Locally Coordinated Public Transit-Human Service Transportation Plan
The Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act – A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) called for the development of a Locally Coordinated Public Transit-Human Service Transportation Plan (LOCHSTP). The focus of the planning process was to identify comprehensive unified strategies for public transportation service delivery which address customer needs by developing cost effective strategies to serve unmet needs, improving the quality and accessibility of services, and eliminating duplicative services through coordination. The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) programs that are coordinated and funded through this planning process are Section 5310 Elderly Individuals and Individuals with Disabilities Program; Section 5316 Job Access and Reverse Commute Program (JARC); and Section 5317 New Freedom Initiative (NFI).
The Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21) streamlines and consolidates both Section 5310 Elderly Individuals and Individuals with Disabilities Program and Section 5317 New Freedom Initiative (NFI) into a new program called the Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities. This program is intended to enhance mobility for seniors and persons with disabilities by providing funds for programs to serve the special needs of transit-dependent populations and continues the requirement for LOCHSTP.
Locally Coordinated Public-Transit Human Services Transportation Program (LOCHSTP) UpdateThe region’s first LOCHSTP meeting to update the plan was held on December 15, 2008. Both The South Central Regional Council of Governments (SCRCOG) and the Connecticut River Estuary Regional Planning Agency (now Lower Connecticut River Valley Council of Governments) participated with SCRCOG once again taking the lead in identifying services and administering the meetings. A copy of the 2007 report is available here. |
Request for Proposal -
Job Access and Reverse Commute & New Freedom
The Connecticut Department of Transportation is seeking proposals for two FTA Programs - Job Access and Reverse Commute Program to provide transportation enhancements to employment activities for low-income workers and the New Freedom Program to provide new public transportation services or alternatives that go above and beyond the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
More information is available at the State of CT Contracting Portal.
