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The orientation meeting will be held on Wednesday, November 13, 1:00 – 5:00pm (Eastern Time), in Tallahassee, FL. Governor Ron DeSantis recently appointed new members to the Commission for the Transportation Disadvantaged. The Commission will hold a meeting to provide our new commissioners with an orientation of their responsibilities and an overview of the Transportation Disadvantaged Program. The meeting link and location has been posted to the CTD Calendar page. The agenda and additional information about this event will be provided soon.
For the last two years, the CTD contracted with Thomas Howell Ferguson (THF) to facilitate a study to improve the accuracy and analyses of performance data reported in the AOR. In September 2023, the first report, FCTD Ad-hoc AOR report 08/21/2023 was presented and approved by the Commission, which included a recommendation to test the collection of disaggregated (detailed) data as part of the AOR. In Spring 2024, THF created a prototype website, and the Commission invited Community Transportation Coordinators (CTCs) to test the submission of their disaggregated AOR data for the purpose of this study. In June, THF presented its second report AOR Study 2 - Final Report to the Commission, which includes an overview of the study and discusses the feasibility of the test website, including analytical capabilities from the disaggregated data that was collected during the testing.
The Commission will receive a presentation on the second report and discuss recommendations for future AORs at the July 17, 2024, Commission Business Meeting. The recommendations will be included within the Commission Business Meeting Packet.
The ISD Grant Review Subcommittee held a meeting via Microsoft Teams on May 16, to recommend projects for approval and funding for FY2024-25. The recording of the meeting is provided on the Calendar of Past Events page. The Commission is expected to approve ISD Grant projects at the next business meeting in Tampa on June 3.
The CTD Innovative Service Development (ISD) Grant is a program that awards funding on a competitive basis to support projects that test new, innovative services to customers who are transportation disadvantaged. This year, CTD contracted with Thomas Howell Ferguson, P.A., to assist with the evaluation of ISD Grant projects that were funded in State Fiscal Year 2022-23 (July 1, 2022 - June 30, 2023). The final report can be accessed here: 2023 ISD Grant Report
The Commission has published a final report on its policy pertaining to the use of Transportation Disadvantaged Trust Fund dollars related to "Complementary Paratransit" services required under the U.S. Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The report results from two public workshops held on February 25 and May 7, 2021, where the Commission invited stakeholders to provide public input on this policy. The report was approved at the Commission Business Meeting on June 3, 2021. The final report and related information are provided below: