M.C.P

Transportation Action Team

www.transportationactionteam.blogspot.com

October 16, 2008

Keller House

Present: Virginia Brunk, Cindy Dahlgren, Abdul Hossain, Gabby Castaneda, Adriana De Leon, Bill Miller, Wes Laubscher, Mary Lou Laubscher, Lina Ortiz, Diego Ramos, Bernardo Soto, Abedias Velazquez,

Check In’s

Everyone introduced themselves.

Announcements

Senior Transportation Forum

for small transportation providers in Contra Costa County

October, 26, 2008 1:30 PM 100 Gregory Lane, Conference Room, Pleasant Hill

Mary Lou was appointed to Lifeline Transportation Program Application Review Committee

Community Reports

Cindy Dahlgren reported that County Connection is experiencing four million dollar cuts in state funding. Lifeline applications completed. Route 8 continuance was not included in request. Route 8 will end operating March 2010. County Connection cannot sustain Route 8 after the three year period. Money will be used for operating money for Monument buses 114-115-111-314. Money will be used also for operating money for core routes that serve Martinez 108-116-118. They will be replacing 40 buses next year, 16 of them will be hybrids-diesel-electric buses. County connection will need to cut 75,000 hours of service starting in Spring of 2009. Route 820 Night Owl Route will end December 28. It is now costing $65 dollars a passenger ride. Retired vans will be available in 2010 instead of 2008.

County Connection Workshop

Open House: Workshops for Bus Service Reduction suggestions.

Tuesday, November 11, 2008 at Keller House 1760 Clayton Rd. Concord. Drop in hours from 4 to 7 p.m. Residents encouraged to come in and express their ideas on how to redesign routes to be more efficient an to get them where they need to go.

www.cccta.org for online flyer

Abul Hussain, Concord Transportation Director presented the large planning maps for the Monument Boulevard - Meadow Lane street improvements. The maps showed the plans for sidewalks, cross walks, wheel chair ramps and street light improvements. The whole group looked at the maps and commented. Money is in hand. The final design has yet to be completed and approved by the engineering and planning departments. Project may be completed by next year at this time.

Next Steps

Get friends to come on November 11, 2008 and bring transportation ideas to Contra Costa Connection Open House

Distribute Open House Information Cards widely.

Start thinking about other ways to transport ourselves to get where we need to go

This Meeting Highlights:

Abdul’s presentation of planning maps and information

Cindy’s County Connection announcements

Diego, Monument Crisis Youth Council representative, attended,

How this meeting could be improved:

More people

Next Meeting: Will be the County Connection Open House, November 11, 4-7 pm, at Keller House

Vision Statement By the year 2015 The Monument Transportation Action Team will have planned and implemented a “local” transportation system that will serve all residents of the Monument area who need it. It will be affordable, sustainable, safe, coordinated, environmentally sound, and get riders where they need to go in a reasonable time