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Board previews pilot to lower fares for local medical trips and approves resolution to seek FTA Section 5310 operating funds
Summary
Staff updated the board on Community Transportation Service Agency (CTSA) programs, described a pilot in partnership with Del Norte Healthcare District to subsidize local medical trips, and the board adopted a resolution supporting an application for FTA Section 5310 operating funds for medical shuttles.
The Redwood Coast Transit Authority board received an update on CTSA programs and approved a resolution supporting an application for FTA Section 5310 operating funds to underwrite medical shuttle operations. Staff described two CTSA programs launched in 2020 — an ADA eligibility determination program and a transit travel-training program — and said both were slowed by the pandemic. Staff said some riders who were "grandfathered" into para-transit databases before 2020 never completed formal ADA eligibility applications; staff signaled a likely future plan to require remaining riders to complete eligibility paperwork over a phased schedule. The…
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