Transportation is vital for people to get to work, grocery stores, medical appointments, child care, school, and participate in the economy. With transportation at the heart of many barriers Ohioans face in their daily lives, Ohio needs a 21st century transportation system made up not only of roads and highways but also a network of transportation options, including public transit, passenger and freight rail, streetcars, hybrid buses, electric vehicles, and walk-able, bike-able streets. Speakers include: - Akshai Sing, Representative, Ohio Transportation Equity Coalition - Kirt Conrad, President, Ohio Public Transit Association - Homer Carlisle, Professional Staff Member, Ranking Member Sherrod Brown

1. State Budget Update on
Public Transportation
Ohio is stronger when transportation is
affordable and accessible for all.

2. a statewide coalition of over 485 organizations and thousands of
individual advocates.
Advocates for Ohio’s Future is…

3. Ohio should be a great place for ALL Ohioans to live
and work.
Participate in
the economy
Be healthy and saf
e
Afford the basics

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5. Webinar Presenters
Homer Carlisle
Professional Staff Member
Ranking Member Sherrod Brown
Kirt Conrad
President
Ohio Public Transit Association
Akshai Singh
Representative
Ohio Transportation Equity Coalition

6. Akshai Singh
Representative
Ohio Transportation Equity Coalition

7. Public Transit in the Ohio Budget:
Still behind the curve and below the average.
Akshai Singh
Ohio Transportation Equity Coalition

8. The State of Ohio’s funding for local services is in flux
and inadequate – particularly for public transit.
• Ranks 44th among the states
• $0.63 per capita
• 2018-19 budget to provide $40 million/year
• Other states do better –
o Michigan - $200 million/year
o Minnesota, $340 million/year
o Pennsylvania, $846 million/year

9. ODOT Transit Needs Study Called for Greater
State Investment
Source: ODOT Transit Needs Study

10. Public transit comes out of the 2018-19 state
budget with less than it had going in.

11. Most of the 8 Urban systems lose funds due to
MCO tax changes in 2018. Everyone loses in 2019.

12. Ohio’s Investment of General Revenue Funds
has Fallen Steeply Over Time

13. • Many people lack cars
• People with disabilities need transit options
• Older people stop driving, need options
• Workers need a ride to work
• Employers need regional labor pool
• Young people want transportation options
• Ease congestion, mitigate air pollution, reduce
wear and tear on roads
Why should the state invest more in public
transit?

14. More Flexible Highway Funds Should be Used

15. Kirt Conrad
President
Ohio Public Transit Association

16. Medicaid Transportation
• Using Innovation and New Technologies to Improve
Transportation for Those Seeking Health Services: Ohio
will modernize its existing non-emergency medical
transportation system for Ohioans seeking medical
treatment

17. State Budget Proposal
• Greg Moody, director of the Office of Health
Transformation, said the state wants to centralize non-
emergency medical transportation for those on Medicaid.

18. Current Situation
• Right now, programs are county-administered, which can
lead to confusion and occasionally having to switch
transportation, Moody said.

19. Proposed Solution
• The state would first standardize companies qualified to
provide transportation, then name a state broker who
would connect patients with providers

20. Impact to transit systems
• State wants to work with transit systems
• Educating Department on barriers and issues that need
improved
• State wants to reduce duplication and improve regulatory
barriers

21. Homer Carlisle
Professional Staff Member
Ranking Member Sherrod Brown

22. Homer Carlisle | Professional Staff Member | Ranking Member Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
Please consider my remarks in today’s webinar to be “off the record,” and nothing I say should be attributed in any
reporting. The opinions I express are my own and don’t necessarily reflect the views of Senator Brown. If any
reporter would like to obtain a statement from the Senator, I would be happy to provide contact information for
our communications staff.
Thank you.

23. Homer Carlisle | Professional Staff Member | Ranking Member Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
“We are going to fix our inner cities and rebuild our highways, bridges, tunnels, airports, schools,
hospitals.”
- President-Elect Trump [Election Night Speech, 11/9/16]
“…we have obsolete trains. We have bad roads. We're going to change all of that, folks."
- President Trump [NPR, 2/9/17]
"Infrastructure — we're going to start spending on infrastructure big. Not like we have a choice. It's not
like, oh gee, let's hold it off."
– President Trump [CNBC, 2/27/17]
The Infrastructure Promise…

24. Homer Carlisle | Professional Staff Member | Ranking Member Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
The President’s plan?

25. Homer Carlisle | Professional Staff Member | Ranking Member Sherrod Brown (D-OH)

26. Homer Carlisle | Professional Staff Member | Ranking Member Sherrod Brown (D-OH)

27. Homer Carlisle | Professional Staff Member | Ranking Member Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
Repairing and Improving Public Transportation: $130 billion

28. Proposed Budget Cuts
Homer Carlisle | Professional Staff Member | Ranking Member Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
Transit: “Limits funding for the Federal Transit Administration’s Capital Investment Program (New Starts) to
projects with existing full funding grant agreements only. Future investments in new transit projects would be
funded by the localities that use and benefit from these localized projects.”
Amtrak: “The Budget terminates Federal support for Amtrak’s long distance train services, which have long been
inefficient and incur the vast majority of Amtrak’s operating losses.”
TIGER: “Eliminates funding for the unauthorized TIGER discretionary grant program, which awards grants to
projects that are generally eligible for funding under existing surface transportation formula programs, saving
$499 million from the 2017 annualized CR level.”

29. Homer Carlisle | Professional Staff Member | Ranking Member Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
The path forward…
“Rebuilding American infrastructure will put Ohioans to work. We can
create jobs building the roads, transit, and broadband systems that will
support our 21st century economy. I look forward to working with my
colleagues on both sides of the aisle and with President Trump to put
Ohioans to work creating an infrastructure system that will be the envy
of the world once again.”
-Sen. Sherrod Brown, 3-20-17

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