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Public Transit PlanningPublic transportation contributes to quality of life in rural and urban communities alike by providing economical alternatives for those driving alone or by expanding travel choices of those without access to a car. AMMA’s transit service plans always seek to balance improved effectiveness and efficiencies with responsiveness to consumers’ travel needs. With an emphasis on paratransit service planning, policy and procedure, AMMA works towards the effective integration of transportation modes that extend riders’ mobility. Services
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AMMA has recently prepared Updates to the Coordinated Public Transit –Human Services Transportation Plans for multiple organizations, including:
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ADA & Demand Response OperationsNow more twenty years out from the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act, public transit continues to explore and re-invent strategies for providing compliant ADA service and doing so within ever-constrained resources to an increasing population. AMMA team members have rich understanding of ADA complementary paratransit regulatory requirements and the decades of court decisions that have interpreted law and regulation. AMMA has designed cost-saving operations strategies and refined user policy and procedure to ensure efficient ADA paratransit programs and demand responsive programs that are compliant with law. ADA policy and procedure are complex and dynamic in an efficient paratransit operations environment. They must co-exist with the civil rights expectations of users. Services
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Mobility Management / Specialized TransportationPublic transit can’t easily meet all needs and populations benefiting from the individualized nature of specialized transportation include older adults, low-income single parents, young persons seeking their first job, individuals with disabilities or newly returning veterans. AMMA works to creatively meet consumer needs within ever constrained budgets and operational limits. Our projects often involve constructing mobility management and non-traditional transit strategies for specialized populations. These aim to improve mobility—through a family of services—and increase access to job opportunities, schooling, health and human services and life-enhancing activities. AMMA’s strengths include: Services
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Performance MeasurementAnalytics are powerful. Turning transit usage data into useful and strategic information is a central to every AMMA project. AMMA’s tools for mining current transit utilization data, their interaction with area demographics or the deep analysis of historical data provide firm foundations to project recommendations. AMMA’s analytic experience includes extensive work with Trapeze, Novus and Route Match trip data, among other computer-aided dispatching software, as well passenger boarding and alighting data. AMMA meaningfully reports on transit outcomes in the following ways and more: Services
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Veterans Transportation PlanningNationally, the U.S. Census Bureau reports that there were 21.8 million military veterans in 2010, over 9% of the adult US population over age 18. These individuals, and their family members, have a range of transportation concerns, some they share with the general public and others unique. Addressing the unique mobility requirements of veterans, active service members and their families will require individualized responses. Transit properties, human service organizations and communities must seek solutions that are locally feasible and meaningfully address needs. AMMA is actively involved with several veterans’ transportation initiatives, including:
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Healthcare Transportation PlanningTransportation is one determinant of good health outcomes. Low income and rural communities are disproportionately harmed when transportation systems are underfunded, don’t operate effectively or can’t address pockets of need. These contribute, in part, to health disparities. The implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) presents new opportunities for collaboration between health care and public transit sectors. AMMA’s portfolio includes development of innovative strategies to get riders to and from quality healthcare: Services
(Please see our Veterans Transportation Planning page for more information.) Related Projects
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Outreach & Stakeholder EducationEffective outreach utilizes a range techniques and strategies to invite public input and educate riders and prospective riders about public transportation.
AMMA gathers public input and uses it to inform solid project direction or to construct engaging travel training tools. AMMA uses the following mechanisms and more: Services
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Technical Assistance & TrainingHaving worked with dozens of transit properties, in urbanized, small urban or rural settings and with decades of diverse consulting engagements, the AMMA team is able to provide support and assistance around an array of needs. AMMA’s variety of support services facilitate agency aims, helping to get more trips to more people through well-trained staff, clear procedures and effective public processes. AMMA is well qualified to assist transit agencies, transportation commissions, human services agencies, and county governments and other public agencies with: Services
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Active Transportation ProgramThe Active Transportation Program (ATP) encourages increased use of active modes of transportation, such as biking and walking. This program is consistent with AMMA’s dedication to improve mobility for all individuals, ensure access for disadvantaged communities, and enhance public health. AMMA’s team of grant writers has a proven track record of developing successful ATP grant applications by demonstrating the project’s benefits through developing compelling narrative and thorough data analysis. For ATP Cycle 2, AMMA prepared nine applications on behalf of Los Angeles Metro and nine sponsor entities. Five of AMMA’s nine ATP applications were successful and will be receiving Federal and State ATP funds, for a success rate of over 55%, compared to a 14% selection rate for the overall statewide application pool.Developing these ATP applications includes:
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AMMA’s successful ATP grant applications include: (1) City of Arcadia Bicycle and Facility Improvements; (2) City of Lancaster 10th Street West Road Diet and Bikeway Improvements; (3) City of La Verne Regional Bicycle Gap Closure Project; (4) City of Los Angeles Orange Line Sherman Way Pedestrian Links; (5) City of Lynwood Community Linkages to Civic Center and Long Beach Boulevard Metro Station.
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Title VI Technical Assistance & SupportTitle VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, although a long-standing protection for individuals and a requirement for transit providers, is now receiving more attention. All agencies and organizations receiving FTA funds are required to develop and implement a Title VI Program compliant with October 2012 regulatory changes. Since 2013, AMMA assisted many agencies with fewer than 50 vehicles in developing and implementing their Title VI programs. As part of Caltrans’ RTAP (Rural Transportation Assistance Program), AMMA also trained agencies across California and has constructed a program model for small agencies to craft their own Title VI Programs. AMMA is currently supporting transit properties in “embracing” their Title VI program, to aid in preparing Title VI Program updates and in ongoing compliance with Title VI requirements for public transit. AMMA can assist by:
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Contact us to learn how AMMA can assist your organization with its Title VI process. |