Transportation 2035 - State of Rhode Island: Division of Planning

December 2012metro area. Both of these efforts included outreach efforts. In addition, a study was completed by the state Budget Office that surveyed people who do notuse transit to find out why they choose not to. Findings and recommendations from these efforts have been referenced and included in this plan.SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOLThe Safe Routes to School (SRTS) program was established under SAFETEA-LU and provides the state with $1 million annually in funding for projects, bothinfrastructure (construction) and non-infrastructure activities (education, encouragement, law enforcement, and evaluation). RIDOT and Statewide Planningshare responsibility for this program, with the state coordinator position being a member of the Statewide Planning Program staff. A multi-disciplinary steeringcommittee was established and two rounds of project solicitations and awards have been held. The first round of projects awarded ten (10) SRTS programs inseven (7) municipalities and involved 30 schools. These projects are in various stages of development ranging from in-process of being implemented tocompletion. The second round awarded 12 programs in 10 municipalities, involving 16 schools. These projects are in the process of being implemented or willbegin shortly.COORDINATED PUBLIC TRANSIT-HUMAN SERVICES TRANSPORTATION PLAN (SECTIONS 5310, 5316, AND 5317)RIPTA has been tasked with this planning effort (described below) as mandated by SAFETEA-LU. Statewide Planning, as the MPO, has been and will be activelyinvolved, and recommendations from the Human Services Plan are included in this plan.As a condition for receiving formula funding under the following three FTA programs, proposed projects must be derived from a locally developedpublic transit-human services transportation plan: (1) Special Needs of Elderly Individuals and Individuals with Disabilities [49 U.S.C. 5310(d)(2)(B)(i)and (ii)]; (2) Job Access and Reverse Commute [49 U.S.C. 5316(g)(3)(A) and (B)]; and (3) New Freedom [49 U.S.C. 5317(f)(3)(A) and (B)]. The plan musthave been developed through a process that included representatives of public, private, and non-profit transportation and human services providers,as well as the public. This new requirement reinforces the broadened list of entities to be involved in the MPO's Participation Plan (23 U.S.C. 134(i)(5)(A) and 49 U.S.C. 5303 (i)(5)(A)), as described above. In preparing the local public transit-human service transportation plans, service providersseeking assistance under these programs should ensure full coordination with the applicable metropolitan and statewide planning processes.STRATEGIC HIGHWAY SAFETY PLANRhode Island’s 2012 Strategic Highway Safety Plan update was recently completed by RIDOT and will lead the State toward zero deaths. Statewide Planning, asthe MPO, was an active participant in the development of both the 2007 and 2012 SHSPs. Recommendations from both the 2007 and 2012 SHSPs are includedin this Plan.Transportation 2035 (2012 Update)State Guide Plan Element 611Rhode Island Statewide Planning ProgramPage 1-16