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Champaign-Urbana Urbanized Area HSTP and Age-Friendly Transportation Subcommittee Working Group Meeting Kristen Gisondi, HSTP Coordinator Champaign County Regional Planning Commission October 2 nd , 2019

Urbanized Area Goals • Now to April 2020 Initiatives • Travel trainings • Consolidated regional driver • Develop and send out surveys trainings • Senior living centers • Apply for One-Call One-Click • Human/social service agencies center funding • Major employers • Transportation providers • Solidify passenger assistance program scope • Passengers/clients • Update the transportation • Apply for funding as available directory biannually • Solicit agencies to post and use transportation directory • Track page views

Goal Progress Tangible Goal(s) or Outcomes Domains of Age-Friendly th to be Achieved this year Current State Desired State How success will be goal relates to measured and (list) evaluated Appropriate local agencies will • Directory is developed. • By March 2020, 25 • Number of agencies • Transportation have the transportation directory • In September 2018, targeted agencies will with a directory link • Social Participation on their website one agency had a link on their website • Communication and have a link to the to the directory on • Tracking directory Information directory on their their web page and the hits through Google • Health And Community webpage directory had 33 hits Analytics Services • By March 2020, there will • Civic Participation be 150 hits on the directory per month Analyze survey data identifying Discussions within • Developed plan for Two stakeholders and • Transportation seniors’ barriers to public working group on one potential funding funding and • Social Participation transportation potential agencies to options identified implementation • Communication and involve • Develop working group to Information establish connections with • Health And Community at least two organizations Services and plan a feasible bus • Civic Participation Year 1 buddy program (April 1, Find out why some seniors do Survey data for seniors, Prioritize barriers and issues • Number of surveys, • Transportation 2019 to not take public transit or use senior housing facilities, identified by seniors from seniors, • Social Participation March ride-share services and assisted living assisted living • Communication and 31, 2020) facilities homes, and senior Information centers • Health And Community Services • Civic Participation Apply for at least three grants for One grant submitted Secure funding before April Three applications • Transportation a Champaign County One-Call 2020 done • Social Participation One-Click center • Communication and Information • Health And Community Services • Civic Participation Identify high-density areas of Data inquiry to Map of urbanized area with Map of urbanized • Transportation Dash-pass users Champaign-Urbana Dash-Pass route data area with Dash-pass • Social Participation Mass Transit District complete data developed • Communication and regarding Dash Pass Information routes • Health And Community Services • Civic Participation

Goal Progress Directory Views • Future 100 implementations 90 80 • Encourage more 70 usage by community 60 • Links to directory 50 (cannot collect this 40 data) 30 20 • Average time spent 10 on the page 0 • 2 minutes 46 seconds 2018 2019

Goal Progress Tangible Goal(s) or Outcomes Domains of Age-Friendly th to be Achieved this year Current State Desired State How success will be goal relates to measured and (list) evaluated Appropriate local agencies will • Directory is developed. • By March 2020, 25 • Number of agencies • Transportation have the transportation directory • In September 2018, targeted agencies will with a directory link • Social Participation on their website one agency had a link on their website • Communication and have a link to the to the directory on • Tracking directory Information directory on their their web page and the hits through Google • Health And Community webpage directory had 33 hits Analytics Services • By March 2020, there will • Civic Participation be 150 hits on the directory per month Analyze survey data identifying Discussions within • Developed plan for Two stakeholders and • Transportation seniors’ barriers to public working group on one potential funding funding and • Social Participation transportation potential agencies to options identified implementation • Communication and involve • Develop working group to Information establish connections with • Health And Community at least two organizations Services and plan a feasible bus • Civic Participation Year 1 buddy program (April 1, Find out why some seniors do Survey data for seniors, Prioritize barriers and issues • Number of surveys, • Transportation 2019 to not take public transit or use senior housing facilities, identified by seniors from seniors, • Social Participation March ride-share services and assisted living assisted living • Communication and 31, 2020) facilities homes, and senior Information centers • Health And Community Services • Civic Participation Apply for at least three grants for One grant submitted Secure funding before April Three applications • Transportation a Champaign County One-Call 2020 done • Social Participation One-Click center • Communication and Information • Health And Community Services • Civic Participation Identify high-density areas of Data inquiry to Map of urbanized area with Map of urbanized • Transportation Dash-pass users Champaign-Urbana Dash-Pass route data area with Dash-pass • Social Participation Mass Transit District complete data developed • Communication and regarding Dash Pass Information routes • Health And Community Services • Civic Participation

Bus Buddy Program Scope • Program goal • To create a sustainable volunteer bus buddy program for Champaign-Urbana urbanized area residents • Program mission • To increase mobility and public transit ridership among residents who struggle to understand the transit system or ride alone • Target population • Seniors • People with disabilities • General public

Bus Buddy Program Scope Partners • RPC • UIUC Students • To oversee operations, • Volunteer and promote cause collect/analyze data, organize • MTD volunteer page, create trainings • Provide bus buddy free-ride cards if not student • Age-Friendly Steering • Provide buses for travel Committee training • Promote need for volunteers • Inform drivers, community of and program program, etc. • UIUC CHAD • CRIS Healthy Aging • Encourage students to • Assistance as needed volunteer and help with travel trainings • Who else?

Bus Buddy Program Scope • Ideally tie into One-Call • Program description One-Click Center • A volunteer website would make trip scheduling easier • Volunteer website for volunteers and clients. maintained by call center • Many free platforms exist employees and RPC • Go-to source for scheduling • Estimated cost depends rides by assisted living facilities, hospitals, on scope, level of partner educational organizations, buy-in, etc. etc. • Anyone may volunteer • Background check and waiver

Bus Buddy Program Scope Liability • Illinois upheld signed waiver for Salvation Army • Today, no state recognizes case in 2012 absolute immunity for charities or their agents. • Illinois courts will not enforce a waiver if it is poorly • Responsibility lies with drafted, and does not responsible organization contain “clear, explicit and unequivocal language referencing the type of activity, circumstances or situation that it encompasses”

Bus Buddy Program Scope • Key Questions: • Liability issues for volunteers? • Cost of liability insurance for program • How much training for volunteers? • Central volunteer location? • Service area – rural, urban, or both • Should bus buddies have a ride-free card (after training and volunteering certain hours)? • Level of buy-in from partners