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August 30, 2010

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South Carolina Welcomes New Facility, Fixed Route Service: Resource Center in Aiken

During Aug. 17 ceremonies attended by Peter Appel, administrator of DOT’s Research and Innovative Technology Administration, the Lower Savannah Council of Governments opened its Aging, Disability & Transportation Resource Center in Aiken, SC—one of only three in the nation.  Federal support for this center came from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and DOT’s United We Ride/Mobility Services for All Americans initiative.

The other two facilities are located in Paducah, KY, and Cherry Hill, NJ.

This facility provides transit information and trip planning to a rural six-county region that covers nearly 4,000 square miles with 300,000 residents. It serves as a central location where seniors, persons with disabilities, and the economically disadvantaged can use Intelligent Transportation Systems to access travel services instead of being forced to cope with multiple programs and caseworkers to meet their transportation needs.

The center uses ITS technology for route planning; trip schedules; automated billing; verification of passenger eligibility; and managing buses, vans, trains, and other vehicles in a single system. The resulting coordinated, technology-enabled network of transportation providers will help meet the mobility needs of underserved residents in that area, including a number of the unemployed.

 

Cutting the ribbon at the Lower Savannah Council of Governments’ (LSCOG) Aging, Disability & Transportation Resource Center are, from left, Hart Baker, South Carolina deputy transportation secretary for intermodal and freight programs; transit advocate Althea Smith; Ronnie Young, chairman of the Aiken County Council; Peter Appel, administrator of DOT’s Research and Innovative Technology Administration; LSCOG Board Chairman Roger Hill; Yvette Taylor, Federal Transit Administration Region IV administrator; Tony Kester, director of the S.C. Lieutenant Governor’s Office on Aging; and LSCOG Executive Director Wayne Rogers.

 

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