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Coborrus County Transit System Joint Multiple County Systems Finol Report - September 2015 Western Piedmont Regional Transit Authority (WPRTA) is by far the most sophisticated multi- Community Transit collaboration in North Carolina. Many hours of negotiations were involved in getting the Commissioners to sign the Memorandum of Understanding that lays out the financial commitments. Even today new issues arise that weren't anticipated during inception. The complexity of combining multiple funding sources, categorical eligibility criteria, and many social service agencies is perceived as a barrier to coordinated transportation systems. A two county Rowan and Cabarrus union would have the added benefit of a single MPO to serve as an arena for discussing the financial issues, using the FTA Section 5303 and 5307 funds that are awarded to the MPO for this planning /facilitation function. There are several successful two county transit systems in North Carolina. Service Delivery Alternatives Conclusions Any major shift from the existing CCTS in -house operation, which is conveniently housed within the same building occupied by the primary agencies using the services, would be disruptive and would take a couple of years to implement. If any other than a status quo was to be considered, the City- County Consolidation seems like a logical choice based on the collaborative working history of CCTS and CK Rider Transit and the rapidly urbanizing growth of the County. Of the various organizational structure options listed above only the City- County Consolidation has a NCDOT -PTD scope for a planning study to advance regionalization. 9.4 A BROAD RANGE OF POSSIBLE SERVICE IMPROVEMENT ALTERNATIVES Given the reduction in service area, potential loss of the ADA contract, limited focus on general public transportation needs and low performance indicators of the existing transit operations, there was a need to study multiple layers of alternatives will largely to maintain CCTS at the current fleet and staffing level: • Make current delivery more efficient — i.e. coordinated medical trips • Take full advantage of the growing urban transit services — i.e. CCTS feeder service • Add any reportable trips that can be provided at low cost — i.e. seats available, volunteer driver / vanpool A list of the preliminary 22 initiatives with: cost calculation, funding summary and potential funding sources can be found in Appendix C. The narrative of each initiative follows. Out of County Medical Trip Coordination — with Added Transit Access for Commuters Out -of- County medical transportation consumes between 8 -10% of the revenues of the Community Transit Systems in this region. An effective strategy employed by Cabarrus, Attachment number 1 \n F -3 Page 153