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Winter 2024 Service Change Title VI Analysis
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DESCRIPTION: Review and acknowledgment of the Title VI analysis conducted for implementation of the Winter 2024 Service Change.
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No action is requested. Title VI Equity Analysis of the Winter 2024 Service Change. Staff finds a small disparate impact on vulnerable communities based on the RTA's Title VI and Environmental Justice Policy Manual. However, the negative impact caused by reductions in service will be mitigated by a significant increase in service reliability.
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The New Orleans Regional Transit Authority (RTA) operates 4 streetcar lines, 27 bus routes, 3 dedicated Owl/Late Night routes and offers para-transit services. Due to various factors explained below, the RTA is experiencing fleet reliability issues which are impacting the agency's ability to provide reliable service to the community. One of the short-term actions to address this issue is the enacting of a Winter 2024 Service Change on January 14, 2024, to bring scheduled service in line with the agency's current fleet availability.
The Regional Transit Authority (RTA) has established a Title VI Program, the Environmental Justice and Social Equity Policy (2013), in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; 49 CFR Part 21; FTA Circular 4702.1B; related statutes and regulations to ensure compliance with Title VI, to the end that no person is excluded from participation in, or denied the benefits of, services on the basis of race, color, or national origin.
The policy establishes that a change is considered to have a disproportionate burden (low-income) or disparate impact (minority) if the percentage of residents affected by the change is greater than the group's proportion of the service area population. However, it does not specify a threshol...
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