Ames FY2010-2013
Passenger Transportation Development Plan (PTDP) Process

The PTDP is a annual coordinated effort between the transportation providers and human service agencies providing service for the Ames community.  The purpose is to enhance transportation access, minimize duplication of services, and facilitate the most appropriate cost-effective transportation possible with available resources.  The efforts focus on transportation for the low-income, elderly and disabled populations.  The IDOT requires that federal/state transit funding be part of the PTDP coordination process.  The plan is the responsibility of the Ames Area Metropolitan Planning Organization with CyRide (Ames transit provider) providing the staff to facilitate this process. 

PTDP meetings are held at the monthly Human Service Council meetings as part of their agenda if applicable.  The Council meets at 130 Sheldon (in Ames) in the auditorium portion of the facility.  The meeting dates, powerpoint presentations/discussions and minutes from each meeting are/will be identified below: 

• Thursday, October 23, 2008      11:30am - 1pm       PTDP discussion update 10-23-08

• Thursday, December 4, 2008     11:30am - 1pm       PTDP discussion update 12-4-08

• Thursday, January 22, 2009      11:30am - 1pm       Recommended Projects 2010-2013
                                                                              SPECIAL: PTDP 2009 Addendum

• Thursday, February 26, 2009     11:30am - 1pm      

• Thursday, March

• Thursday, April 23, 2009           11:30am - 1pm       CyRide Update

The recommended projects listed in the link above were approved through electronic consensus from the PTDP committee at the end of January 2009 to forward to the Ames Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (AAMPO).  As a result, the draft PTDP document was submitted to the Iowa Department of Transportation (IDOT) on February 1, 2009.  For the next month, comments were solicited in regard to the PTDP document from the Iowa DOT as well as any human service agency/transportation provider participating in the Ames PTDP process.  Minimal comments were received from the IDOT and were incorporated into the Final PTDP document.  No changes were made to the recommended projects.  The AAMPO Technical Committee and Policy Committees approved the PTDP document and recommended projects at their March 2009 meetings (Download minutes here). The document as well as an "executive summary" is available below by clicking on the links.

Final Ames Area 2010 PTDP(6.47 MB)
2010 PTDP Executive Summary (245 KB)
Appendix (29.37 MB)

For additional information and/or to get involved in the annual PTDP planning process, please contact Shari Atwood (Transit Planner) at satwood@cyride.com or 515-239-5539.

For past year's PTDP documents, view here!