Philadelphia Transit of Philadelphia, Mississippi, is considering applying to the Mississippi Department of Transportation, Public Transportation Division, for assistance through its Rural Area Program to provide public transporta¬tion services within Neshoba, Winston, Newton, Scott, Kemper, Leake, Clarke and Lauderdale Counties. Funding is available to state agencies, local public bodies and agencies thereof, non-profit organizations, operators of public transportation services in locations other than urbanized Area, and, under special circumstances, private operators of public transportation on a competitive basis to undertake eligible transportation activities.
The goals of the Rural Area Program are: to enhance the access of people in non-urbanized Area to health care, shopping, education, employment, public services and recreation; to assist in the maintenance, development, improvement, and use of public transportation systems in rural and small urban Area; to encourage and facilitate the most efficient use of all Federal funds used to provide passenger transportation in non-urbanized Area through the coordination of programs and services; and to provide for the participation of private transportation providers in non-urbanized transporta¬tion to the maximum extent feasible.
The purposes for which these funds can be used are capital purchases that include such items as support vehicles, communication equipment, wheel¬chair lifts, etc.; administrative costs that include such items as salaries, of¬fice supplies, insurance, etc.; and operating expenses that include such items as driver's wages, fuel, oil, etc. More specific details regarding eligible activities, program requirements and the program criteria will be provided at a public hearing which will be held via Zoom, January 5, 2022 at 9:00 AM. The purpose of this hearing will be to obtain citizen input into the devel¬opment of the application.
Topic: Philadelphia Transit Public Hearing Meeting 2022
Time: January 5, 2023 09:00 AM Central Time (US and Canada)
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