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the city and also connect to the transit service in St. Louis County and City. The cities of St. Peters and O’Fallon do not presently provide any fixed route bus service but have been considering future possibilities. The city of Wentzville completed a transit study in 2003 and is using it as a guide for future bus service. C-2. Paratransit Service Paratransit service is quite different from fixed route transit. Its primary purpose is to provide transportation services to persons, who are transit dependant and elderly, have developmental and/or mental disabilities, and poor or homeless persons who are disabled. It is mostly demand responsive, that is, persons call a paratransit provider and arrange for transportation on specific days from their place of residence to their destination and back. Transportation is provided using vans or minibuses and the drivers and vehicles must meet the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990. Some paratransit trips are made on a fixed route for group travel to a nutrition site or sheltered workshop. Also, some paratransit trips are made on the SCAT system as its service can deviate (within given distances) from its fixed route for persons with special needs. Paratransit services are normally operated by social service or specialized private organizations receiving both public and private funding. Because of ADA requirements, they have specific service mandates, operating conditions, and operating constraints. Funding for paratransit service comes from a number of sources. They are as follows; 1. Federal Title III-B (Older Americans Act). 2. Federal Transit Administration (FTA) grants administered by MoDOT. There are four FTA funding categories that are explained in the discussion of the TIP in the next chapter. 3. Missouri Elderly and Handicapped Transportation Assistance Program (MEHTAP) funds administered through MoDOT. 4. Missouri Department of Health funds. 5. Medicaid funds. 6. Other private funding. In 2000 the Council retained a consultant to study paratransit service in St. Charles County to determine ways of coordinating services between providers to reduce costs and improve service. A report entitled “St. Charles County Transit/Paratransit Coordination Study” was completed in October 2000. It contained data from almost all paratransit providers in the County including the area they covered, the number and type of vehicles they operated, their hours in service, and the number of one-way trips they provided. It includes a list of existing conditions and paratransit providers and the number of vehicles they operated, the number of yearly passengers they served, and the yearly cost they incurred to provide these services. This report has not been updated since then but the data serves as a baseline for this study. Complete details of all paratransit providers can be found in the report along with recommendations for future services. A summary of some of the major items in the report is as follows. 56
• The consultant sent out questionnaires to 17 paratransit providers and interviewed each one to determine details of the services they provided. The interviews revealed that about 492,000 one-way passenger trips costing about $1.1 million were made in 2000 by these 17 paratransit providers. These numbers are low since a number of agencies surveyed did not have or would not provide some of the information. Since it has been five years since this survey, it is likely that the number of trips and their costs are now higher. • A substantial amount of paratransit service is purchased from private for-profit and nonprofit providers by many state agencies including the Missouri Department of Mental Health, Division of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, the Mid-East Area Agency on Aging, and the Missouri Department of Social Services, Division of Medical Services. • Paratransit service is also provided by a large number of agencies that use their own staff to transport clients so they can participate in other programs. Many organizations such as the Emmaus Homes, the Missouri Department of Social Services, Division of Family Services, reimburse clients for their own travel including the purchases of taxi and bus tickets. • Future demand for paratransit service in St. Charles County will grow as the population continues to increase and the average age grows older. Since the 2000 Paratransit Report was published, St. Charles County has continued to grow and more areas are becoming urbanized with residential and commercial development growing at a fast pace. Much of the developing area will increase the demand for future paratransit service. In addition, many areas of the County are rural and have limited or no paratransit service. Increased demand for these services can be expected in the future. Resources for this report did not allow for a detailed study of paratransit like the one provided by the consultant in 2000. However, data from MoDOT and the census helped to estimate what can be expected in the future. A list of agencies that recently received paratransit funds through MoDOT is listed below. • Community Living Inc., St. Peters, MO • Crider Center for Mental Health, Inc. Wentzville, MO • Emmaus Homes - St. Charles St. Charles, MO • Delta Center for Independent Living, St. Charles, MO • St. Charles Association for Retarded Citizens St. Charles, MO C-3. Light Rail Transit As part of its work in identifying corridors for possible light rail transit (MetroLink) extensions, the Council published a report in June 1991entitled “St. Louis System Analysis for Major Transit Capital Investment.” High on the list was an extension from the MetroLink station at Lambert International Airport west along the I-70 corridor into St. Charles County. A Major Investment Study (MIS) and Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the corridor was initiated by the Council in 1993. These documents were approved by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) in 57
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THE ST. CHARLES COUNTY TRANSPORTATI
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investment scenarios. Also, more ac
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doubled, going from 46,354 to 101,7
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Page 27 and 28: other uses as well. They generally
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Page 53 and 54: Criteria Table 11 Level of Service
Page 55 and 56: speed of 50 placing it at LOS C. Th
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Page 61 and 62: U.S. 67 experienced no delays and t
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passes through the signal of the no
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Rt. A This five-lane road runs from
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of future travel conditions. Some m
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Winghaven Blvd. Rt. N to I-64. Wing
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severity, and the crash rate (crash
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study should be low, however, impro
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public decisions, and does not mean
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APPENDICES
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APPENDIX B 2030 TRAFFIC VOLUME FORE
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