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AGENCY TESTIMONY
Transportation program overview and funding
0:20:25
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Commissioner Cortés-Vázquez outlines DFTA's transportation program, which addresses the mobility needs of older New Yorkers who have difficulty using public transportation or require accessible vehicles. The program has undergone recent changes and improvements.
- An RFP for the transportation program was issued in FY2023.
- The program is funded at $5.5 million across nine providers in FY2025.
- There are two providers in each borough and one citywide provider.
- This program is separate from community-based transportation services provided by older adult centers.
- The transportation program fills a gap for older adults with specific mobility needs or difficulty navigating public transportation.
- Older adult center transportation services focus on getting clients to and from the centers and group outings.
Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez
0:20:25
These have been key improvements of service to our providers that we have met with the partnership with this council leadership.
0:20:32
In transportation, we issued an RFP in FY '20 '3 and we've seen that this vital program has become incredibly beneficial to older New Yorkers.
0:20:43
The transportation program is filling a gap in the lives of older adults who have difficulty navigating public transportation in New York or have specific mobility needs that require accessible vehicles.
0:20:58
In FY '25, the transportation program is funded at 5,500,000.0 across nine providers.
0:21:05
There's two in each borough with one citywide provider.
0:21:11
I would like to note that this transportation program is separate from the community based transportation services provided by our network of OACs, many of whom opted to prioritize transportation needs at their centers and included it in their RFP submissions and ultimately in these contracts.
0:21:34
These transportation programs are meant to be for OAC clients to get to and from home and for centers to have rides as a group to center outings and other activities and events.