Transcript Ernie Mbroh - ODOT Transit

Hello ……
Ernestine Mbroh
Transit Programs Division Manager
Oklahoma
Department of
Transportation
Oklahoma
Department of
Transportation
200 NE 21st Street
Oklahoma City, OK 73105
Office: 405-522-1829
Email: [email protected]
Mary Wilson
C Weilbrenner
Transit Programs Division
Special Projects Coordinator
Transit Programs Division
Project Manager
200 NE 21st Street
Oklahoma City, OK 73105
200 NE 21st Street
Oklahoma City, OK 73105
Office: 405-521-2584
Email: [email protected]
Oklahoma
Department of
Transportation
Office: 405-521-2532
Email: [email protected]
FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION’S (FTA)
Section 5311 Non-urbanized Area Formula Grant and Technical
Assistance Program
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Program Goals:
Provide a safe and effective public transportation network to the
increase mobility of persons with special needs, transportation
disadvantaged persons and the general population living in tribal,
non-urbanized and small urban areas of the state.
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ODOT is Governor's Designee for oversight and administration - Transit
Programs Division
Oklahoma’s apportionment - Approx. $14.5 million annually
 10% for State Administration and Technical Assistance
 15% Intercity Bus Transportation
 5% for Program Reserve (New starts and Catastrophic Events)
Eligible Recipients:
 Federally Recognized Rural Tribal Transit (Direct Recipients of FTA or
Subrecipients of ODOT)
 Nonprofit Organizations
 State Agencies
 Units of Local Governments
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Eligible Transit Activities:
 Administration – Reimbursed at 80% (ex. Training Programs, legal Services, Drug
and Alcohol Testing)
 Operating – Reimbursed at 15% (ex. Salaries, vehicle maintenance repairs, insurance
etc.)
 Capital – Reimbursed at 80% (ex. Vehicle Purchases, acquisition, construction and
improvement of public transit facilities)
 2 Exceptions - vehicle related equipment purchased solely for ADA and Clean
Air Act compliance – Reimbursement at 90%
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Application Process:
 Existing Transit Systems
 Elevation of past 2 year performance (20% - Revenue Miles, 35% - Passenger
Miles and 45% - Passenger Trips)
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New Starts……Evaluation of:
 Proposed New or the expansion of an existing service(s)
 Proposed True Cost Budget (actual cost to run transit system)
 Local Match
Application Timeline:
 Proposed Program of Projects Due to FTA in June 1st
 January 15 - Letters of Intent , A Resolution From The Governing Board For
Financial Support
 Draft Application due April 1st
 Final Applications are Due May 1st
 Federal Fiscal Year(October 1st - September 30th)
Rural Transportation Assistance
Program
Oklahoma RTAP Program Summary
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RTAP is authorized by Title 49 U.S.C. 5311(b)(3).
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Nationwide, not more than 2% of appropriated 5311 funds shall be made available
to RTAP.
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Oklahoma receives approximately $230,302 annually.
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RTAP funds have the same period of availability as Section 5311 formula funds.
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RTAP funds must be used to support activities in four categories: training,
technical assistance, research, and related support services.
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ODOT administers the RTAP program in-house.
 Developed a policy manual for implementation effective January 1, 2015.
 Policy was sent out through TTAP to tribal transit agencies for comment.
RTAP Eligible Recipients
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Section 5310 funded agencies.
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Small Urbanized areas.
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Section 5311 rural transit recipients.
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FTA recognized tribal transit agencies.
 RTAP funds are obtained directly from ODOT.
RTAP Resources
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RTAP Scholarship Program.
 Intent is to help supplement existing training resources.
 All scholarship applications must be submitted to ODOT for approval prior
to training.
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$5,000 allocated annually (as funding allows) to all eligible 5311 and federally
recognized tribal transit agencies.
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Drug and Alcohol Testing.
 No differences between rural and tribal transit in regarding FTA Drug and
Alcohol testing requirements.
 ODOT has contracted with the University of Oklahoma (OU) as the Third
Party Administrator (TPA) for rural transit drug and alcohol testing.
 OU has contracted with TMHC out of Kansas to perform rural transit drug
and alcohol testing for Oklahoma.
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Upcoming Event
 Civil Rights Conference Feb 26, 2015.
Computerized Performance
Tracking
What is MYLEO.net
Make
Your
Life
Easier for ODOT
MYLEO.net is an ODOT web based Performance Managements
system incorporating Ridership reporting, Vehicle usage
reporting.
What can MYLEOnet assist you with?
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Manage vehicles.
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Set up and manage routes.
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Set up and manage purpose codes (user defined).
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Manage ridership (passenger trips/miles, revenue miles).
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Create trip statistic reports.
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Create vehicle usage/mileage reports.
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Export data into other applications (excel, word, etc.).
What does MYLEO.net look Like ?
After you login you will come to the Main Menu
From here you can enter and manage your vehicles
You can setup and manage your routes
You can setup and manage your Sub Codes.
(Sub Codes are user defined purpose codes)
You can enter and manage Ridership Data
Create various Trip Statics Reports
You can create Vehicle Mileage reports
You can export your data to be used by other applications.
Data is exported as a Comma Separated Value (CSV) file
Transit Assistant
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TRANSIT ASSISTANT (TA) is a software system developed at the University of
Oklahoma for ODOT.
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TA is a dispatching system that manages the entire workflow involved in
reservation, dispatching (mobile included), pickup, drop-off, mileage tracking,
reporting. It is also uploads data to MYLEO.net.
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Some of the features of the system include:
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Reservation subsystem including ability to interact with the Logisticare’s
system
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Dispatching trips to vehicles and the ability to send new rides to the
mobile system
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Automatic generation of 5311 trip sheets that are prefilled with pickup and
drop-off information
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Uploading completed 5311 trip sheet data into MYLEONET after complete
checks on the data including eliminating data entry errors such as
mileage overlaps
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Mapping interface to locate the pickup and drop-off locations
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Special reports based on sub-codes with Crystal Reports
Minimum Requirements for Transit Assistant and MYLEO.net
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A computer running Windows 7 or better
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Microsoft Explorer 9 or higher
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Minimum of 4Gig of memory on your computer
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Reliable Internet service
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A MYLEO.net and Transit Assistant account
Transit Mobile (TM)
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TM is a mobile application that runs on smart phones and tablets that run the
Android Operating System. With TM, the dispatchers can send the manifest
and updates directly to the driver without the driver having to visit the office.
Additionally, with TM we now can:
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Send manifests and updates to manifests
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Auto-fill the 5311 trip sheet data with few keys strokes to capture
odometer reading for each trip
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Real time updates of trip status: going to pickup, at pickup, picked up,
etc.
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Capturing GPS location of vehicles to be tracked on the map application
in TA
Who do I contact to find out more about Transit Assistant
and Transit Mobile?
The University of Oklahoma
Sridhar Radhakrishnan
Professor and Director
School of Computer Science
405-325-4042
[email protected]
QUESTIONS?
Thank you!!
Ernie Mbroh
ODOT Transit Programs Division Manager
405-522-1829
[email protected]
RTAP/Technical Assistance Information:
Mary Wilson
405-521-2584
[email protected]
Myleo.net /Transit Assistance Information:
C Weilbrenner
405-521-2532
[email protected]