Friday, February 27, 2009 - The U.S. Department of
Transportation today awarded a $680,000 grant to the Lower Savannah Council of
Governments to provide enhanced, cost-effective transportation choices for
older adults, people with disabilities and low-income populations in Aiken,
SC.
The Lower Savannah Council of
Governments is using the funding for planning and designing an expanded human
service transportation network to include more human service transportation
providers and vehicle tracking abilities such as global positioning systems
(GPS) and to enable customers to receive information and manage their own trips
through a toll-free number and web-based applications.
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. Aiken 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
