Rural Health Advisory
Committee
January 26, 2016
Overview
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Greater Minnesota Transit Systems
Review and overview of 2009 and 2011 Plans
Key components of the 2016 Plan
Components of Public Outreach campaign
Gr Mn Transit Systems
• 30 county and multicounty systems
• 7 Small Urbans
• 7 Urbans
• 3 Tribal systems
• 12.1M rides and ≈
667,000 hours in 2015
2016 Plan Objectives
• Update the 20-year strategic plan
– emphasis on seniors, low income, homeless
population, individuals with disabilities, veterans,
New Americans and commuter consumer groups
• Update the investment priorities
• Audience is the Gr MN transit providers
Health and Transit
• Transit provides access to health care and health services
– Dialysis routes, cancer treatments, volunteer drivers, medical visits
• Olmstead Plan
– Raising the bar and quality of transit service for everyone
– Transit will help support individuals with disabilities to function as independently as they wish in
their communities
• New to this plan:
– Environment of increased funding and a period of growth
– Improving access to transit and better quality of service
• Question – are there gaps that transit needs to fill in Greater Minnesota?
Developing a vision and strategy
• Environment of increased funding
• We need public input to develop a vision,
direction, and investment strategy for transit.
– Onboard Traveler survey
– Online Survey budget tool
– Wikimaps
Input from Transit Users
• Current needs
• Perceptions on available
services
• Improvement priorities
• Demographics
On-Board Survey
Preliminary Results
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Survey distributed by all* Greater Minnesota providers
Distributed the week of November 2, 2015
Translated into Spanish, Somali, Hmong
5,157 valid responses from 43 transit operators
Response Summary
Type of Service Area
Other
1%
Urbanized
38%
Rural
55%
Small Urban
6%
Primary Trip Purpose
Events (sports,
concert)
3%
Social (friends,
family)
8%
Other
10%
Work
30%
Errands
13%
Shopping
18%
School
18%
Primary Trip Purpose by User Group
100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Work
School
Shopping
Youth
Ages 18 to 64
Errands
Seniors
Social
Persons with Disabilities
Events
Other
Frequency Riding Transit
A few days per
month
8%
Once a month
or less
3%
Once a week
6%
5-7 days per
week
50%
This is my first
time
1%
2-4 days per
week
32%
Satisfaction with Availability of
Transit Service in Community
Very
dissatisfied
1%
Dissatisfied Somewhat
dissatisfied
1%
3%
Somewhat
satisfied
10%
Very satisfied
51%
Satisfied
34%
Which Improvement Would Make
You More Likely to Ride Transit?
0%
5%
10%
15%
Reliability (on-time)
20%
31%
Better frequency (less time between buses)
13%
2%
More convenient stops
Better driver courtesy
6%
2%
Lower fare/cost
More comfortable/cleaner vehicle
Shorter travel time on the bus
Other (please specify)
30%
17%
Longer service hours (earlier or later)
Better information
25%
5%
3%
5%
16%
35%
Online Survey
1. Design Your Transit
System
(Budget tool and priority
exercise)
2. Transit Needs
(Demographics and
transit preferences)
www.greatermntransit.com
Design your own Transit System:
Selected Improvements
Transportation Needs
Baxter
Wikimapping
• Google Platform
• Trip origins,
destinations and
frequency
• Seamless transit
network
• Access to Regional
Trade Centers
• http://wikimapping.com/wikimap/
MnDOTGreaterMnTransitPlan.html
Wikimapping – Where do you travel?
Conclusion
• Strong connection between transit and health but lack solid
research
• GMTIP is soliciting information from Greater Minnesotans
through surveys and wikimaps – End of January
• Will be developing strategies and investment priorities from
those results
• Draft plan mid-August, final mid-Sept.
Website - mndot.gov/transitinvestment
#TransitTuesdays
Questions, comments and discussion