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To endorse the Franklin County Transportation Coordination Plan, otherwise known as the Coordinated Plan, as the official coordinated transportation plan for the central Ohio region, and to endorse the service and policy coordination strategies set forth in the plan to local transportation funders, providers and users.
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To endorse the Franklin County Transportation Coordination Plan, otherwise known as the Coordinated Plan, as the official coordinated transportation plan for the central Ohio region, and to endorse the service and policy coordination strategies set forth in the plan to local transportation funders, providers and users.
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WHEREAS, the Franklin County Transportation Coordination Plan ("Coordinated Plan") has been developed to determine how existing transportation services could be better coordinated and how new funding and other resources should be used to improve transportation services in a coordinated fashion; and
WHEREAS, the Coordinated Plan is intended to satisfy the requirements of a Coordinated Public Transit-Human Services Transportation Plan as laid out in federal law; and
WHEREAS, by meeting these requirements, this plan gives Franklin County entities access to federal funds that can be used for the following transportation purposes:
* Access to jobs for low-income individuals (Job Access Reverse Commute),
* Vehicles or other equipment for transporting seniors or people with disabilities (Specialized Transportation),
* New transportation services for people with disabilities (New Freedom); and
WHEREAS, the Coordinated Plan was developed through a partnership of public and private entities with extensive data collection from transportation funders, providers and users; and
WHEREAS, the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission (MORPC) served as the lead planning agency, providing direction and staff support to the effort and the Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA) served as ...
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