Coordinated Public Transit / Human Services Transportation Plan

Background

Based on new requirements outlined in the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act (SAFETEA), MTC has completed a Coordinated Public Transit / Human Services Transportation Plan ("Coordinated Plan") that focuses on the transportation needs of the region’s low-income, elderly and disabled populations. The plan also provides strategies for coordinating service for the three populations.

Elderly & Disabled Component of Plan

MTC adopted the the elderly & disabled component of the plan in December 2007. This component of the plan includes potential solutions to address identified transportation gaps, as well as opportunities to improve coordination for low-income, elderly and disabled transportation service delivery.

Low-Income Component of Plan

MTC adopted the low-income component of the plan in November 2006 — a synthesis of the extensive planning efforts focused on low-income communities throughout the region, including county welfare to work transportation plans and community-based transportation plans.

Relationship to Funding

Project sponsors who intend to apply for funding from three Federal Transit Administration grant programs - Section 5310, Elderly and Disabled Specialized Transit Program; Section 5316, Job Access and Reverse Commute Program; and Section 5317, New Freedom Program - are required to demonstrate that their projects have been derived from the Coordinated Plan. To be derived from the plan means that the project must either address a transportation gap or advance a solution or strategy that is listed in the plan.