Community Transit Plan

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Community Transit Plan - December 2000

This report presents a plan for providing transportation services in Florence and surrounding communities. At the discretion of the City of Florence, this community transit plan (CTP) can serve as a refinement to the transit element for the City's transportation system plan (TSP). The CTP provides a ten-year vision for future development of public transportation services. Specifically, the CTP will:

• Identify existing transportation services,
• Identify and assess public transportation and specialized transit needs (specifically for older people and people with disabilities),
• Recommend a transit service and implementation plan that contains suggestions for alternative financing strategies, and
• Present policies and long-term strategies for guiding the development of transit services.

While the transit plan can serve to refine the City's TSP, it focuses on finding short-term solutions to meet immediate service needs and regulatory requirements as well as setting out a long-range plan for transit services as desired by the Florence community.