July 7, 2015 Memphis Area Coordinated Public Transit - Human - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Memphis Area Coordinated Public Transit

• Human Services Transportation (CPT-

HST) Plan Stakeholder Workshop/Public Meeting July 7, 2015

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Project Content

At a minimum, the CPT-HST must include the following items:

• Identification of current transportation providers and services, including public, private,

and non-profit providers;

• Assessment of the transportation needs of older adults, persons with disabilities, and

individuals with low incomes, as appropriate;

• Identification of strategies, activities, and/or projects to address those needs and

transportation service gaps and increase the efficiency of transportation services; and

• Implementation of priorities among strategies or activities, based on time, resources, and

feasibility.

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What Kinds of Services are we Talking About?

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Study Area Defined

Encompassing portions of three states:

• Tennessee (10

counties)

• Arkansas (5

counties)

• Mississippi (5

counties)

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Memphis-Area Demographics

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Inventory of Service

Mid-Delta Transit (MDT) Northeast Arkansas Transportation (NEAT) Delta Area Rural Transit System (DARTS) MATA NWTHRA Delta HRA SWHRA

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Inventory of Service

Agency AR MS TN Aaron E. Henry Community Services Center X Case Management, Inc. X Counseling Service of Eastern Arkansas- various residential locations X Cross County Special Workshop X EastArk Enterprises X Goodwill Homes Community Services, Inc. X Helen R. Tucker Adult Developmental Center X ITN Memphis X Frank A. Steudlein Learning Center X Lee County Cooperative Clinic X Metropolitan Inter-Faith Association (MIFA) X North Delta Planning and Development District/ Area Agencies on Aging X Phillips County Development Center X Professional Care Services of West Tennessee, Inc. X Regional Interfaith Association-FISH X Safe Shuttle X Southland Adult Day Center X

• St. Francis Area Development Center

X The Family Center, Inc./Anna’s Place X The Family Center, Inc. X Volunteers of America, Inc. X Wesley at Adamsville, Inc. X Wesley Housing Corporation of Memphis, Inc. X Wesley at Millington Towers X Wesley at Paris, Inc. X

Agency / Human Service Transportation

• Others?

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Memphis-Area Transit Needs

Memphis Area Coordinated Transportation Plan, July 2007

• 1. Insufficient/inadequate Services
• a. Lack of midday service, night service, and weekend service
• b. Employment centers are not adequately served by public transportation
• c. Lack of service for persons with disabilities outside of MATA's service area, but in the Planning

Area

• 2. Lack of Funds to Subsidize Services
• a. Low-income individuals cannot afford to pay for transportation to get to their jobs
• b. People with fixed incomes cannot afford to pay for demand responsive service to get to service

centers/agencies

• c. Needs capital funding for vehicles with easy client accessibility and for demand responsive

service to medical appointments

• 3. Road and Vehicle Limitations
• a. Individuals with disabilities cannot use public transportation due to limitations and/or non-

existence of sidewalks and/or curbs

• b. Taxi/cab companies need to have specialized vehicles to accommodate wheelchairs and

transport individuals with disabilities at a reasonable fare

• c. Lack of assistance to cab service providers to obtain ADA approved vehicles
• 4. Information and Coordination Barriers
• a. Narrowly defined user qualification criteria of various funds recipients prohibit human services

and/or public transportation services providers from extending services to broader categories of transportation users

• b. Need better information on bus routes, service areas of various providers

Causes of Unmet Transportation Needs

• 1. Services are not available
• 2. Services are not affordable
• 3. Services are not dependable
• 4. Services are not frequent enough
• Dialysis trips
• Transit trips to my employer
• Service early enough to take my child to

daycare before I go to work

• More affordable fares
• Accessible taxi trips

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Next Step

• Comment on presentation or maps: in person, in writing,

via email, or otherwise

• Please take our survey:

www.surveymonkey.com/s/surveymemphis

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Thank you

Contact Information:

Caroline Ferris, TranSystems crferris@transystems.com 617-817-7769 Nicholas Oyler, Memphis MPO Kwasi Agyakwa, Memphis MPO nicholas.oyler@memphistn.gov kwasi.agyakwa@memphistn.gov 901-576-7130 901-576-7189