1. Mobility Management Program
WELCOME
October 19, 2016
Mobility Management Program

2. BOONSLICK REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION
Deana Tucker Dothage
Mobility Coordinator
111 Steinhagen
Warrenton, MO
Boonslick Region
Lincoln, Montgomery
Warren Counties
MO RIDES Boonslick also handles Franklin and St. Charles Counties

3. Eastern Missouri Transportation Coordinating Council
Vision
“People within the region get where they want to go.”
Mission
“Sustain a regional partnership for better community access through transportation coordination and mobility management.”

4. Mobility Management
Coordinates with transportation providers to increase efficiency
Improves access and reduces costs for providers and riders
Forms partnerships with regional agencies, employers and other stakeholders to provide more transportation choices in Missouri.
Expands the Mobility Management Program to better serve Missouri residents.
Mobility
Management

5. GOALS
Overcome transportation challenges by working with existing transportation providers to help
people with disabilities
older adults and
low income individuals
More people will
get rides to work and other destinations

6. Existing Public Transportation
● Increases economic growth
● Creates jobs
● Improves air quality
Use of existing public transportation increases economic growth, creates sustainable jobs, improves air quality, and increases access to health care/social services and recreational venues that all generate local revenue.
● Increases access to health care,
social services and recreational venues
which generate local revenue

7. COMMUNITY EDUCATION
GOAL: Increase efficiency through advocacy, coordination, and education STRATEGY: Educate the government, public and service agencies about existing transportation services

9. Need a ride in Missouri? MORIDES.ORG MO RIDES was launched
December 18, 2014
Many of you may have heard of the MO Rides.org website. Our website is a user friendly site. The site was launched for public use December 18, The site offers a wealth of information. (As shown in the top picture here) When you first access the site you see various tabs you can select. When the Need A Ride tab is selected the site will direct you to: (The second screen shot.) On this page you will see a list of all 114 counties in Missouri. You will select the county that you live in and a list of available transportation providers will be displayed. When you select a specific provider the site will provide you with contact information for the transportation provider. It’s that easy!
Need a ride in Missouri?

10. Transportation providers are continuously
uploaded into the MORIDES transportation network.

11. We work closely with the public transportation providers to obtain their route schedules.

12. Efforts to identify the need & create new transportation routes within the region
Transportation providers continually added to the website

13. Reasons for Rides
Work
Medical
Social
Court and Probation
Shopping, Grocery
Food Pantry

14. MO RIDES impacts safety
Missouri residents served by MO RIDES are often
Frail older adults who may have medical reasons for not driving
People who need rides to work
High Risk Individuals
MO RIDES helps to ensure that hanging up the keys is easier and therefore roads are safer.

15. 844-836-7433 HELLO, CAN YOU HELP ME? I NEED A RIDE.
People call the Mobility Managers requesting assistance with their transportation needs.

16. Welcome to MO RIDES.ORG
Click Here
Click Here

17. List of Missouri Counties
MORIDES.ORG
Need A Ride Tab
List of Missouri Counties
Select the county you live in.

18. Select the Transit Company
MORIDES.ORG
Need A Ride Tab
List of Transportation Providers
Select the Transit Company

19. Information on Transportation Company
MORIDES.ORG
Need A Ride Tab
Information on Transportation Company

20. MORIDES.ORG offers a Carpool Program!
MORIDES.ORG offers a Carpool Program! The purpose of MO RIDES Carpool Service is to facilitate travel to and from the workplace or school by establishing carpools for commuters.  

22. Visits to MORIDES. ORG have steadily increased since its inception Dec

23. TRACKING DATA Gather data from calls for rides
Share data with transportation, state and funding agencies
In the Boonslick Region
73% of MO RIDES callers get a ride from the referrals.

24. 1,102 Total Calls Received / Documented between
September 2014 and December 31, 2015
1,102
2016
Lincoln County
Warren County
Montgomery County
Franklin
St. Charles
St. Louis
All other Counties handled by BRPC
Total calls “in database” through August 2016
514

25. MERAMEC REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION
Crawford, Dent, Gasconade, Maries, Osage, Phelps, Pulaski and Washington
Holly Kreienkamp
Mobility Manager
4 Industrial Drive
St. James, MO 6559
x123
Good evening. I am Holly Kreienkamp. I am the Mobility Manager for MRPC.
I have been asked to provide an update on accomplishments to date on the Mobility Management Transportation Plan.
I began working with the Mobility Transportation Plan on September 8, 2015
Once I became orientated with the plan I immediately began the process of introduction. Many of you may have received the blast I sent out introducing myself.

26. Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Cole, Cooper, Howard, Moniteau
Sustain a regional partnership for better community access through transportation coordination and mobility management.
Mid-MO Region:
Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Cole, Cooper, Howard, Moniteau
Anthony Nichols
Mobility Coordinator
800 N. Providence Road
Columbia, MO
Funded by:

27. 2015 NADO Innovation Award NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS

28. New Projects NEW PROJECTS Volunteer Driver program Website redesign
Hiring assistant
toll free number
Title vi completed

29. VOLUNTEER DRIVER PROGRAM
Insurance
Rules
Criteria for Passengers
Criteria for Drivers
Mileage Reimbursement
Distance of Trips
Development of Forms
Pilot County
Referrals for Drivers
Other Resources must be exhausted before pairing passenger with volunteer driver
Do YOU want to be a volunteer driver?
Roll Out target is Jan 2017

30. This mobility management program is funded by grants.
New Freedom Grant (FTA-5317) from the Missouri Department of Transportation (through June 2017)
FTA 5310 Grant from the Missouri Department of Transportation (through September 2018)
Missouri Developmental Disabilities Council under provisions of PL , the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act. (through September 2019)
St. Charles County Developmental Disabilities Resource Board (October through September 2019)

31. Warren County Developmental Disabilities Board, 2016 and 2017
City of St. Charles, and 2017
Warren County Developmental Disabilities Board, and 2017
Mission Statement
It is the mission of the Warren County Developmental Disabilities Board (Warren Co. DD Board) to promote quality services for persons who have developmental disabilities and reside in Warren County.

32. SUCCESS STORIES
Dialysis patient needed a ride from Wright City to Troy. Transit provider suggested she change her dialysis to Wentzville and suggested a time that another patient went to same facility. Cost of trip was reduced from $70 to $8 round trip.
Surgery patient needed to go from Montgomery City to St. Charles. Worked with transit provider to stop in New Florence for the pick up, and stop again in St. Charles to return her to New Florence.
Vision impaired person needed to go from Warrenton to Columbia. Transit provider stopped at the Warrenton Commuter lot to pick rider up.

33. Questions and Comments???
Thank you for allowing me to present this important information! Does anyone have any questions about the program???

34. BRPC MISSION STATEMENT
To improve the quality of life in the Boonslick Region through community, economic and workforce development initiatives; conserving and protecting natural resources; protecting the citizens through emergency planning and preparedness activities; promoting efficiency in governmental programs through sound planning practices; and promoting collaborative approaches to regional challenges.

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Boonslick Regional Planning Commission
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