Section 5311, Rural Public Transportation Program

The Federal Transit Administration is providing ADOT over $9.1 million in FY2008 to fund rural public transit systems to service communities with under 50,000 population. ADOT distributes a percentage of funds to cities, towns, and Native American tribes to operate these systems at the local level. Approximately 3.1 million miles of transportation service are provided annually to more than 868,000 passengers. Over 184,000 hours of service are provided by these systems to enhance the access of people in rural communities to health care, shopping, education, employment, public services & recreation. In some regions, the ADOT special needs and rural programs represent the only transit service available to local communities.

ADOTs Section 5311 Program administrators provide technical assistance through local transit studies as well as training opportunities for rural transit administrators. The program assists in the maintenance, development, improvement, and use of public transportation system in rural and small urban areas.

Participating 5311 Programs:

City of Cottonwood	Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community
City of Kingman	City of Coolidge
City of Bullhead City	City of Lake Havasu City
Navajo Nation	Town of Miami
City of Bisbee	Pima County
City of Sierra Vista	City of Show Low and Pinetop/Lakeside
Hopi Tribe	Regional Public Transportation Authority (RPTA)
City of Sedona	Catholic Community Services (City of Douglas)
City of Maricopa	Helping Hands Agency (City of Page)

• 5311 FTA Circular
• 2008 National Transit Database Report Form
• 2008 National Transit Database Rural Data Reporting Instructions
• Capital Procurement Handbook
• Facility Procurement Handbook

The Section 5311 Program Manager is Mr. Sam Chavez.

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