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Summer 2010 1 Summer 2010 2 Summer 2010 3 Summer 2010 Table of Contents Spring/Summer 2010, Vol 28. no 3 Features 14 The Commentary: Community Transportation Magazine’s Les- sons from Transit in California 16 Paratransit, Inc. Creates Mobility Through Innovation Paratransit, Inc. specializes in the management of mobility for thousands of passengers every day through a blend of diversified services, determined leadership by the organization’s transportation professionals and well-cultivated partnerships within the community. President’s Winter Message......................................5 20 California Courage: Transit Takes on the Powerful Three years ago, both the staff and membership of the California Transit Asso- ciation embarked on a courageousEditor’s legal Note........................................................... journey to safeguard state tax invest- 7 ment that had been set aside for transit for more than 30 years by the California State Legislature. Ridesharing Resurrection.........................................6 23 Age Well: Mobility in the2009 Continuum MIT/CMU ofReal-Time Care Ridesharing Workshop....10 The work of Age Well Senior Services in Laguna Woods in providing unique mobility options is an effort that augments other transportation connections in A the region while complimenting Gamea range of of Incentives........................................... activities and services to ensure full 13 community participation for older adults in Orange County. Meaning of the Car: Identity vs. Private Space.........16 26 The Los Angeles Bus Riders Union: A Voice for Better Inte- grating Information on Ridesharing Opportunities..18 Bus Service In the pantheon of transit riders groups, few have done more to impact the Im- direction and provision of local transitportance service of Commonthan the Bus Data Riders Specs....................... Union (BRU) in 19 Los Angeles, California — and certainly none are more passionately committed to their members. Innovations in Ridesharing Offerings........................21 ACT Leadership30 FresnoAward Winner: County’s The CleanMyriad Air CampaignPaths to FindsMobility Success Through Innova- tion............................. Mobility providers23 like the Fresno County Rural Transit Agency and the Fresno County Economic Opportunities Commission – along with a score of other transit systems and community organizations – enrich life for the region’s residents through connections to work, health care, community services and many other elements. 34 Sprinter: Rails to the Heart of San Diego’s North County Winding through the communities of Oceanside, Vista, San Marcos and Escon- dido, SPRINTER neatly parallels California’s Highway 78 but represents more than a new travel conveyance. It marks the renaissance of passenger rail in the corridor after more than six decades. Departments 6 From the Editor-in-Chief Voices from the Community 10 Green Transportation Taxes and 8 A Note from CT Magazine Fees: A Survey of Californians Asha Weinstein Agrawal, Jennifer 14 The Commentary Dill and Hilary Nixon 44 Advertiser Index 12 Los Angeles Mayor Villaraigosa’s 46 Perspectives 30/10 Plan Moving Forward Tim Rutten 4 Summer 2010 5 Summer 2010 From the Editor-in-Chief Our California Adventure Publisher Dale J. Marsico, CCTM This special California edition of Community Transportation Magazine emerged out of a series Editor-in-Chief of meetings held last February in Long Beach be- Scott Bogren tween the Community Transportation Association of America’s Board of Directors and a cross-section of Editor Golden State transit operators, transit associations Rich Sampson and passenger advocates. The Board was interested in getting a first-hand understanding of the community and public transit climate in California at a time of Contributors significant economic uncertainty and upheaval. What we heard that day wasn’t a series of complaints, but a Eileen Boswell powerful affirmation of the dedication of individuals David Bruffy and organizations throughout the transit industry in David J. Cyra, PE California. Anthony Frederick Alden S. Raine, Ph.D. Universally, this message was that transit — along Caryn Souza with many other governmental services in California — was facing budget shortfalls not seen since the Great Depression. In fact, many of the session participants referred to today’s economic environment Circulation as the Great Recession. Yet there was no sense of resignation on the part of Please direct circulation questions the discussion participants; rather, one sensed an increased commitment to service and to the passengers and communities being served. to [email protected] The people and organizations that inspired us that day in Long Beach are — Finance not surprisingly — well represented in the pages of this magazine. CT Editor Don Browner Rich Sampson and I had the opportunity to travel a vast stretch of California talking to transit professionals and advocates from small towns and big cities. Editorial Offices And in addition to acknowledging the woeful condition of the state budget and 1341 G Street, N.W., 10th Floor its impact on their operations, we heard about exciting transit innovations and Washington, DC 20005 fruitful collaborations. The spirit of service that’s always highlighted the state E-Mail: [email protected] editions of Community Transportation is alive and well in California, in this Web: http://www.ctaa.org/ct our tenth state edition. Advertising Sales In all, we covered nearly 600 miles — from Laguna Hills in the south to Sacramento up north. We paid a visit to seven transit operators and three tran- Bill Shoemaker, A.H.I. sit advocacy organizations; we fought traffic in Los Angeles and fog in the San 118 Church Street, P.O. Box 519 Joaquin Valley. Selbyville, DE 19975 Phone: 302.436.4375 Near the end of our journey, one of California’s great transit leaders we were Fax: 302.436.1911 interviewing — Paratransit’s Linda Deavens — summed up what I like to call E-Mail: [email protected] the spirit of California: “Yes, the economy makes our job tougher, but it also makes our work more important as people need our service today like never Community Transportation magazine (ISSN before. We’ll be here to see that important work done… and done right.” 0895-4437) is published by the Community Transportation Association of America, a na- tional professional membership association of organizations and individuals committed to removing barriers to isolation and to im- prove mobility for all people. Subscriptions to Community Transportation are $50 for one year or $90 for two years. Foreign sub- scribers add $12 for postage. Postmaster: Send address changes to 1341 G Street, NW, 10th Floor, Washington, DC 20005. 6 Summer 2010 7 Summer 2010 We’ve Changed History – Now History is Changing Us If you pay close attention to detail, Magazine. Increasingly, you — our real-time, while also incorporating you might notice that every cover of valued readers — receive greater new amenities and tools to enhance Community Transportation magazine amounts of information and the value you receive out of this includes the phrase: Your magazine. resources from electronic sources publication. This new digital Your story. We added this slogan a like websites, email and even social Community Transportation magazine, decade ago to remind everyone that networking than ever before. So, literally, will shave weeks between this magazine is totally dedicated in the same spirit of innovation the moment when a magazine edition to what we know as community and responsiveness you’ve come to is finished, and the time it arrives transportation, and that it is expect from CTAA and Community at your organization. It will allow us our vehicle to telling that story not Transportation magazine — frankly, to link directly to source documents just to those that already know about the spirit with which this magazine and resources within our articles and us, but to the wider world that needs was first launched — we are even give us the opportunity to share more education about who we are exploring exciting new ways by which videos, audio and other interactive and what we do. we can provide you with the same elements that are impossible in high-quality content in an electronic the print medium. At the end of Through the years, we’ve done or digital format. It’s the best way we the day, we’re sure that this digital some really great work in telling the know to broadcast the positive stories publication will provide our loyal stories of community transportation about the work you do to the widest readers with a better product that — featuring themed state issues audience possible. reaches a far wider audience in a (like this California edition), more timely fashion, as well as one important topics (for instance rural To be clear, we’re not considering that saves us environmentally. transit, medical transportation and simply posting a series of PDF economic development) and breaking documents on our website and The final design and appearance of news. We’ve done this because hoping you navigate your way to this product is still very much under telling the truth about community and through them. After all, www. consideration, and I would greatly transportation is the best way we ctaa.org already offers you those welcome your thoughts. 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