Local Public Transit / Human Service Coordination Plans

Overview

In communities where coordination is a priority, citizens benefit from improved service, lower costs, and easier access to transportation. 

As part of Congress’s reauthorization of the surface transportation act (SAFETEA-LU) in 2005, grantees under the New Freedom Initiative, Job Access and Reverse Commute (JARC) program, and Elderly and Disabled Transportation Program (5310) must be part of a “locally developed coordinated public transit/human service transportation plan” in order to receive funding for fiscal year 2007 and beyond.

These plans are intended to help state and community leaders, agencies, and stakeholders develop programs and action plans for coordinated services. Key elements include:

• An assessment of transportation needs for individuals with disabilities, older adults, and persons with limited incomes
• An inventory of available services that identifies redundant service and gaps in service
• Strategies to address the identified gaps in service
• Actions to eliminate or reduce duplication in services and strategies for more efficiently using resources
• Prioritized strategies for implementation
  

Regional Coordination Plans

The Mn/DOT Office of Transit and Minnesota Department of Human Services partnered with local planning organizations throughout Minnesota to carry out the planning process. In areas without a local planning organization, the Mn/DOT district assumed this role.

Plans for the following Minnesota regions are available:

• Region 1: Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake, and Roseau Counties (5.1 MB PDF)
• Region 2: Beltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard, Lake of the Woods, and Mahnomen Counties (503 KB PDF)
• Region 3: Aitkin, Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake, and St. Louis Counties/Duluth MPO (12 MB PDF)
• Region 4: Becker, Clay, Douglas, Grant, Otter Tail, Pope, Stevens, Traverse, and Wilkin Counties (2.9 MB PDF)
• Region 5: Cass, Crow Wing, Morrison, Todd, and Wadena Counties (1.8 MB PDF)
• Region 6W: Big Stone, Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift, and Yellow Medicine Counties (2.5 MB PDF)
• Region 6E: Kandiyohi,  McLeod, Meeker, and Renville Counties (2.1 MB PDF)
• Region 7W: Benton, Sherburne, Stearns, Wright Counties/St. Cloud MPO (924 KB PDF)
• Region 7E: Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, and Pine Counties (216 KB PDF)
• Region 8: Rock, Nobles, Jackson, Pipestone, Murray, Cottonwood, Lincoln, Lyon, Redwood countiesRock, Nobles, Jackson, Pipestone, Murray, Cottonwood, Lincoln, Lyon, and Redwood Counties (2 MB PDF)
• Region 8: Lincoln, Lyon, Redwood, Pipestone, Murray, Cottonwood, Rock, and Nobles Counties (1.9 MB PDF)
• Region 9: Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Le Sueur, Martin, Nicollet, Sibley, Waseca, and Watonwan Counties (328 KB PDF)
• District 6: Dodge, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Rice, Steele, Wabash, and Winona Counties/Rochester MPO, LaCrosse-LaCrescent MPO (1.2 MB PDF)

Links to other regional plans:

• Grand Forks-East Grand Forks MPO
• Fargo-Moorhead MPO (188 KB PDF)
• Minneapolis/St. Paul MPO (6.1 MB PDF)