FLA FACTS FAQ

How does FACTS promote coordinated transportation?

         - 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