Coordinated Public Transit-Human Services Transportation
One mission of RPC is to identify the transportation needs of individuals with disabilities, older adults, and people with low incomes, and provide strategies for meeting these needs, and prioritize transportation services for funding and implementation. The Coordinated Public Transit-Human Services Transportation Plan, generally referred to as the Coordinated Plan, directly addresses this mission. The development and implementation of the plan takes place hand in hand with other RPC transit planning initiatives and citizen participation programs.
December 2012 Job Access Reverse Commute (JARC) and New Freedom Programs
The Regional Planning Commission (RPC), as designated recipient and admister of Federal Transit Authority (FTA) 5316 Job Access and Reverse Commute (JARC) and 5317 New Freedom grants for the New Orlans Urbanized Area, is announcing the following recipients for the December 2012 Programs of Projects:
- JARC Program
- New Freedom Program
Coordinated Transportation Committee Meetings
Notice: The date of the next Coordinated Planning meeting will be held on July 31, 2013, 10:00 AM, at the Regional Transportation Management Center.
The Coordinated Plan is the product of discussion and cooperation between public, private, and non-profit transportation and human services providers, as well as other stakeholders and members of the public from throughout the region. This group also serves as a transit advisory committee for the greater New Orleans region. The RPC hosts quarterly meetings bringing these groups together to refine and update the content, strategies, and activities of the Coordinated Plan.
The 2013 meeting schedule is set for February 6, April 24, July 31, and October 30. If you are interested in participating in these meetings, or have any questions regarding coordinated planning, please contact Jason Sappington at 504-483-8507 or at
jsappington@norpc.org.
2013 Coordinated Plan
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As population and businesses have returned to Jefferson and Orleans parishes post-Katrina, both New Orleans Regional Transit Authority (RTA) and Jefferson Parish Transit’s (JeT) ridership demand patterns have been changing. The Regional Planning Commission initiated a Comprehensive Operations Analysis (COA) to collect travel demand data for existing users of RTA and JeT services, and to complete an assessment of how well current services were operating.
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Transit Plan for the Greater New Orleans Region (2007)
The Transit Plan for the Greater New Orleans Region, which for the purposes of this study includes Orleans, Jefferson, and St. Bernard Parishes, is to present a financially constrained plan for the re-establishment of a broader level of transit services in the post-Katrina era. The report includes information on post-Katrina demographics, transit service demand, transit service standards, an operations plan and makes recommendations for short, mid, and long-term operations as well as coordination opportunities for the various transit providers and parishes.
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Additional Resources
- Job Access Reverse Commute
- New Freedom
- Regional Transit Authority
- Jefferson Transit
- St. Bernard Urban Rapid Transit
- River Parish Transit Authority
- Plaquemines Parish
- St. Tammany Parish
- South Central Planning and Development Commission
- Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development
- Federal Transit Administration
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