New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Chapter VI - Transportation Regulations
Subchapter G - Mass Transportation Operating Assistance
Part 980 - Rural Public Transportation Coordination Assistance Program Rules And Regulations
Section 980.2 - Purpose and mandate
Current through Register Vol. 45, No. 52, December 27, 2023
(a) Purpose. The program has the following purposes and objectives:
(b) Mandate. Public, private, and private non-profit corporations or organizations applying for or receiving federal, state or local aid in order to provide or contract for public transportation services or transportation to the general public and specific clientele groups in rural counties, shall coordinate and integrate funding and resulting services, to the maximum extent possible, with Services Coordinators and Coordinated Service Operators in said counties in accordance with this Part. A rural county's designated Services Coordinator may request, from public and private agencies receiving federal, state or local aid in that county, such information or data related to transportation services, facilities, equipment, usage, costs, revenues and funds as he or she may deem necessary for the preparation, revision, updating and implementation of the county's coordinated public transportation service plan. Transportation services funded under this Part must be coordinated with transportation services funded by other federal, state and local sources.