[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 155 (Friday, August 10, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47913-47914]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-19573]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Transit Administration


The National Center for Mobility Management Under FTA's National 
Research Program

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration (FTA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Federal Transit Administration (FTA), as the primary staff 
agency to the Federal Interagency Coordinating Council on Access and 
Mobility (CCAM), is releasing an Announcement of Funding

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Opportunities (Announcement) to promote mobility management--a 
customer-focused approach to transportation service delivery. FTA, 
under its National Research Program, plans to fund a National Center 
for Mobility Management (NCMM) which will carry-out activities to 
further mobility management and to improve and enhance the coordination 
of Federal resources for human service transportation.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general program information, as 
well as proposal-specific questions, please send an email to 
[email protected] or contact Pamela Brown at (202) 493-2503. A TDD is 
available at 1-800-877-8339 (TDD/FIRS).

I. Overview

    In recognition of the fundamental importance of human service 
transportation and the continuing need to enhance coordination, 
Executive Order 13330 (February 24, 2004) was issued on Human Service 
Transportation Coordination, establishing the Federal Interagency 
Coordinating Council on Access and Mobility (CCAM). The Executive Order 
directed multiple Federal departments and agencies to work together to 
ensure that transportation services are seamless, comprehensive and 
accessible.
    The Secretaries from the Departments of Transportation (DOT), 
Health and Human Services, Labor, Education, Interior, Housing and 
Urban Development, Agriculture, and Veterans Affairs; the Commissioner 
of the Social Security Administration; the Attorney General; and the 
Chairperson of the National Council on Disability are members of the 
CCAM.
    Specifically, the CCAM is tasked with seeking ways to simplify 
access to transportation services for persons with disabilities, 
persons with lower incomes, older adults, and other transportation 
disadvantaged populations. The CCAM launched United We Ride (UWR), a 
national initiative on human service transportation coordination, 
staffed by FTA and other CCAM partner agencies.
    The Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity 
Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) authorized funding for the 
management of a program to improve and enhance the coordination of 
Federal resources for human services transportation with those of the 
Department of Transportation. The major goal of the program was to 
assist states and local communities in the provision and expansion of 
coordinated human service transportation for older adults, people with 
disabilities, and individuals with lower incomes.
    Building upon past efforts, FTA seeks to expand the use of mobility 
management strategies and to improve human service transportation 
coordination through a new National Center for Mobility Management by 
implementing the primary goal and the following objectives:

    Goal: Enhance Transportation Coordination and Mobility 
Management in Federal, State, and Local Transportation Programs:
    Objective 1: Supporting and improving local- and state-
coordinated transportation planning processes to improve 
coordination of Federally-funded human service transportation.
    Objective 2: Encouraging the implementation of mobility 
management infrastructure and strategies in relevant industries, 
including but not limited to the transit, workforce, medical, 
veteran, and human service industries.
    Objective 3: Promoting and assisting in the development of One 
Call/One Click strategies that conveniently connect customers to 
transportation services and funding options.
    Objective 4: Supporting the activities and initiatives of the 
CCAM, its workgroups, and member agencies that improve Federal 
coordination.
    Objective 5: Carrying out targeted technical assistance, 
research or demonstration, including demonstration grant programs, 
as requested by CCAM and its members and supported by requisite 
funding availability.

    FTA intends to fund the NCMM at $1,800,000 for the first year. FTA 
may extend funding for this Center for up to five (5) years; however, 
subsequent funding will depend upon: (1) Decisions and program 
priorities established by the Secretary of Transportation related to 
the implementation of provisions set forth in Section 20012, Technical 
Assistance and Standards, of the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st 
Century Act (MAP-21); (2) future appropriations; and (3) annual 
performance reviews. Furthermore, additional funding may be provided to 
the NCMM by other CCAM members to support mobility management and 
coordinated transportation priorities.
    The Announcement includes the Request for Proposals (RFP) which 
describes the priorities established for the NCMM, as well as the 
application process and criteria upon which proposals will be 
evaluated. The full Announcement is available on the FTA's Web site at: 
http://www.fta.dot.gov/grants/13077.html and on the United We Ride Web 
site at: http://www.unitedweride.gov. The funding opportunity RFP is 
posted in the FIND module of the government-wide electronic grants Web 
site at http://www.grants.gov.

    Issued in Washington, DC, this 6th day of August, 2012.
Peter Rogoff,
Administrator.
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