Another fiscal year has come to a close and the Public
Transportation Division is working hard to make sure that Fiscal Year 2014 is
off to a great start.
FY 2013 was a great year for public transportation in North
Carolina. Systems across the state broke ground on new facilities, opened new
offices, began new services and coordinated with other modes of transportation
to provide residents of the state with safe, reliable transportation.
In this issue of In
Transit, you’ll see just a few examples of the great things our state’s
public transportation systems are doing.
Internally, the Public Transportation Division has been
growing and changing to better serve our customers. In addition to dividing the
state into 10 regions, each with a mobility development specialist, division
staff are working on initiatives that will ultimately improve efficiency in
public transportation, including prioritization of public transportation
projects and regionalization of transit systems.
I am also making sure that staff understand what is going on
in public transportation on a local level. Public Transportation Division staff
members are continuing to travel across the state to work directly with transit
systems in their own regions. Staff even traveled to High Point earlier this
year to visit the High Point Furniture Market to see first-hand the difference
public transportation dollars are making for the international market and the
economy of High Point.
Our division also recognizes the responsibility
we have as a part of the N.C. Department of Transportation to educate those
outside of the public transportation field on what the Public Transportation Division does and why public transportation is so important to North Carolina's infrastructure. Earlier this spring, Public Transportation Division staff
participated in a two-day workshop for new division planning engineers at
NCDOT. More than 75 people attended the
workshop and left with a better understanding of why public transportation is
vital in transportation planning.
The new fiscal year is sure to bring new challenges, along
with new opportunities. I applaud our transit systems for the milestones they
continue to achieve as they better the lives of those who rely on public
transportation in North Carolina.
Sincerely,
Teresa A. Hart, PE, CPM
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