Using Public Transportation to Reduce the Economic, Social and Human Costs of Personal Immobility (1998) / Chapter Skim
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3. Key Research Findings
3. Key Research Findings
Pages 43-60
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Public transportation agencies that are able to develop new alliances with nontraditional partners will have the best results with transportation practices addressing welfare-to-work, employment and health care. Opportunities exist for blending a wide array of different Herman and monetary resources to address immobility.
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To help residents travel to jobs with evening or night hours, a set-aside in the budget for experimental programs was used to fund approximately seven months of service. The District is pursuing new welfare-to-work funds through the county Department of Social Services and private funding from employers served by the route in order to continue the route in the new fiscal year.
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The Marion County Department of Social Services worked with PDRTA to expand an existing route into a 24-hour service in order to link welfare recipients with entry-level jobs. The heart of the concept for the Fruilvale BART Transit Village is its location at a hub well-served by public transportation.
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Four of these involved surveys developed by the research team, and the other three were based on data gathered from the transportation organization. The results show a high ratio of benefits to costs, supporting the finding that public transportation practices directed at reducing personal immobility are economically beneficial Below is a table summarizing the results of the economic analyses.
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Public transportation agencies that are able to develop new alliances with nontraditional partners will have the best results with transportation practices addressing welfare-to~work, employment and health care. The transit industry has been in partnership with state and federal governments over the years to fund transportation services.
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The MTA and BART case studies represent other examples of willingness to share control with nontraditional partners. MTA provides general oversight and policy direction to the Immecliate Needs Transportation Program, which is entirely run by two community-based organizations, First African Methodist Episcopal (FAME)
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The excellent, short-term results from their pilot program with 126 people have snowballed to 3,600 people, saving Medicaid $503,000 a month and MDTA a potential $10 million a year. Important elements of agreements with nontraditional partners, as illustrated above by the case studies, can be summarized as follows: a vested interest shared by all parties; a willingness to share control; a climate of trust; consensus on a common agenda; an ability to listen to the partner's needs and respond flexibly; and an action orientation with scheduled, short-term results.
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Below is a list of the wide range of funding sources that have been garnered in support of their transit projects: OATS REVENUE BUDGET FRUIlrVALE BART TRANSIT VILLAGE Federal Highway Administration Federal Transit Administration City of Oakland Community Development Block Grant Special Billings/Contracts (24.~%) Cities and counties Medical centers and HMOs Dialysis clinics Retirement housing Universities Chamber of commerce Local school districts Social service agencies Medicaid transportation Rider Contributions (5.7%)
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The 600 social service agencies that participate in MTA's Immediate Needs Transportation Program provide an in-kind contribution by helping MTA fulfill its mission of increasing mobility for Los Angeles County residents.
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The Department of Social Services in Marion County, South Carolina includes PDRTA's rural commute routes with other assistance it offers to Family Independence Act recipients, along with job placement, family living skills classes, child care subsidies, and post-placement counseling. The Chesterfield County Coordinating Council and the MTA Immediate Needs Transportation Program have at their heart the integration of transportation and social services to address human needs holistically.
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Transit agencies have responded with operational improvements designed to address this jobs/housing mismatch. The two reverse commute routes studied for this research are good examples.
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On the other hand, increased auto ownership by these current employees may not affect the viability of the reverse commute routes if the experience of United Parcel Service (UPS) in Horsham Township is any evidence.
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It will take a great deal of collaboration on the part of governments, businesses, non-profit agencies, churches, metropolitan planning organizations, and other leading institutions to help knit together a plan that addresses immobility across jurisdictional and institutional boundaries. The case study on the Chesterfield County Coordinating Council (CCCC)
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In discussing its rural commute services, PDRTA states, "PDRTA is accepting the critical responsibility of providing the coordinated, efficient, and specialized transportation network which will allow these people to have access to job opportunities."~41 ~ The fact that PDRTA crosses into the service area of another operator in order to bring its residents to jobs in Myrtle Beach demonstrates that transit connections between residential areas and workers earl be designed regionally instead of locally. And OATS' mission is to "provide reliable transportation for transportation disadvantaged Missourians so they can live independently in their own communities."~42)
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Support services include job placement and job retention services, referrals to child care, and a guaranteed ride home program. Partners include the PACE Suburban Bus Company and key Chicago and county employment and training councils.
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emphasizes moving people rather than the mode of transportation. Including them can also be more effective than considering them as adjuncts to the agency's mission, by assuring the programs greater funding security and integration within the organization.
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The South Carolina Department of Social Services.
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