Transit Resolution

The TMACOG Board of Trustees has voted to approve a resolution supporting the findings and recommendations of an Ohio Statewide Transit Needs study that was recently completed. 

Among other strategies, the study recommends creation of a dedicated transit fund to address the decline in transit funding through the state general revenue funds. In a related finding, the study report states, “Our analysis suggests that current level of investment in transit operations in Ohio – roughly $659 million – under invests in transit operations by roughly $172 million or by over 20 percent.”

Other recommendations, with accompanying strategies, include:

• ·        Encouraging regionalization of transit to better connect across jurisdictions
• ·        Use of creative strategies for raising more local transit funds
• ·        Coordinating human services transportation efforts and integrating these services with public transportation
• ·        Improving transit information systems
• ·        Creating a performance measurement strategy
• ·        Making investments in transit technology that can create immediate benefits for riders and transit operations.

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