CHAPTER 10. PLANNING
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Chapter 10. Planning
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Development of long range comprehensive transportation plan
Sec. 1. After reviewing the transportation plans of the Indiana
department of transportation, regional and other planning agencies,
and of each division, the district shall develop, continuously update,
and implement long range comprehensive transportation plans to
ensure the orderly development and maintenance of an efficient
system of public transportation in the district. The plan must be
approved by the board. The district shall periodically amend and
update the plan as appropriate or as requested by a division.
As added by P.L.182-2009(ss), SEC.282.
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Plan requirements
Sec. 2. The plan must identify goals and objectives with respect
to the following:
(1) Increasing ridership and passenger miles on public
transportation funded by the district.
(2) Coordination of public transportation services and the
investment in public transportation facilities to enhance the
integration of public transportation throughout the district
territory.
(3) Coordination of fare and transfer policies to promote
transfers by riders among service boards, public transportation
agencies, and public transportation modes, which may include
goals and objectives for development of a universal fare
instrument that riders may use interchangeably on all public
transportation funded by the district, and methods to be used to
allocate revenues from transfers.
(4) Improvements in public transportation facilities to bring
those facilities into a state of good repair, enhancements that
attract ridership and improve customer service, and expansions
needed to serve areas with sufficient demand for public
transportation.
(5) Access for transit dependent populations, including access
by low income communities to places of employment, using
analyses provided by the department of workforce development
and other planning agencies regarding employment and
transportation availability, and giving consideration to the
location of employment centers in each county and the
availability of public transportation at off peak hours and on
weekends.
(6) The financial viability of the public transportation system,
including both operating and capital programs.
(7) Limiting road congestion within the district territory and
enhancing transit options to improve mobility.
(8) Other goals and objectives that advance adequate, efficient,
and coordinated public transportation in the district territory.
As added by P.L.182-2009(ss), SEC.282.
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Evaluation of proposed capital improvements
Sec. 3. The plan must establish the process and criteria by which
proposals for capital improvements by a service board will be
evaluated by the district for inclusion in the five (5) year capital
program. The plan may include criteria for the following:
(1) Allocating funds among maintenance, enhancement, and
expansion improvements.
(2) Projects to be funded.
(3) Projects intended to improve or enhance ridership or
customer service.
(4) Design and location of station or transit improvements
intended to promote transfers, increase ridership, and support
transit oriented land development.
(5) Assessing the impact of projects on the ability to operate
and maintain the existing transit system.
(6) Other criteria that advance the goals and objectives of the
plan.
As added by P.L.182-2009(ss), SEC.282.
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Performance standards for public transportation services
Sec. 4. The plan must establish performance standards and
measurements regarding the adequacy, efficiency, and coordination
of public transportation services in the region and the
implementation of the goals and objectives in the plan. At a
minimum, the standards and measures must include customer related
performance data measured by line, route, or subregion, as
determined by the district, on the following:
(1) Travel times and on time performance.
(2) Ridership data.
(3) Equipment failure rates.
(4) Employee and customer safety.
(5) Customer satisfaction.
As added by P.L.182-2009(ss), SEC.282.
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Public transportation finances
Sec. 5. The plan must describe the expected financial condition of
public transportation in the district territory prospectively over a ten
(10) year period, which may include information about the cash
position and all known obligations of the district and the service
boards, including operating expenditures, debt service, contributions
for payment of pension and other post-employment benefits, the
expected revenues from fares, tax receipts, grants from the federal,
state, and local governments for operating and capital purposes and
issuance of debt, the availability of working capital, and the
resources needed to achieve the goals and objectives described in the
plan.
As added by P.L.182-2009(ss), SEC.282.
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Subregional or corridor plans
Sec. 6. The district may adopt subregional or corridor plans for
specific geographic areas of the district territory to improve the
adequacy, efficiency, and coordination of existing, or the delivery of
new, public transportation. The plans may also address areas outside
the district territory that may affect public transportation use in the
district territory. In preparing a subregional or corridor plan, the
district may identify changes in operating practices or capital
investment in the subregion or corridor that could increase ridership,
reduce costs, improve coordination, or enhance transit oriented
development. The district shall consult with any affected service
boards in the preparation of any subregional or corridor plans.
As added by P.L.182-2009(ss), SEC.282.
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Annual capital improvement plans
Sec. 7. The district shall annually establish a capital improvement
plan to govern the distribution of grants to each service division. The
capital improvement plan shall cover at least a five (5) year period
and incorporate information concerning the capital improvement
plans of the service divisions.
As added by P.L.182-2009(ss), SEC.282.
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Service division information
Sec. 8. Each service division shall provide the district with the
information that the district determines necessary to prepare the
plans required by this chapter.
As added by P.L.182-2009(ss), SEC.282.
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Interagency cooperation
Sec. 9. The district and the service boards shall cooperate with the
various public agencies charged with responsibility for long range or
comprehensive planning for the district territory. The district shall,
before the adoption of any plan under this chapter, submit its
proposals to these agencies for review and comment. The district and
the service boards may make use of existing studies, surveys, plans,
data, and other materials in the possession of any state agency or
department, any planning agency, or any unit of local government.
As added by P.L.182-2009(ss), SEC.282.
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Plans submitted to budget committee
Sec. 10. The district shall, not later than January 1 of the second
year following the year in which the district is established, submit the
plans for review by the budget committee.
As added by P.L.182-2009(ss), SEC.282.