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Champaign County Regional Planning Commission

Champaign-Urbana Urbanized Area HSTP and C-U Age-Friendly Transportation Subcommittee

Stakeholder Working Group Meeting Kristen Gisondi, HSTP Coordinator

December 5, 2018

FTA Grant Update

• Short Notice
• Original intent to apply as

Champaign County Regional Planning Commission

• IDOT required RPC to apply

as Champaign County to receive local match from them

• Champaign County Board

approved application on November 27th

• Letters of Support
• Age-Friendly Steering

Committee

• Champaign-Urbana Mass

Transit District

• Community Foundation of

East Central Illinois

• Family Services
• Health Alliance
• Illinois Department of

Transportation

• OSF Heart of Mary Medical

Center

• PACE Inc.

FTA Grant Application

• Submitted: November 13th
• Total request: $240,595
• Local match requirements
• 50% operating funds
• 20% capital funds
• Total local match: $132,080
• Community Foundation of East Central Illinois (Capital)
• Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District (Operational)
• Illinois Department of Transportation (Operational)
• Champaign County Regional Planning Commission (Operational)

Update on Age-Friendly Transportation Subcommittee Annual Goals

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

• HSTP Coordinator
• To oversee operations,

collect/analyze data,

• rganize volunteer page,

create trainings

• Age-Friendly Steering

Committee

• Promote need for volunteers

and program

• UIUC Center for Health,

Aging, and Disability Department faculty

• Encourage students to

volunteer and help with travel trainings

• UIUC Students
• Volunteer
• MTD
• Provide bus buddy free-ride

cards if not student

• Provide buses for travel

training

Bus Buddy Program Scope

• Ideally tie into One-Call

One-Click Center

• Volunteer website

maintained by call center employees and RPC

• Estimated cost depends
• n scope
• Program description
• A volunteer website would

make trip scheduling easier for volunteers and clients.

• Many free platforms exist
• Go-to source for scheduling

rides by assisted living facilities, hospitals, etc.

Bus Buddy Program Scope

Liability

• Today, no state recognizes

absolute immunity for charities or their agents.

• Responsibility lies with

responsible organization

• Illinois upheld signed

waiver for Salvation Army case in 2012

• Illinois courts will not

enforce a waiver if it is poorly drafted, and does not 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 students?
• How much training for volunteers?
• Central volunteer location?
• Only serve urbanized area?
• Should bus buddies have a ride-free card (after training

and volunteering certain hours)?

MTD Dash Pass Map

Map courtesy of Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District

MTD Dash Pass Map

Map courtesy of Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District

MTD Dash Pass Map

Map courtesy of Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District

Report Card Data Collection

• Average Time Spent on Page:
• 2 minutes 33 seconds
• Longest Time Spent on Page:
• November – 5 minutes 40

seconds

• Directory Links

Month Directory Hits March (16-30) 5 April 17 May 48 June 35 July 29 August 48 September 33 October 89 November 71

Report Card Data Collection

• Surveys
• Google Forms
• 11 respondents so far
• https://docs.google.com/forms/

d/1eaAuRf- I5hlZC3wOKGQ0I0dbqKIkMP- fWw_w1n17Dyo/edit

• Physical copies

Meeting Dates

• Wednesday, February 6th
• *Wednesday, April 10th
• Wednesday, June 5th
• First Wednesday of the month

Establish meeting dates/locations for 2019

Collect data for 2018 report card Pass out surveys to community Analyze survey and report card data Approve 2018 report card in March/April

Next Steps

Any questions or comments? Announcements?