North Central Texas Regional Coordination Plan |
 The North Central Texas Regional Coordination Plan was developed in 2006 and serves to provide a comprehensive plan for the North Texas Region's transit goals.
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Vision
To have coordinated, efficient, and accessible transportation services in North Central Texas that eliminate waste, promote use by the general public, and are environmentally friendly.
Mission
To develop a regional public transportation plan for North Central Texas that includes short and long-term implementation strategies to move the region towards coordinated, accessible, and efficient public transportation services.
Regional Coordination Goals
Customer First
Seamless Services
Enhanced Communication between Agencies, Providers, and Users
Education for Agencies, Providers,
Regional Coordination Policies
Communication/Education
- Educate the public regarding available programs and services.
- Improve communication among providers and agencies.
- Improve the flow and consistency of information provided between funding agencies and providers.
Resources
- Maximize the efficient use of transportation resources available in North Central Texas.
- Facilitate the development of common procurement practices throughout the region.
- Leverage traditional and non-traditional transportation funding to expand services across the region.
- Streamline reporting requirements and reduce duplication in grant administration activities.
Seamless Transportation Services
- Work to minimize the impact of boundaries on the delivery of seamless transportation services.
- Encourage uniform definitions and procedures across services and providers to improve mobility.
- Establish policies and procedures that encourage and reward coordination.
- Encourage common technology use among providers.
- Promote innovative projects that utilize multiple funding streams.
Implementation Strategies
Short Term Implementation Strategies
- Develop a linked system of common transfer points between transit providers.
- Develop regionally accepted certification for clients eligible under the Americans with Disabilities Act (e.g., Regional ADA Pass, Regional ADA Certified Database, etc).
- Update Existing Transportation Provider Inventory (TPI) and make more visible on NCTCOG website and link from other transit agency websites.
- Create Transportation Provider Inventory (TPI) based "pamphlet" to distribute throughout the region in libraries, community centers, senior centers, workforce centers, etc.
- Establish a standing Regional Transit Operations Work Group with smaller subgroups of those "that touch you."
- Develop standardized eligibility standards (e.g., definitions of elderly and disabled).
- Eliminate idle wait times for providers crossing jurisdictional boundaries by coordinating with other providers (e.g., trips to DFW).
- Encourage cost-sharing agreements between providers to transport clients to/from other jurisdictions.
- Identify underutilized vehicles that can be shared to increase overall efficiencies.
- Encourage regional, rather than local taxi cab certification/registration.
- Coordinate rate and fares for similar services.
Medium Term Implementation Strategies
- Develop regional policies to support integrated services across jurisdictional boundaries.
- Develop common application/certification process among ADA providers.
- Create a GIS-based website to map routes Throughout the region and across jurisdictional boundaries.
- Eliminate service gaps both within and between service areas.
- Provide service where no service exists or is limited (e.g., expand Job Access).
- Coordinate long-term funding to expand service provision (e.g., Medicaid, etc.).
- Coordinate alternative fuel requirements for new vehicles (e.g., move to emission-based standards).
- Eliminate overlap between service areas.
- Develop a common ID card for users.
- Establish a coordinated capital asset management plan to centralize vehicle disposition and replacement.
- Develop standardized vehicle specifications for suggested use classifications.
- Develop a regional customer education program to address how to read schedules, identify the bus, pay the fare, etc.
- Develop recommendations for common reservation, scheduling, and dispatch practices throughout the region.
Long Term Implementation Strategies
- Establish a regional point of contact to access transportation services.
- Coordinate payment collection, such as by a Universal fare card.
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