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Mobility Coordination Committee
Crystal Odum, MPO Staff
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The Raleigh Urbanized Area Coordinated Human Services Public Transportation Plan (CHSPTP) 2018 update sets the priorities for transportation investments and initiatives for human services and public transit coordination in the region. Federally required to access specific program funds, the CHSPT plan guides funding and service development for transportation projects supporting elderly, disabled and low-income individuals in the CAMPO Raleigh urbanized area.
The plan, which was developed with input from a diverse Human Services Transportation Working Group sub-committee of the Wake Bus Plan Core Technical Team, is in concert with the Wake Bus Plan, a larger effort designed to guide transit service and capital investments associated with the Wake Transit Plan.
One of the core goals of the CHSPT Plan is to create an organizational infrastructure to lead coordinated planning efforts. The plan recommends formalizing the Coordinated Plan Working Group to establish a Mobility Coordination Committee (MCC) and to assign this group responsibility for implementing the recommendations identified in the plan. The short-term goals for the MCC include creating a consistent framework for Wake County's ADA Services; coordinating the management and delivery of ADA services; monitoring the ongoing changes in the State's Medicaid program and transitioning rural transportation programs into a mobility management framework. On May 22nd CAMPO staff convened the working group, inviting transit provider members from GoCary, GoRaleigh, GoTriangle, GoWake Access, Wake County, JCATS, KARTS and HARTS. Monthly meetings have been held with the group to develop organizational structures, meeting and work schedules. The members are reviewing the CHSPTP in detail and are developing DRAFT "Recommended Implementation Strategy Schedule" to put into action the recommendations outlined in the plan for the region. There are thr...
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