Western Reserve Transit Authority

This document presents an updated Coordinated Public Transit Human Services Transportation Plan for Mahoning County, Ohio, and Mercer County, Pennsylvania. The plan focuses on improving travel mobility for four target populations: older persons, persons with disabilities, low-income families, and veterans. It identifies critical mobility issues, assesses existing transportation services, highlights unmet needs, and proposes strategies and solutions for coordinating services among public, human service, and private transportation providers to enhance overall accessibility.

This Coordinated Public Transit-Human Services Transportation Plan for Mahoning and Trumbull Counties, Ohio, outlines a four-year strategy focused on identifying and overcoming mobility barriers for seniors, persons with disabilities, and low-income populations. Key priorities include securing funding, ensuring safe access to transportation services, enhancing existing services, and establishing regional transportation options. The plan also emphasizes implementing multiple service delivery modes, centralized communication, public education, and fostering collaboration among providers to ultimately develop and implement a comprehensive mobility and management system.

This Coordinated Public Transit-Human Services Transportation Plan for Mahoning and Trumbull Counties aims to identify and address transportation needs and gaps, particularly for seniors, persons with disabilities, and low-income populations, to improve mobility and maximize resource efficiency. The plan outlines four overarching strategies: improving safe access to transportation services and key destinations, employing a regional mobility manager, implementing transportation service enhancements, and establishing a 'one-call-center' for centralized information.