Kent, Ohio, Traveler Management Coordination Center (TMCC) Project

A project team consisting of the Portage Area Regional Transportation Authority (PARTA), Geauga County Transit, Trapeze Group, and Kotting Consulting assembled a proposal to design a model system of human service transportation coordination using Intelligent Transportation Systems Technology (ITS). This project was one of eight demonstration grant sites, and although each began with similar assumptions and a prescribed methodology, each developed a unique approach to the problem and generated different models. This report summarizes the system development and design work conducted to support a Traveler Management Coordination Center (TMCC) for Human Service Transportation (HST) for the residents of Portage and Geauga counties in Ohio. The TMCC has been designed for the residents of these counties through the cooperation of two transit systems; two county governments; State, regional, and local human service agency leadership; and several public and private transportation and transportation-service related organizations. This TMCC is known as NEORide and has been structured to employ the transportation resources of its members, obtain greater efficiencies and effectiveness through the capture and application of information, and enhance the range and utility of shared-ride transportation.

• Record URL:
  http://www.fta.dot.gov/documents/FTA_Report_No._0063.pdf
• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/29282
• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/39020
• Corporate Authors:

  Portage Area Regional Transportation Authority

  2000 Summit Road
  Kent, OH  United States  44240

  Federal Transit Administration

  Office of Research, Demonstration and Innovation
  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Smith, Bryan D
• Publication Date: 2014-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Photos; Tables;
• Pagination: 155p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Coordination; Intelligent transportation systems; Public transit; Social service agencies; System design
• Identifier Terms: Portage Area Regional Transportation Authority; Travel Management Coordination Center
• Geographic Terms: Geauga County (Ohio); Kent (Ohio); Portage County (Ohio)
• Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01562608
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FTA Report No. 0063
• Files: NTL, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Apr 30 2015 9:27AM