Capital District
Transportation Committee
REGIONAL
TRANSPORTATION COORDINATION COMMITTEE
RECORD OF MEETING
DATE/TIME:
ATTENDANCE: Mike Barry—Center for Disability
Services; Mary Broderick—Foster Grand Parents; Kevin DeLaughter—Colonie Senior Service Centers; David Ericsen—Premiere
Transportation; Tim Farrell—Albany County
STUDY DISCUSSION SUMMARY: Meeting participants
introduced themselves. After
introductions, each agenda item was discussed in sequence:
a.
2008 New Freedom Projects —Catholic Charities has “completed”
this project and invoiced for the remainder of the grant. The Eddy has requested assistance in
scheduling their trips; Catholic Charities will enter the Eddy’s data using the
scheduling software and will provide the output to them.
Catholic Charities also submitted a proposal to begin limited weekend service
on a trial basis for seniors in the county.
The service began in October 2009. Ridership
is slowly increasing.
2009 Project— The city of
Advantage Taxi (known as Yellow Cab) successfully bid for the contract to
operate the first two accessible taxis. The
taxi’s are in full operation, although there are some remaining medallion
issues in the city of
2011 Solicitation-- Approximately $214,000 of New Freedom federal
funding was made available to the Capital Region. CDTC received one New Freedom application,
representing a collaborative effort between four human service agencies.
Schenectady ARC, serving as the
lead agency and fiscal agent, applied for $185,496 in New Freedom Program
funding (federal share) in collaboration with Catholic Charities Senior
Services in
CDTC did not receive any
applications from for
CDTA:
a. CST Funding Update-- CST 10 has been
spent down by
NYSDOT/Section 5310:
a. Section 5310—FFY 2011 Section 5310 applications are due on May 4th. CDTC received several requests for “coordination”
letters from local agencies. CDTC staff
will be involved in the evaluation of the applications. The Capital Region human service agencies have
historically done well in garnering Section 5310 funds.
b. Rural Solicitation for JARC and New Freedom—NYSDOT
will release the solicitation for rural JARC and New Freedom projects shortly.
c. Other—NYSDOT has hired a consultant to
study mobility management; interviews of MPOs and
select human service agencies will be conducted. A training session will be developed.
Coordinated Plan:
a. SAFETEA-LU
rules require an update to the Coordinated Plan every four years. CDTC staff drafted the update and distributed
it to
The next meeting of the Regional Transportation
Coordination Committee is scheduled for