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Frequently Asked Questions
How does FACTS promote coordinated transportation?
FACTS promotes coordinated transportation through:
- Peer to peer networking
- Identifying problems and sharing solutions
- Providing information and recommendations to
political leaders, agencies, organizations and
individuals enhancing their ability to make
locally appropriate decisions
- Supporting local, state, and federal agencies
which work to improve transportation
Who can be a member of FACTS?
- Community Transportation Coordinators (CTCs)
- Designated Official Planning Agencies
- Carriers which have contracts with CTCs
- Vendors who sell supplies and/or services to CTCs,
carriers or the Commission for the Transportation
Disadvantaged.
Long term goals and objectives of FACTS
- To encourage all CTCs and other eligible parties to
join FACTS
- To promote coordinated transportation, both within
and between counties
- To strive for stable and dependable funding streams
for the transportation disadvantaged who may be
persons with
disabilities, elderly, children at risk,
or low income and unable to purchase or
provide their own transportation
- To advocate for increased funding so that individuals
who need assistance can receive essential
services
- To insure that passengers are transported on safe
vehicles which have been serviced regularly and
undergone daily and annual inspections
How will FACTS' goals be met?
- By coordinating the efforts of the members of FACTS
- By acting as a clearing house for information which
will benefit the membership
- By focusing the efforts of the Federal, State and
Local governmental entities toward mobility for all
- By educating political leadership at all levels
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