Retirement
Congratulations
to Pat Perry, Mobility Development Specialist, on her retirement in June! Pat
served as a Mobility Development Specialist with the Public Transportation
Division since 1998 working with public transportation systems serving western
North Carolina.
2013 Public
Transportation Conference
Mark
your calendars! The 2013 Public Transportation Division Annual Conference: Steering Through Change, will be held
from Oct. 7 – Oct. 9 at the Hilton North Raleigh/Midtown Hotel in Raleigh! More
information soon to come!
Safety and
Training Unit
Each
year, the Apprenticeship and Internship Program matches current graduate
students and recent college graduates with a sponsor public transportation
agency, transportation management company or planning organization for a paid
12-month apprenticeship or internship. Beginning July 1, seven apprentices and
one intern will begin their year-long apprenticeship or internship in public
transportation through this program. Each apprentice and intern will have an
opportunity to get first-hand work experience in the public transportation
industry and prepare for a career in the future.
Procurement Unit
Conversion
van and lift van order forms are currently going out to all grantees that were
awarded vans this past year. The contract was awarded June 4 to The Braun
Corporation.
To
help improve transit services statewide, the Procurement Unit has requested
information from vendors regarding various types of bus equipment including
mobile digital video recording systems, electronic vehicle inspection systems,
automatic passenger counters for transit vehicles, automatic voice annunciation
systems, mobile data computers/automatic vehicle location systems and
fareboxes. This information will be used to develop a statewide contract that
any public agency will be able to order from.
Financial Management Unit
The Financial
Management Unit reconciled projects to close out the fiscal year. The funding
for the rideshare program SharetheRideNC, Apprenticeship and Internship
Program, and state match projects approved by
the Board of Transportation in April and May have been sent out to grantees;
however, the 5303, 5310, 5311, 5316 and 5317 grants are still awaiting FTA
review and approval before contracts can be released.
The deadline to close all ARRA
projects is Sept. 30, 2013. Out of the 72 funded ARRA projects, 59 have been
closed, with 13 still open for invoicing. A total of $31.8 million in ARRA
funding was appropriated to the Public Transportation Division, of which $26.6
million has been expended, leaving a balance of $5.3 million obligated on
projects, and a balance of $1.2 million not allotted on projects.
The FY 2013 budget appropriation
for the Bus and Bus Facility Program totals $3, 072,783, of which $2,631,506 has
been allotted to projects. The fund balance on this program is $441,277 to be
used on new projects.
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