Community Transportation Association Of America

TO REMOVE BARRIER OF ISOLATION AND IMPROVE MOBILITY FOR ALL PEOPLE.

TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE:CTAA IS IN AN AGREEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR TWO MAJOR TA EFFORTS. THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR MOBILITY MANAGEMENT (NCMM) HAS A MISSION TO PROMOTE CUSTOMER-CENTERED MOBILITY STRATEGIES TO ADVANCE GOOD HEALTH, ECONOMIC VITALITY, SELF-SUFFICIENT AND COMMUNITY THROUGH MOBILITY MANAGEMENT. NCMM HAS PROVIDED GRANTS TO AND COACHED 13 COMMUNITIES IN APPLYING HUMAN-CENTERED DESIGN STRATEGIES TO CREATE TRANSPORTATION SOLUTIONS FOR THEIR RESIDENTS THIS YEAR AS WELL AS PROVIDING ON LINE RESOURCES ACCESSED BY 39K INDIVIDUALS. THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR APPLIED TRANSIT TECHNOLOGY (NCATT)'S MISSION IS TO SUPPORT SMALL-URBAN, RURAL AND TRIBAL TRANSIT AGENCIES IN UNDERSTANDING EMERGING TRANSIT TECHNOLOGIES AND HOW TO APPLY THOSE TO IMPROVE SERVICE. WITH A FOCUS RANGING FROM BATTERY-ELECTRIC BUS IMPLEMENTATION, PROVISION OF REAL TIME INFORMATION TO RIDERS AND NEW SERVICE STARTS, IN ITS FIRST YEAR HAS WORKED WITH 9 STATES/COMMUNITIES. LIKE NCMM, NCATT HAS A ROBUST WEBSITE THAT HAS REACHED THOUSANDS OF STAKEHOLDERS.

MEMBER SERVICES:WITH THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC WE WERE UNABLE TO HOST OUR ANNUAL EXPO MEETING AGAIN THIS YEAR. WE WERE ABLE TO BOLSTER OUR TRAINING EFFORTS BY CONVERTING MOST OF OUR IN-PERSON SESSIONS TO A REMOTE OPTION. THIS FISCAL YEAR OVER 30K TRANSIT PROFESSIONALS WERE TRAINED IN NINE CERTIFICATION TRACKS. TOTAL MEMBERSHIP PRE COVID 19 WAS JUST OVER 1200 MEMBERS; WITH THE COVID FORCING MANY TRANSIT OPERATORS TO CURB OPERATIONS OUR MEMBERSHIP FELL TO UNDER 1,000 LAST FISCAL YEAR AND IS NOW ALMOST BACK TO THE PRE COVID MARK AT YEAR END COMING IN AT 1142. TO KEEP MEMBERS CURRENT WITH THE CHANGING FEDERAL AND TRANSIT DEVELOPMENTS WE HOSTED SEVERAL VIDEO CONFERENCES, REPORTED OUT ON VARIOUS MEDIAS AND HELD OUR SMALL URBAN CONFERENCE. AS WE WORK THROUGH COVID WE ARE SUPPORTING POTENTIAL AND CURRENT MEMBERS THROUGH LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND PROVIDING RESOURCES AT ALL LEVELS.

PLANNING THEN IMPLEMENTATION: BEGUN IN 2013 THROUGH FUNDING FROM THE US DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES' ADMINISTRATION FOR COMMUNITY LIVING (ACL), THE PROJECT PROMOTES THE DEVELOPMENT AND DISSEMINATION OF BEST PRACTICES IN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING INCLUSIVE OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND OLDER ADULTS. A MAJOR COMPONENT IS THE FUNDING OF A SERIES OF DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS FOCUSING ON FURTHERING INCLUSIVE PLANNING PRACTICES AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. IN FY21 PROGRAMS CONTINUED IN THREE CITIES WITH THE WEBSITE WAS COMPLETED LAST YEAR WHICH INCLUDED A LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF ALL PROJECTS SINCE INCEPTION BEING UTILIZED. AN AGREEMENT WITH OKLAHOMA CITY'S ARNALL FAMILY FOUNDATION BEGAN IN 2019 TO FIRST DEVELOP AND THEN TO MANAGE A MULITA-FACETED MOBILITY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM DESIGNED TO INCREASE THE SUCCESS OF THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM THROUGHOUT THE CITY. OVER 151 PARTICPANTS WITH OVER 6K TRIPS FROM ALL OF THE DHS OFFICES HAVE BEEN SERVED; THE RATE OF SUCCESSFUL REUNIFICATION FOR CLIMB RIDE PARTICIPANTS IS 63%.