• Improve Transportation for People with Disabilities:
   
  Please participate in this short web survey, and encourage others to do so!
   
  http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/882523/TransitChoices
   
  The Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund (DREDF) is conducting research on what factors are most important to riders with disabilities when deciding which transit mode to use.
   
  The confidential survey results will be part of a national study called Transit Cooperative Research Project B-40: Strategy Guide to Enable and Promote the Use of Fixed-Route Transit by People with Disabilities. The goal is to develop strategies to improve bus and train systems for people with disabilities. DREDF's research partners are TranSystems Corporation, The Collaborative, and KFH Group. Please take the survey, and encourage others to do so!  Questions?
  
   
• April 1, 2012 Recommendations for Funding: Statewide Solicitation for Projects

Public Transit Division has identified projects recommended for funding.

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• OPTIS Online Training

We are pleased to be able to provide you with an online training opportunity where you’ll learn how to enter periodic reports, request grant reimbursement, track your PTD-funded projects, and more. We created a video of a recent two-day OPTIS training and broke it out into about 15 to 30 minute segments that you can watch at your own pace. (3/16/12)     Read More

• Section 5311 Grant Application for Fiscal Year 2013

The 5311 fund application is open to current 5311 grantees only. Applications were due March 30th.  (4/06/12)

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• May 2012 Public Transportation Advisory Committee meeting

The May 14, 2012 PTAC meeting is scheduled to meet on Monday at the Salem Keizer Transit District's main office, located at 925 Commercial St., SE, Salem, from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm. (04/04/12)

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• 2012 Oregon Public Transportation Conference (OPTC):  Mark your calendars for this year's OPTC event, which is being held from September 10-12, 2012 at the Seaside Convention Center.  Norm Clark, ODOT PTD Training Planner/Coordinator, has formed a Conference Planning Group consisting of the following members:

Alison Wiley, ODOT Public Transit Division
Elaine Wells, Ride Connection
Jerrica Pierson, ODOT
Arla Miller, ODOT Public Transit Division
Cynda Bruce, Lincoln County Transit
Kelly Ross, Western Advocates
Kimberly Stanchfield, EK Coaches
Liz Hormann, ODOT
Michael Ward, ODOT Public Transit Division
Misty Slagle, Western Advocates
Norm Clark, ODOT Public Transit Division
Phill Warnock, TOGO
Robin Bjurstrom, ODOT Public Transit Division
Tracy Ellis, TOGO

Any questions or input regarding the Conference should be directed to Norm at 503-986-3669 or by email at norman.clark@odot.state.or.us.

• Transportation Options Scholarships Available
  

The Public Transit Division (PTD) Transportation Options (TO) program offers sponsorships to events and campaigns that encourage travelers to rideshare, bicycle, walk, use transit, etc. Examples of recent sponsorships are $4,000 to Southern Oregon’s 2010 Bike/Walk Summit and $7,000 to point2point’s Business Commute Challenge in the Eugene area. It also offers scholarships to TO conferences. For example, Kim Curly of Commute Options for Central Oregon received a scholarship to the 2011 National Bike Summit and then reported the highlights back to the statewide group. Please contact Alison Wiley with your TO sponsorship and scholarship requests at 503-986-4131 and alison.j.wiley@odot.state.or.us.

• BETC Update

If you are interested in the Oregon Department of Energy's efforts to improve the old BETC program to comply with the requirements for HB3672.

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