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Research Results Digest 93 September 2009 RURAL TRANSIT ACHIEVEMENTS: ASSESSING THE OUTCOMES OF INCREASED FUNDING FOR RURAL PASSENGER SERVICES UNDER SAFETEA-LU This digest summarizes the results of TCRP Project J-6, Task 71. The research was conducted by KFH Group, Bethesda, Maryland.
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4. What do states and local operators identify as the major barriers to development of new or expanded transit services in rural areas?
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New Services Have Been Created As a result of this additional funding, new services have been created. Examples of new services include expanded dial-a-ride service, new public information and outreach materials and activities, mobility management activities, employment transportation, medical transportation, increased accessibility to a community food bank vehicle, accessible taxi vehicles for a voucher program, expansion of existing specialized services, and travel attendant and travel training services.
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lifetime; a potential net return on $1 equates to $15 in the future over the individual's work life. More Intercity Service is Being Provided Spending for intercity bus transportation service under Section 5311(f)
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IMPACT ON LOCAL COMMUNITIES Interviews were conducted with managers of 19 transit agencies that created new service or expanded existing service with the new funding under SAFETEA-LU. Increased funding from SAFETEALU helped these rural transit agencies become more efficient, offer better services, and serve more people, because they were able to do the following: • Acquire new vehicles and hire additional drivers, improve accessibility, and reduce fleet age; • Increase number of trips provided; • Create new routes; • Increase service frequency; • Extend hours and days of service; • Serve new communities and more people; • Serve new employment-related destinations; allow people to reach higher-paying jobs; • Provide service to communities that Intercity Bus operators no longer serve; • Improve customer services; – add new dispatchers to reduce wait time and telephone hours; – shorten travel times; • Pay increasing fuel and insurance costs; • Provide competitive salaries and better training for drivers; • Take cars off the road -- improving safety, saving users money, and helping to reduce carbonbased emissions; • Increase coordination; mobility managers; and • Expand volunteer driver program.
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6 Table 1 SAFETEA-LU apportionments of benefit to rural transit programs Section 5310: Special Needs for Elderly Individuals & Section 5311: Individuals Non-urbanized Section 5311(c) : with Area Formula Indian Tribal Disabilities Program Transportation FY 2002 Apportionment $84,930,000 $226,411,000 n.a.
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7 Total Nonurbanized Total Nonurbanized Total $125,000,000 n.a.
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8 Table 2 Obligations by program Program FY 2004 FY 2005 FY 2006 FY 2007 Section 5310* $173,454,751 $152,329,940 $162,826,924 $157,195,598 Section 5311 $242,371,125 $284,333,073 $416,178,446 $486,891,662 Section 5311(c)
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9 Figure 1 Counties in the United States with rural transit (2008) (Source: KFH Group)
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