Coordination at River Cities Public
Transit
River Cities Public Transit is gearing
up to take on the task of conducting
another coordination study and plan. The
last one was completed and published in
2007 by the Small Urban &Rural Transit
Center from North Dakota State
University in Fargo ND.
Under MAP-21 for the 5310 federal grant
program the following language is found:
“The Section 5310 program recipients
must certify that the projects selected
are included in a locally developed,
coordinated public transit-human
services transportation plan. The plan
must be developed and approved through a
process that includes seniors and people
with disabilities and is coordinated to
the maximum extent possible with
transportation services assisted by
other federal departments and agencies.”
It is the goal of River Cities Public
transit management to stay current with
planning and following the guidelines
laid out by the federal and state
governments.
Developing a coordinated transportation
plan involves a process where a
community focuses on a strategy of
coordinating and managing community
resources to provide a higher level of
transportation services to area
residents. This process involves
community stakeholders joining together
and using management, resources,
cooperation, cost efficiencies and good
planning to develop a more effective
network of transportation services.
As this project unfolds over the next 6
to 9 months members of the communities
can look for opportunities to provide
input and feedback through surveys,
focus group meetings and other public
input meetings.
Consultants and planners please contact
Ron Baumgart/Jackie Mattheis at
ron.rct@midconetwork.com
/
jackie.rct@midconetwork.com
for a copy of the RFP. The deadline for
responding to this RFP is set for
April
25, 2013 at 5:00 pm. For those
interested, this plan will have
coordination, business, and strategic
components to it.
