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Minnesota Council on Transportation Access

Minnesota Council on Transportation Access. Moving Transit Forward with Coordination, Action and Advocacy 9/19/11. Importance of Transportation. Creating accessible transportation for all is about more than improving individual lives. Transit is required for: Creating a healthy economy.

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Minnesota Council on Transportation Access

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  1. Minnesota Council on Transportation Access Moving Transit Forward with Coordination, Action and Advocacy 9/19/11

  2. Importance of Transportation • Creating accessible transportation for all is about more than improving individual lives. • Transit is required for: • Creating a healthy economy. • Supporting our state’s communities and culture. • Enabling people with low incomes, older adults and people with disabilities to be independent.

  3. Current Transit Challenges • Despite significant investment at all levels of government, serious service gaps exist. • Multitude of programs makes communication & coordination difficult. • At least 62 transit programs at the federal level alone! • Complex web = duplicative efforts, confusion.

  4. Medicaid Program Development Disabilities Children & Families ? ? ? Office of Disability Employment Policy Labor Employment Training Agency Family Assistance Faith Based Transit Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Special Ed Transportation Substance Abuse Mental Health Health Care Medicare & Medicaid Svcs HHS Rural Transit Operators Family Health Resources & Services Office of the Secretary Area Agency on Aging Assistant Secretary Planning Evaluation Head Start Child Care Bureau Soc. Services Block Grant Education Private Paratransit Aging Community Services Centers for Independent Living State Governors & Cabinet Secretaries Disability Rehab and Research Rehabilitation Services Administration Employment Federal Agencies & Grant $ Education Office of Special Education Programs Shopping Local Government Recreation Medical Transit Provider Transportation Office of the Secretary Urbanized Grant Program Elderly & Disability Program Private Taxi Independence Disability Service Provider National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Federal Transit Administration Rural Grant Program Head Start ADA Paratransit Local Transportation Authority Departmental Office of Civil Rights Transportation Service Chart Job Access Reverse Commute Program Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy Transit Pass

  5. Coordination is the Key • By working together, we can find solutions: • Increase capacity to serve unmet needs. • Improve quality of service. • Improve understanding of transit services. • Improve access to transit services. • Achieve more cost-effective service delivery. • This is the function of the Council

  6. The Coordination Goal

  7. About the Council • Formed by the MN State Legislature in 2010. • Succeeds the Interagency Committee on Transit Coordination (ICTC). • Established by MN Gov. Tim Pawlenty in 2005 • Made up of 13 separate agencies and organizations …

  8. The Council • Office of the Governor • Minnesota State Council on Disability • Minnesota Public Transit Association • Minnesota Department of Education • Minnesota Department of Human Services • Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs • Metropolitan Council • Minnesota Department of Commerce • Minnesota Board on Aging • Minnesota Department of Transportation • Minnesota Management and Budget • Minnesota Department of Health • Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development

  9. Mission/Vision Statement Mission • To work together to remove obstacles that prevent the successful coordination of transportation programs and resources among their respective customers. Vision • Minnesotans will have access to coordinated transportation services to meet their mobility needs.

  10. Our Duties • 20 duties related to five Key Issue Areas: • Vehicle & Client Sharing • Cost Sharing & Purchasing • Communication & Coordinated Planning • Reporting & Evaluation • Research & Demonstration Projects

  11. Key Issue Area #1: Vehicle & Client Sharing • Vehicles used in human service transportation should be made available to other state, federal and publicly-funded programs to reduce duplicative transportation services and idle time for drivers and vehicles.

  12. Vehicle & Client Sharing Accomplishments • Created a model contract for use by local agencies contracting with external organizations to provide transportation services. • Working through the Dept. of Commerce to clarify the issue of insurance requirements related to sharing clients and vehicles.

  13. Key Issue Area #2: Cost Sharing & Purchasing • State agencies are encouraged to work together to create funding mechanisms that support shared ownership of funding responsibilities to ensure adequate resources are available for transportation services.

  14. Cost Sharing & Purchasing Accomplishments • MnDOT Office of Transit updated Council on their efforts to develop a cost allocation model for the transit systems in Greater Minnesota.

  15. Key Issue Area #3: Communication & Coordinated Planning • Agencies are encouraged to participate in a community transportation planning process for human service transportation programs to promote the development and delivery of coordinated transportation services.

  16. Communication & Coordinated Planning Accomplishments • Developed the Minnesota Coordination website. www.coordinatemntransit.org • Produced a planning guidance document with a model for locally developed and coordinated planning across the state of Minnesota.

  17. Key Issue Area #4: Reporting & Evaluation • State agencies dealing with transportation services are encouraged to agree upon common measurements and definitions for tracking and reporting the costs of those services.

  18. Reporting & Evaluation Accomplishments • Developing definitions of transportation terms that participating agencies can refine into a consistent set of terminology. • Included a cost allocation methodology in the model contract to more consistently and effectively describe transportation costs.

  19. Key Area #5: Research & Demonstration Projects • State agencies should conduct demonstration projects to investigate coordinated planning, vehicle and client sharing and cost sharing in order to test the feasibility and cost-effectiveness of new transit approaches.

  20. Research & Demonstration Projects Accomplishments • Developing a library of successful practices to use as part of the local coordination planning process.

  21. For More Information • Visit: • coordinatemntransit.org/MCOTA/index.html • Contact: • Noel Shughart, MnDOT Office of Transit • Noel.Shughart@state.mn.us • 651-366-4181

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