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California Statewide Section
5311(f) Rural Intercity Bus
Study
Caltrans, CA (2007)
This statewide study of
inter-city bus needs was
responsible for re-shaping
Caltrans administration of
its Section 5311(f) rural
inter-city bus program. The
final report established new
program goals, working
objectives and performance
measures, the majority of
which have been implemented. Its
recommendations were built
up from a lengthy statewide
process that included
detailing current projects
funded with Section 5311(f),
and, importantly, inter-city
needs that these were and
were not addressing.
AMMA Transit
Planning was responsible for
design of a data collection
tool used statewide,
identifying the individuals
within RTPAs and county
transportation commissions
to survey, conducting the
survey process and
writing-up findings.
AMMA designed and
participated in public
outreach workshops across
the state, responsible for
identifying potential
stakeholders and repeatedly
notifying them of the
workshops to ensure
participation. Managing the
for write-up of the southern
and central California
workshops, AMMA Transit
Planning also contributed to
the study’s discussion of
performance indicators.
The adopted study has been
the basis for California's
new 5311(f) program
initiated in January 2008.
* Prime contractor
KFH Group
of Bethesda, MD. AMMA
assisted as subcontractor
through Judith
Norman-Transportation
Consultant.
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*Created by
KFH Group, Inc.,
Bethesda, MD.
Public Transit-Human
Services Coordination Plan
Butte County Association
of Governments (BCAG), CA
(2008)
For a rural, northern
California county of 214,000
persons and 1,600 square
miles, AMMA Transit
Planning was responsible for
preparation of Butte
County's SAFETEA-LU required
coordinated plan on an
abbreviated five-month
schedule. All
required plan elements were
addressed with a public
participation process that
involved 5 public workshops
around the county and
participation by almost 150
individuals. A
county-wide survey
distributed to 300 agencies
generated a high 23 percent
return rate. Significant
transportation resources
were identified as well as a
range of unmet trip needs
that could conceivably be
met with some restructuring
of existing public transport
services. The plan adopted
by the Butte County
Association of Governments
(BCAG) resulted in
establishing a consolidated
transportation services
agency (CTSA) and augmenting
SAFETEA-LU funding with
California TDA Article 4.5
funding to help support
services to the target
populations.
Officials and staff
commented upon the unusual
levels of consensus around
next steps, supporting BCAG
direction and partnering
proposals, particularly
around the restructuring of
a consolidated
transportation services
agency [CTSA].
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