Champaign-Urbana Urbanized Area HSTP and C-U Age-Friendly Transportation Subcommittee Stakeholder Working Group Meeting Kristen Gisondi, HSTP Coordinator Champaign County Regional Planning Commission December 5, 2018
FTA Grant Update • Short Notice • Letters of Support • Original intent to apply as • Age-Friendly Steering Champaign County Regional Committee Planning Commission • Champaign-Urbana Mass • IDOT required RPC to apply Transit District as Champaign County to • Community Foundation of receive local match from East Central Illinois them • Family Services • Champaign County Board • Health Alliance approved application on • Illinois Department of November 27 th Transportation • OSF Heart of Mary Medical Center • PACE Inc.
FTA Grant Application • Submitted: November 13 th • 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 • Target population • To create a sustainable • Seniors, people with volunteer bus buddy disabilities, general public 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
Bus Buddy Program Scope Partners • HSTP Coordinator • UIUC Students • To oversee operations, • Volunteer collect/analyze data, • MTD organize volunteer page, • Provide bus buddy free-ride create trainings cards if not student • Age-Friendly Steering • Provide buses for travel Committee training • Promote need for volunteers and program • UIUC Center for Health, Aging, and Disability Department faculty • Encourage students to volunteer and help with travel trainings
Bus Buddy Program Scope • Ideally tie into One-Call • Program description One-Click Center • A volunteer website would make trip scheduling easier • Volunteer website for volunteers and clients. maintained by call center • Many free platforms exist employees and RPC • Go-to source for scheduling • Estimated cost depends rides by assisted living facilities, hospitals, etc. on scope
Bus Buddy Program Scope Liability • Illinois upheld signed waiver for Salvation Army • Today, no state recognizes case in 2012 absolute immunity for charities or their agents. • Illinois courts will not enforce a waiver if it is • Responsibility lies with poorly drafted, and does not responsible organization 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: Month Directory Hits March (16-30) 5 • 2 minutes 33 seconds April 17 • Longest Time Spent on Page: May 48 • November – 5 minutes 40 June 35 seconds July 29 August 48 • Directory Links 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 6 th • *Wednesday, April 10 th • Wednesday, June 5 th • First Wednesday of the month
Establish meeting dates/locations for 2019 Collect data for 2018 report card Pass out surveys to community Next Analyze survey and report card data Steps Approve 2018 report card in March/April
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