| The Transportation Disadvantaged Local Coordinating Board
(LCB) was established to identify local service needs and
provide information, advice, and direction to the
Community Transportation Coordinator (CTC) on the
coordination of services to be provided to the transportation
disadvantaged through the
Florida
Association of Coordinated Transportation System (FACTS), as
required by
Chapter 427,
Florida Statutes. The Miami-Dade MPO is designated
pursuant to
Chapter 427,
Florida Statutes by the
Florida Commission for the Transportation Disadvantaged as
the “planning agency” that oversees the
CTC’s activities.
Miami-Dade Transit (MDT) has been the
CTC for Miami-Dade County since 1990.
MDT is the main source of public transportation in
Miami-Dade County and provides non-emergency special
transportation for ambulatory and non-ambulatory clients. The
service operates twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.
The agency has contracted successfully with agencies such as
the Agency for Health Care Administration (Medicaid),
the U.S. Department
of Veterans Affairs,
Miami-Dade Community Action Agency (CAA),
Easter Seal
Society, the Department for Human Resources and the
Florida
Department of Children and Families Services and has worked
cooperatively with the local WAGES Coalition to provide
transportation services for WAGES participants.
The LCB’s main objectives are:
- To achieve compliance with state requirements for
transportation disadvantaged planning.
- To make the public transit system accessible to people
who are physically and mentally challenged and currently are
unable to use the public transit system.
The
Florida Commission for the Transportation Disadvantaged
establishes the composition of the membership for the LCBs.
Members of the LCB are appointed by the
MPO
Governing Board. |
