HSTP Region 8 Meeting September 20 th , 2018 Kristen Gisondi, HSTP Coordinator Champaign County Regional Planning Commission LifeSpan Center, Charleston, Ill.
Technical Committee Election • The Policy and Technical Committees shall each elect a Chair and Vice Chair biannually • Chair • Description: Technical Committee Chair may preside over joint committee meetings when the policy chair gives authority to do so • Current Chair: Emily Dobson, SAIL
Technical Committee Election • Vice-Chair • Description: The Vice Chair shall preside at meetings where the Chair is absent • Current Vice-Chair: Amy Brown, CRIS Rural Mass Transit District
HSTP Committee Bylaw Changes • Removed the • Changed Division of Public requirement of HSTP and Intermodal committees to endorse Transportation to Office of Section 5310 and other Intermodal Project transportation Implementation (IDOT-OIPI) applications • Vacancies Section F.2: • GATA prevents agencies Changed specification of the from evaluating annual business meeting applications for the from November/December same funding they are to September applying for
HSTP Committee Bylaw Changes • Resignation and Removal • Changed Section E.3 Section E.2 • If the county board does not have a specified attendance • Failure of Technical requirement, then the three Committee members to –fourths Policy Committee attend three-fourths of meeting attendance will be Committee meetings utilized. between January and December will result in • Changed to half of the removal from the HSTP meetings each fiscal year Region 8 Technical Committee. • Changed to half of the meetings each fiscal year
HSTP Committee Bylaw Changes
HSTP Committee Bylaw Changes
HSTP Committee Bylaw Changes • Article V, Section D, 4 • Changes required approval by the policy • Specifies that the HSTP and technical committees Coordinator endorses the agency to IDOT, not the HSTP committee • “If an agency has a rating lower than Participant (as conference call attendance counts) then the application should not be endorsed by the Coordinator.”
Regional Program of Projects Update • Updated for 2018 and • Region 8 CY18 total included in emailed applied for: agenda packet • 9 minivans • 2 light-duties • Total 5310 providers • 26 medium-duties requested: $841,000 • 5 super-medium duties • Total 5311 providers • 42 veh vehicles t les tot otal requested: $1,717,000
Regional Program of Projects Update • Awarded for CY2017 • Denials: 2 SMD, 14 MD 5310: $688,000 • Reasons for denials? • 5311: $3,123,000 • Region 8 CY17 awards • 8 minivans • 3 light-duties • 38 medium duties • 20 super-medium duties • 69 veh vehicles t les tot otal
2017 HSTP Region 8 Report Card - Ridership • 5311 agencies • 5310 agencies • 329,289 rides • 428,701 rides • 2.9% decrease • Rural Mobility Index (RMI) • 2016: 333,735 • 4.1% increase • 2015: 320,688 • 22.3% increase • 2014: 262,128 • 11.1% increase • 2013: 235,933
2017 HSTP Region 8 Report Card – Unduplicated Riders • 5311 agencies • 5310 agencies • Two agencies do not require • Only one agency does not riders to register track • 1,289 1,289 un undup uplic icat ated rid riders rs • 5,532 unduplicated riders from: • Champaign County • Coles • Douglas • Moultrie • Piatt • Shelby • Vermillion
2017 HSTP Region 8 Report Card – Trips per Hour • 5311 agencies • 5310 agencies • 2. 2.76 76 trip rips p per r ho hour ur • 4 out of 9 agencies do not track hours • 6.5% d % dec ecrea ease se • 4. 4.43 43 trip rips p per ho r hour ur • Comparison from RMI data • 2014 = 2.64 • 2015 = 3.08 • 2016 = 2.95
2017 HSTP Region 8 Report Card – Trips per Mile • 5311 agencies • 5310 agencies • 0.17 trips per mile • 0.29 trips per mile • Comparison from RMI data • 2012 = 0.14 • 2013 = 0.12 • 2014 = 0.16 • 2015 = 0.17 • 2016 = 0.16
2017 HSTP Region 8 Report Card – Denials • 5311 agencies • Most common reasons for denials • 2017 = 989 • Time not available • Same day/next day requests • Comparison from RMI • No driver data • Holidays • 2013 = 849 • 2014 = 1,433 • 2015 = 1,323 • 2016 = 1,385
2017 HSTP Region 8 Report Card – Marketing • 5311 agencies • 5310 • All advertise in some format • No need to advertise since only transport clients • Radio • Brochures • Newspapers • Social media • Public meetings • Events • Health and senior fairs
2017 HSTP Region 8 Report Card – Interagency Coalitions • 5311 agencies • 5310 agencies • All counties have an • About half have an interagency coalition interagency coalition • 18 different coalitions • 4 different coalitions • Lots of overlap with • A part of coalitions, but agencies ex. IPTA most not transportation • Senior organizations related • Rotary Clubs • Chamber of Commerce
2017 HSTP Region 8 Report Card – Transportation Advisory Groups • 4 counties with transportation advisory committees • No 5310 agencies are a part of transportation related advisory groups
2017 HSTP Region 8 Report Card – RTAC Trainings • Six trainings in Region 8 • Steps to hosting a training: • Contact Mable Kreps, RTAC • 95 attendees Manager, Transit Specialist • Median attendance = • Determine what type of training you would like to do 11 people • Defensive Driving • Hosts • Passenger Assistance • CRIS (Danville) • Emergency Procedures • CIPT (Effingham) x3 • Showbus • Dial-A-Ride (Charleston)
2017 HSTP Region 8 Report Card – Revenue • 5311 • 5310 • Fares - $150,818.76 • Not recorded • One agency does not record fares per county, not included • Invoice/Contract Revenue - $582,621.15
2017 HSTP Region 8 Report Card – Surveys • 5311 agencies • Please send me your surveys or survey results • 297 surveys for 2017 and 2018 (if • All but one agency reported completed) completed rider surveys • 5310 agencies • 322 surveys from 3 agencies • 6 agencies did not survey their riders
2017 HSTP Region 8 Report Card – Accessibility • All 5311 agencies use • All but two 5310 agencies some form of accessibility use some form of accessibility • Braille • Large print • Spanish and other language materials • Alternate languages • Large print • Accessible screen readers • Remediated websites • Talking books
2017 HSTP Region 8 Report Card – Service Contracts • 5311 agencies = 47 • 5310 agencies = 9 • Total = 56 • Mostly contract with other non-profit or public agencies • Senior centers, social service centers, churches
Region 8 Goals • Survey creation • Riders • Top employers and senior centers (unmet needs) • Eight remaining agencies need to include the directory link on their website • ECIHSTP.org has been archived • Make sure to include link to directory, not just HSTP information • Tracking webpage hits monthly
Region 8 Goals • Rider surveys • The uniform survey that was developed last year • Goal of 1,500 annually • 2018 collected by HSTP Coordinator: • Dial-A-Ride (Coles and Douglas): 73 surveys • Piattran (Piatt): 107 • Charleston Transitional Facility: 24
Region 8 Goals • ECIHSTP Travel Training video • Encourage other agencies to put this video on their websites • PM: Track the number who accomplish this task • Spanish versions coming
Region 8 Goals • Coordinated Trainings • Service Contracts • 10 additional contracts by • Maintenance Forums 2020 • What topics should be • 2017 Baseline: 56 covered? • What’s relevant to your agency? • 4 events annually
2019 Meeting Schedule • Agencies willing to • March 21, 2019 host: • June 20, 2019 • MTD (Urbana) • September 19, 2019 • SAIL (Decatur) • CRIS Rural Mass Transit • December 12, 2019 District (Danville) • All meetings are 10am-noon • Third Thursday of each month • Except December
Agency Updates • Current conditions • Accomplishments • Opportunities for coordination • New programs/activities • Other noteworthy information
Breakout subcommittees Service and Training Vehicle Maintenance Community Outreach
Any questions? Committee Announcements?
Next Region 8 Meeting • Thursday, December 12 th • Macon Resources, Inc.
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