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management agreement with ACTR, Stagecoach’s debt was paid off, it regained its status as the regional
Medicaid Non-Emergency Medical trip provider, general public services were expanded, and community impact nearly doubled (from 61,400 rides in 2014 to nearly 112,600 in 2019). ACTR also benefitted by gaining shared staff, operational efficiencies and cost savings, and a deeper organizational foundation. In 2017, with the management agreement set to expire, the two Boards of Directors recognized the two agencies were stronger together than apart and Tri-Valley Transit was born. With long histories behind them, however, both divisions continued to operate under their original local branding while slowly building the TVT brand. In 2020, TVT began developing a new, unified logo with plans to implement within 3-6 months. In 2019, TVT provided more than 268,000 rides and was on track to deliver approximately 300,000 in 2020 before the COVID-19 pandemic.
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more than 55,000 work hours annually, an in-kind value of almost $ 600,000. While most trips are provided in-county, they also bring passengers to medical specialists across the state and even occasionally as far as Boston or New York City. In FY19 the Dial-A-Ride System provided 65,500 rides to
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Dial-A-Ride programs provide more than 119,000 annual rides to elders, persons with disabilities and
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Addison County Transit Resources (ACTR) of Addison County, Vermont, and Stagecoach Transportation Inc. (Stagecoach) of Orange and Northern Windsor Counties, Vermont. Stagecoach was founded in 1976 and ACTR in 1992 by community leaders who recognized that
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Over the past two decades, TVT and ACTR have been recognized more than once nationally as a model rural system and locally for community impact. In 2014, ACTR was named the
Chamber of Commerce Non-Profit of the Year, while in 2015, Executive Director Jim Moulton was named the nation’s Community
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Shuttle Bus routes operate 7 days-a-week in densely populated corridors, providing 167,000 rides annually. Every bus in the fleet is equipped with a wheelchair lift, two built-in child seats, seat belts and bike-carrying racks. More than half of the respondents to the 2019 bus rider survey
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Vermonters need more medical care and may become less fit to drive themselves. The region’s elderly population is growing (from 15% in 2000 to a projected 30% in 2030). Financial pressures create more transit need (VT people living in poverty rose from 9% in 2000 to 11.7% in 2010; and
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Commerce indicates 38% of the region’s population lives below the poverty level, is aged 65 or older or has a disability. These groups are considered “transit-dependent” because of risk indicators for isolation and poor access to the food and medicine.
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reported a household income below poverty level. They also indicated riding the bus to access work, job training or school (71%), shopping (22%) and medical care (31%). 95% of bus riders say TVT routes get them where they need them to go on time.
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