AGENDA ITEM 5: AWARD OF RURAL AREA FEDERAL FORMULA FUNDING March - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

March 29, 2018

AGENDA ITEM 5: AWARD OF RURAL AREA FEDERAL FORMULA FUNDING March 29, 2018

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• $85 - $100 million per

year in federal and state grant program funds

• Supports programs

serving 41% of the state’s population and

• ver 97% of the state’s

land area

• Over 30 million one-way

passenger trips/year St Statewide Coverage o

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TxDO DOT-supported Public Transportat atio ion Program ams

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Ac Access ss to Health thcare

• Over 50% of rural program

ridership is healthcare- related

• East Texas and Arkansas-

Texas COG are partnering on a new connection between Longview and Marshall to Overton VA Hospital in Shreveport, LA

• Implemented: February 2018

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• 25% - 30% of rural

program ridership is work-related

• Panhandle and South

Plains rural area commuter services to Cargill plant in Friona, Texas

• Average weekly one-way

passenger trips: 1650 Servic ice t to R Rural Employm yment Destin inatio ions

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• Cooperative efforts to

increase regional mobility and reduce congestion

• CARTS working with Cap

Metro in Austin to establish hubs for rural and metropolitan area service connections

• Elgin/Manor service

averages 450 one-way passenger trips/week Regional al S Service Integration

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• $20.1 million to 37 Rural

Transit Districts

• Formula combines

population, land use, performance

• Funds may be used for
• perating, capital, and

administrative purposes Today’s s Ac Action – Agenda I Item em 5