Enhancing Passenger Mobility Services in North Dakota through Increased Coordination

North Dakota’s public and human service transportation services evolved along the same program-specific approaches as did those in many other states. Individual human service agencies funded and/or operated transportation programs to support their basic missions. In addition, in recent years, federal and state funding has led to the inception or expansion of public transit services in many areas of the state Transportation coordination, at the state funding level or at the local operations level requires extensive personal interaction and negotiation to work out the best service plan for all organizations’ funding, using, or providing service. The Small Urban and Rural Transit Center (SURTC) conducted a study on coordination of North Dakota transportation services. The study process included intensive discussion and collaboration between organizations and individuals, data collection, and a literature review. The study was guided by an advisory committee that included representatives from state funding and program agencies and local human service and transportation providers. The second major way the study involved funders, providers, and users of the transportation services was by holding eight regional meetings throughout the state during the first six months of 2004. Based on results of the regional meetings, data collection, review of the literature, and the survey of state practices, the SURTC team developed a range of alternative policies that could increase transportation coordination. These options were reviewed and refined by the advisory committee and then the SURTC team developed detailed descriptions and assessed the benefits and costs of each option. These analyses, as well as a summary of the other activities of the study, are included in the final report.

Language

  • English

Media Info

  • Media Type: Digital/other
  • Features: Appendices; Figures; Maps; References; Tables;
  • Pagination: 249p

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 01683684
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Report/Paper Numbers: DP-160
  • Files: TRIS, ATRI, STATEDOT
  • Created Date: Oct 19 2018 9:40AM