NCPTA Conference – Concord, NCPTD Update

June 14, 2016

Debbie Collins

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As I name activities, if it applies to you, please stand

Celebrating FY 2016

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PTD Accomplishments / Milestones• No audit findings!• Economic Benefits of Transit• Funding• Establishment of Innovations

Office• Success Plans• Review of Safety and

Security Plan requirements• Planning / Projects• NEMT• State Management Plan• Expectations for FY 2017

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Funding• Five (5) year financial plans

• Federal Transit Administration• All grants submitted• FTA recognized our staff for: fewest # of inactive

grants, TrAMS power users, outstanding partnership

• State Budget• House and Senate both have $4 M recurring funding

• Submission of Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO)• 5339 (b)

• replacement buses for 5 organizations and expansion vans for rural communities – $16.3M

• Rides 2 Wellness• Rural and Veterans transportation network

• Mobility on Demand

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Innovations Office• Research Projects

• ecoPRT• Cameras as passenger counters for

deviated fixed route

• Rides to Wellness• Mobility On Demand• Transportation Demand

Management• CMAQ funds

• 5 Awards to BOT in July• Funding criteria: statewide

applicability, measurable performance, innovation, and vehicle miles traveled (VMT) impact.

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Non Emergency Medical Transportation -NEMT

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• Register as Vendors• End of May, only 40 vendors registered for

transportation• If county is already registered, need to add a

new taxonomy (classification) for NEMT• Still problems, call provider services

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• Workflow has changed• Nothing goes into NC FAST• County DSS can do payment authorization

through an upload• Vendors can submit claims electronically by

becoming a trading partner

• Pilot only starts September 1, 2016• 6 Counties - Alamance, Catawba, Cumberland,

Franklin, Lincoln and Rowan• Our Goal: electronic claim submission by all Why not bill direct miles?

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PTD Success Plan

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• Mission – Delivering transportation options to communities.• Vision – Connecting communities by investing in customer

centered innovation and rewarding results.• Values – Champions of public transportation acting with

integrity and producing quality, innovative results through teamwork.

By June, 30, 2017, PTD will achieve success if:• PTD has increased ridership by 2.5%.• PTD has developed a program that acknowledges customer

centric innovation.• Employee engagement reaches a level of 5.25.• 80% of transit agencies express satisfaction in PTD service.• 90% of grants are closed within their period of performance.

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Standing Up Success Plans

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• PTD Plan is on the website• 4 strategies:

• Thriving Agencies• Financial Management• Performance Driven• Employee Success

• New Organizational Structure

• Community Transportation Systems• Finalizing Success Plans• Coached• Trained in Net Promoter Score

• Transportation Demand Management

• Encourage Urban Systems to join us

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Other Projects

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• Safety and Security Plan• Updating to address Safety Management

System (SMS)

• Transit Asset Management• PTD Plan covers all CT systems• TransAM (open source software)

• Can we add everyone?

• Small Urbanized Areas• How to maximize funding• Applying for 5307 for systems getting 5311

• Large UZAs• 5 year budgets / graduation study• Offering to apply for 5307 for systems getting

5311

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Performance Based Planning and Programming

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• Performance Based Planning and Programming (PBPP)• May 27, 2016 Federal Register published• MPOs integrate state and transit agency performance plans – directly or by

reference• Includes asset management plan and transit agency safety plan

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First Mile Last Mile Solutions

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• Rail Division and Piedmont Corridor• Considerations in freeway design – HOV Lanes

• Bus only ramps• Park and Ride lot location

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PTD PlansState Management Plan

• Submitted to FTA for approval• New procedures

Strategic Plan• RFP in Purchasing, ready to go

Community Connectivity Plans• Greater emphasis on performance over planning• Focus on connecting communities through regional coordination• Introduce increased flexibility for smaller agencies to determine

when and how often to engage in mid-term planning• Engage in continuous planning to eliminate gaps between

successive plans• Utilize new tools to help agencies excel:

• Success Plan• Quarterly Scorecard• Customer Satisfaction Survey

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High Level View of 4 Key CCP Steps

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Existing State Contracts• Raised Roof Vans – lifts, no lifts *• Vehicle Conversion Kits

• Dedicated & Bi-Fuel Propane Conversion Kits• Vehicle Natural Gas (CNG) Conversion Kits

(Gasoline Engine)• Vehicle Bus Equipment – Mobile Digital Video

Equipment and farebox / fare collection systems

Coming *• LTV bid posted on June 6 – opening on

July 7• 20, 22, 25, 28 foot vehicles with alternate

fuel options• Vehicle Bus Equipment #2 posted before

mid-July – APCs, Automatic Voice Annunciation Systems, Electronic Vehicle Inspection System, In-Vehicle Signal Priority Control Systems

• Transit Buses (if needed)

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Procurements

* Agency Contract

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PTD• $1.18 in our state accounts

• Your grants are funded and waiting on FTA approval

• Will send out with FTA approvals

Your Responsibilities• Get your invoices in by July 30

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Closing Fiscal Year 2016

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FY 2017

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ChangesGrants

• Will have one capital grant for all CT programs

• Partner Connect will close 5 working days after due date of each grant

• Full information not received by March 31, grant will not be included in FTA application

Submission of Quarterly Reports• SMAP and ROAP will be disbursed quarterly• Failure to submit quarterly reports by the

deadline, will result in ½ of 1% reduction of the quarterly disbursement

Scheduled Training – Thank you HOSTSSafety Officer and Accountable Executive – June 21-22, 23-24New Grantee Training – June 282 CFR 200 – July 13 and 19 Transit Operations Planning – August 16-19PTD Annual Meeting – Sept 13 in Winston-Salem22nd Annual Paratransit and Intercity Bus – Oct 2-5 in Asheville

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Thank you!

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Debbie Collinsdgcollins1@ncdot.gov919 707 4684