Strengthening the Network

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Strengthening the Network
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What is UNITED WE RIDE?

• An interagency Federal national initiative that
  supports States and their localities in
  developing coordinated human service delivery
  systems
• Provides state and local agencies with planning
  self-assessment tools, technical assistance, etc.
• www.unitedweride.gov

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GAO Report-June 2003Transportation Disadvantaged

• 62 federal programs fund transportation for the
  transportation-disadvantaged

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KEY TRANSPORTATION CHALLENGES

• Duplicative Overlapping Services
• Service Gaps
• Customer Confusion

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Development Disabilities
Medicaid Program
Children Families
Family Assistance
United Methodist Church
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
Clayton School District

Substance Abuse Mental Health
Health Care
Medicare Medicaid Svcs
HHS
Rural Transit Operators
Family
Health Resources Services
Office of the Secretary
Ride Inc
Assistant Secretary Planning Evaluation
Head Start
Child Care Bureau
Soc. Services Block Grant
Education
ABCs Transit
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
Medicaid
Transportation
Office of the Secretary
Blue Top Taxi
Elderly Disability Program
Urbanized Grant Program
Independence
Easter Shows
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Federal Transit Administration
Early Learning Center
Rural Grant Program
Metro Access
DART
Departmental Office of Civil Rights
Job Access Reverse Commute Program
Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy
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Coordinating Council on Access and Mobility
(CCAM)
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Executive Order on Human Services Transportation
CoordinationImplementation Structure
Federal Coordinating Council on Access and
Mobility
Cabinet-Level
Executive Council Political/SES Level
Staff Workgroups
Policy
Research Demo
Technical Asst
Education
Emergency Prep
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Key Council Goals

• Coordinated Planning
• Comprehensive Set of Services
• Simplified Customer Access
• Efficient Transportation Service Delivery Systems
• Streamlined Federal Requirements

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Report to the President - Recommendations

• Coordinated Transportation Planning
• Vehicle Sharing
• Cost Sharing
• Evaluation Measures
• Consolidated Access Transportation Demonstration
  Program

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Vehicle Sharing Policy Statement

• Regulatory Analysis of 26 Programs Operating
  Human Service Transportation Vehicles
• Ability to Share Vehicles when not being used for
  Intended Purpose

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What is HUMAN SERVICE TRANSPORTATION?

• Includes a broad range of transportation service
  options designed to meet the needs of the
  transportation disadvantaged populations
  including older adults, disabled persons, and/or
  those with lower incomes
• Dial-A-Ride, Fixed Route Scheduled Services,
  Accessing Taxi Vouchers

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What is COORDINATED TRANSPORTATION?

• Making the most efficient use of limited
  transportation resources by avoiding duplication
• Improves overall mobility within a community
• Eliminates inefficiencies
• Significant reductions of operating costs (per
  trip) for transportation providers

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SAFETEA-LU Technical Assistance and Training

• Utilize Existing TA Centers
• Project ACTION
• Job Links
• RTAP
• NTI
• ITS Peer to Peer
• Planning Peer to Peer
• UWR Ambassadors
• New TA Centers
• Senior Mobility
• Human Service Coordination-UWR

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How Can You Become Involved?

• Contact your State to ascertain what plans and
  actions are being developed and implemented at
  the State and local levels
• Become actively involved in the planning and
  development of human service transportation
  services
• Self Planning Assessment Tool available online at
  www.unitedweride.gov

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THANK YOU!

• James Garland
• Community Planner/United We Ride
• Federal Transit Administration
• 61 Forsyth Street S.W. Suite 17T50
• Atlanta, GA 30303
• 404-562-3507 Voice
• James.Garland_at_dot.gov
• www.unitedweride.gov