Lane Coordinated Public Transportation Plan
Date Created:
June 2019
Description
The Lane Coordinated Public Transit-Human Services Transportation Plan (Lane Coordinated Plan) was first prepared by Lane Transit District (LTD) and adopted by the Lane Transit District Board of Directors in January 2007. Because the original plan was developed prior to the issuance of guidance by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), it was revised in June 2009 to include additional information to meet both FTA and State of Oregon planning expectations. An update to the 2009 plan was completed and adopted by the LTD Board of Directors in 2013. Both versions have been incorporated as source documents for this and subsequent updates.
The Lane Coordinated Plan satisfies federal requirements enacted through the passage of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, and Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU). It is specific to funds administered through the FTA and the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) Public Transit Division with expectations for planning and coordination of these resources. The federal requirements for the coordinated transportation planning process are retained under legislation signed into law on July 6, 2012, by President Barack Obama titled Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21). In December 2015, President Obama reauthorized transportation programs through Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 with the passage of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act.
The FAST Act took effect October 1, 2015, and made some changes to federal grant programs. The FAST Act is the new five-year surface transportation authorization that provides FTA an authorization level of $11.78 billion in FY 2016 and a total of $61.56 billion from FY 2016 through FY 2020 (https://www.transit.gov/FAST). The FAST Act realigns several transit programs, provides significant funding increases specifically for bus and bus facilities, creates several new discretionary programs, and changes several crosscutting requirements. The law continues and expands FTA authority to strengthen the safety of public transportation systems.
Since the initial Plan and subsequent updates were adopted, there have been changes and new initiatives that influence local transportation, such as an economic recovery resulting in a very low unemployment rate, continuing fluctuations in fuel costs, and continued uncertainty about federal and state transportation resources. Responding to unmet service needs and increasing demand for new transportation patterns is quite challenging. This plan focuses on transportation linked to health care reform, families and individuals with low incomes, students, and providing transportation to the growing number of older adults in need of transportation services to help sustain, support, or enhance personal independence.
