Capital District
Transportation Committee
REGIONAL
TRANSPORTATION COORDINATION COMMITTEE
RECORD OF MEETING
DATE/TIME:
ATTENDANCE: Michelle Abel—Catholic Charities of
STUDY DISCUSSION SUMMARY: Meeting participants introduced themselves. Kevin O’Brien provided a brief background about his work experience, as he has recently been hired as the Mobility Manager for CDTA. After introductions, each agenda item was discussed in sequence:
RTCC Activities:
a.
2008 New Freedom Projects —The
Catholic Charities also submitted a proposal to begin limited weekend service
on a trial basis for seniors in the county.
The service began on October 31st. To cover required match, Catholic
Charities needs to provide a minimum of 24 one-way rides per weekend day;
currently this goal has not been achieved.
However, ridership is steadily increasing. Winter weather definitively impacts trip
taking. An introductory “fare sale”
might be introduced once the warmer weather comes to boost ridership.
b.
2009
Solicitation— The City of Watervliet was the only applicant that responded to the
2009 solicitation. The city will
institute shuttle service within the city, connecting senior housing with
retail and recreation and with parts of
At the June 2009 RTCC meeting, CDTA was asked to look into expending the remainder of the New Freedom allocations on an Accessible Taxi Program. Since that meeting, CDTA has made progress in getting this program off the ground. Several meetings have been held to design an achievable program. The accessible taxi working group will be looking at available vehicles in March. The program will start with two accessible taxis and will expand from there, if the program is successful and a need is shown.
CDTA:
a. CST Funding Update-- CST 8 monies have
been obligated. CST 9 funds are being expended by
b. JARC—CDTA has obligated all JARC funds
in the original SAFETEA_LU authorization in one grant, with amendments.
c. Access Transit –Access Transit plans to
respond to the Albany County RFP for non-emergency medical transportation and
the Albany County Department for the Aging trips.
d. Other-- The vanpool project is moving
along. There are now three vanpools on
the road and a fourth will start shortly.
CDTA will begin neighborhood route restructuring in
CDTA has partnered with Price Chopper to begin a program for bus passes
much like the fuel advantage program.
This program will provide $2.00 off the price of Swiper passes and the
10 ride debit card for every $50 spent at price Chopper. Twelve Price Chopper stores will sell the
discounted fare to customers.
Other:
a. NYSDOT—The solicitation for JARC and New Freedom in Rural Areas will be released shortly.
b. The Center for Disability Services transportation department is working on securing shop licenses so they can pursue Joint Maintenance agreements with other human service agencies.
NEXT MEETING:
The next meeting of the Regional Transportation
Coordination Committee is scheduled for