Friday, February 27, 2009 - The U.S. Department of
Transportation (DOT) today announced a $700,000 grant to the Camden County
Workforce Investment Board to provide enhanced, cost-effective transportation
choices for older adults, people with disabilities and low-income populations
in Camden
County, NJ.
The Camden County Workforce
Investment Board is using the funding for planning and designing a
transportation brokerage system supported by a comprehensive set of
transportation modes, and for promoting fixed-route public transportation usage
for human service clients through accessibility improvement.
The United We Ride/Mobility for All
Americans joint demonstration adopts a two-phased approach. Eight sites were selected to in 2007
participate in Phase 1, which was system planning and design. Camden
is one of three Phase 1 sites selected to move forward to system deployment,
the second phase of the program.
Funding for the demonstration is provided
by the Intelligent Transportation System Joint Program Office of the Research
and Innovative Technology Administration in Partnership with the Federal
Transit Administration
