1. UMass Transit Partnerships for Progress in Rural Transportation Partnerships not on your radar screen – that work!!

2. 2 UMass Transit Demographics  Pioneer Valley Transit Authority has 23 member communities. Population 600,000  Area is served by 2 operating companies SATCO Lower valley – cities of Springfield, Holyoke and suburbs UMass Transit Northern Valley 8 rural communities Pop: 110,000

3. 3 UMass Transit The Pioneer Valley

4. 4 UMass Transit Northern Pioneer Valley  UMass Operating area consists of 8 communities  Largest Amherst and Northampton  Five Colleges –UMass, Amherst College, Smith College, Mount Holyoke College and Hampshire College  The rest of the communities are rural/suburban

5. 5 UMass Transit  Operates 40 transit buses 30 at peak  Fare free to all students, faculty & staff of the Five Colleges  Service from 6am to 3 am 7 days per week during the academic calendar  UMTS operates about 1 millions miles per year, carrying 2.6M passengers and 68,000 revenue hours  15 full time employees and 150+/- part time student employees

6. 6 UMass Transit UMass Bus Garage

7. 7 UMass Transit Partnerships  UMass Transit and Pioneer Valley Transit Authority (PVTA)  UMass Transit and Towns of Amherst, Sunderland and Belchertown  UMass Transit and Five Colleges Incorporated

8. UMass Transit University of Massachusetts Amherst Transit System

9. 9 UMass Transit Pioneer Valley Transit Authority (PVTA)  Interagency Agreement to operate bus service per Massachusetts law and FTA procurement guidelines.  Service area rules and regulations  Financial arrangements  Care and use of equipment  Accident and liability responsibilities

10. 10 UMass Transit Towns  Agreement to be a member of PVTA  Financial arrangements for reimbursement  Responsibilities and liabilities

11. 11 UMass Transit

12. 12 UMass Transit Five Colleges, Inc  Agreement to operate service between the colleges  Financial responsibilities  Roles and responsibilities of each organization.

13. 13 UMass Transit Class Change on UMass Campus

14. 14 UMass Transit Summary  Success = Communication  Success = Open mindness  Success = Everyone must come to the table and participate!!  These partnerships have been in existence for over 30 years!!

15. 15 UMass Transit Questions ???!!!  Contact information  Al Byam  General Manager  UMass Transit  255 Governors Drive  Amherst, MA 01003  413-545-0056  aeb@admin.umass.edu aeb@admin.umass.edu  www.umass.edu/bus