLATURE REQUIREMENT ON REGIONAL TRANSIT PLANS

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  1. PROCESS TO MEET STATE LEGISLATURE REQUIREMENT ON REGIONAL TRANSIT PLANS COORDINATION WORKSHOP Regional Planning and Public Transportation Study Group June 14, 2005

  2. PART 1: WHAT WHEN WHERE WHY

  3. Regional Planning and Public Transportation Study Group Formed by Commissioner Hope Andrade

  4. H.B. No. 3588 Article 13: Statewide Coordination of Public Transportation • Improve the delivery of transportation services • Generate efficiencies in operation/increase levels of service • Encourage cooperation and coordination • Develop regional plans

  5. Regional Planning and Public Transportation Study Group PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION: Any entity that conveys passengers, whether a governmental entity or any other entity that receives financial assistance for that conveyance from any governmental entity. MISSION: To review current public transportation planning and programming practices within metropolitan, suburban, and rural areas and to enhance service delivery, customer satisfaction, efficiency and effectiveness.

  6. Integrating Two Public Transportation Delivery Modes SYSTEM BASED: Focus is on developing a seamless system of options to maximize individual participation.Transportation is the goal. CLIENT BASED: Focus is on individual person meeting health, social service or training needs. Transportation is a means to some other goal.

  7. Revenue/Cost Table ($Millions, 2004-05 Biennium)

  8. COG / Rural Transit Provider Boundaries

  9. Examples of Coordination • Johnson County – City-County system • Expanded transit service from one city to entire county • Each city financially contributes based on number of residents • Leveraged TxDOT/MPO funds • Houston – One Stop Shop • Pilot program funded by TxDOT & HGAC • Customers contact ONE agency for transportation needs; then choose from private, nonprofit or public providers • Monthly Transit Pass vs. Taxi Vouchers • Other States: North Carolina, Maryland, Florida • Coordinate transportation planning through a lead agency

  10. Two Year Schedule

  11. Commission Action • Approve process and schedule to meet legislative requirements • Endorse COG boundaries with lead agency determined in each region • Endorse process mirrored after TMMP approach with coinciding 9/06 deadline • Endorse June 14, 2005 kickoff conference • Pursue additional funding for FY 2005-06 planning activities • Consider plan/policy/legislative recommendations in Fall 2006

  12. PART 2: WHO HOW HOW MUCH

  13. WHO IS THE CUSTOMER?

  14. ONE SIZE DOES NOT FIT ALL!

  15. HOW MUCH ADDITIONAL FUNDING NECESSARY?

  16. Five P’s and Three E’s Engineering Enforcement Education Planning Programming Policies Projects Partnerships

  17. KEEP TRACK OF: METHODOLOGY INNOVATION FROM 5P’S AND 3E’S CONSTRAINTS (THESE CAN BE FIXED) REGIONAL AND TEXAS FOCUS

  18. NEED COST ESTIMATE FOR 10/1/05 – 9/30/06

  19. NEXT STEPS: MEET BY REGION DISCUSSION AFTER LUNCH

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