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Building a Coordinated Public Transit – Human Service
Transportation Plan:Atchison, Brown, Doniphan, Jackson,
Jefferson and Nemaha Counties
Welcome!“You have brains in your head, you have feet in your
shoes.You can steer yourself any direction you choose.”
-Dr. Seuss
Hosts for Today’s Summit
Coordinated Transit District 3
Kansas Department of Transportation– Stacey Dove– John Rosacker
Facilitators – KU Transportation Center– Pat Weaver– Christy Lane
Recalibrating our thinking for the day….
Please mentally take yourself to
that tranquil spot where you do your
best thinking.
Purpose of Today’s Summit
Develop a plan to improve coordination of public and human service transportation in our part of the state.
Focus on priorities for the next 1-3 years.
Summit Objectives
Learn about transportation services in our area. Learn more about our customers and the needs
of others in our communities from one another:
– Local and state agencies, both transportation and human service
– Local leadership
– Citizens
Develop priorities and an action plan for transportation.
Strengthen relationships among all the partners.
Identify new partners.
“Ground Rules” for Summit Participation
1. Balance talking and listening
2. Suspend preconceived ideas about the “way things have to be”
3. Help Summit to stay on schedule/task
4. Fully disclose what’s important to you – especially if it’s different from that of others
5. No acronyms
6. Ask questions, offer comments, raise issues, etc, but please…no speeches!
We will use CONSENSUS
Consensus is… any alternative action
determined by all members to be superior to status quo (pure) OR
an alternative action that all members can live with. (modified)
Northeast Kansas Summit HEADLINE NEWS
Along with your name and affiliation, please write one current “headline”
that informs the partners at your table about something that’s happening in your
agency/organization’s “world”.
Remember: A good headline is no more than 10 words or so. Here’s
one:
2007 Kansas Legislature doubles CTD 3
budget for public transportation!
Describing Our Communities:A Citizen Profile
What are the significant demographic characteristics of our six counties?
Elderly, Persons with Disabilities and Low Income Persons
Total population 77,943
Elderly 65+ 12,750 (16.4%)
Adults 18+ below poverty 5,128 (6.8%)
Elderly 65+ below poverty 1,339 (10.5%)
Persons with a disability 16+
4,065 (5.2%)
0-car households 1,599 (5.4%)
Minority Populations in Northeast Kansas
Total Population 77,943
African American 1,675 (2.1%)
Native American/ Alaska Native
2,066 (2.7%)
Asian/Pacific Islander 249 (.3%)
Hispanic 1,557 (2.0%)
Citizen Expectations in Northeast Kansas
What do you think most citizens expect from transportation services?
Meeting community expectations for transportation: How well are we doing?
1.What do we generally do well in transportation for citizens in our area?
2.What do we need to do better for transportation for citizens in our area?
62 Federal Programs fund transportation services in U.S.
Funding generally “flows” from Federal agencies, to state agencies to local provider agencies.
Executive Order #13330 issued in February 2004 directed Federal departments & agencies to work together.
SAFETEA-LU (federal funding for transportation) required that agencies receiving funds must have a coordinated public transit-human service transportation plan.
Purpose to ensure that transportation services are seamless, comprehensive and accessible.
State Governors&
Cabinet Secretaries
FederalAgencies
&Grant
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Education
Labor
EmploymentTrainingAgency
Office of DisabilityEmployment Policy
Centers forIndependent Living
DisabilityRehab andResearchRehabilitation
ServicesAdministration
Office of SpecialEducation Programs
Substance AbuseMental Health
TemporaryAssistance for
Needy Families
FamilyAssistance
HHSMedicare &
Medicaid Svcs
Aging
Health Resources & Services
CommunityServices
Child Care
Bureau
DevelopmentDisabilities
MedicaidProgram
HeadStart
Soc. ServicesBlock Grant
Children& Families
Transportation Service Chart
Transportation
Office of theSecretary
National HighwayTraffic Safety
AdministrationFederal TransitAdministration
Assistant Secretaryfor Transportation
Policy
DepartmentalOffice of
Civil Rights
Faith Based Transit
Area Agency on Aging
MedicalTransit Provider
Head Start
Office of theSecretary
AssistantSecretaryPlanning
Evaluation
Special EdTransportation
Rural TransitOperators
Private Paratransit
Private Taxi
ADAParatransit
TransitPass
Elderly&
Disability Program
Job AccessReverse Commute
Program
Rural GrantProgram
Urbanized Grant Program
LocalTransportation
Authority
Disability ServiceProvider
Family
Employment
Shopping
Independence
Recreation
Education
LocalGovernment
Health Care
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In Northeast Kansas we have a number of service and funding networks…
Transportation’s Coordinated Transit District 3 Tribal Governments Aging’s Planning and Service Area SRS Service Access Points Commerce’s Workforce Development Centers Community Developmental Disability
Organizations (CDDO’s) Community Mental Health Centers Centers for Independent Living And many more…
Coordination of transportation services can help improve mobility.
United We Ride is a federal, state, and local partnership to improve delivery of transportation services to all people.
Towards a coordinated human service transportation network
Today we are focusing on how our counties, tribal governments and region operate.
How we can improve access to services through better transportation in our area.
Planning is facilitated by a “Framework for Action.”
Framework for Action:Six key elements
Making things happen by leadership and partnership
Taking stock of needs and moving forward
Putting customers first
Adapting funding for greater mobility
Technology moves coordination to next level
Moving people efficiently
Northeast Kansas Coordinated Public Transit-Human Service Transportation Plan
Step 1: Conduct an Inventory Step 2: Assess Transportation
Needs (Gaps)
Step 3: Identify Strategies to Address Gaps
(Prioritize)
Step 4: Develop Coordination Actions
Final: Implement the Plan
Action Plan
Transportation Vision for Northeast Kansas.
Goals identified from the “Framework for Action” and “What do we need to do better?”
12-36 month time frame
Objectives and Action steps as the key elements to carrying out the plan: what, how, when, and by whom??
Developing the Action Plan: Small group assignment
1. Does the Action Plan move us forward toward proposed vision?
2. What strategies does your group recommend?
3. What additional resources, including human resources, are needed to effectively implement the Action Plan?
Small group assignment: additional directions
Discuss and seek consensus on your group’s response to all 3 questions.
Report back your group’s three highest priority recommendations to the Action Plan (question 2)
Record your 3 recommendations (question 2) on flip chart paper in large, legible writing.
Verbally report group’s consensus on questions 1 and 3.
Before We Adjourn….
1. What was accomplished (or not accomplished) today?
2. What new information do we take away from the Summit?
3. What follow-up action is required and who is responsible?
For more information
Kansas United We Ride website– http://www.ksunitedweride.org
Contact Pat Weaver– [email protected]– 785-864-2595