Transportation Resources

NYPTA (New York Public Transit Association): www.nytransit.org


APTA (American Public Transportation Association): www.apta.com

 

Federal Transit Administration: www.fta.dot.gov


NYSDOT Transit Bureau: www.nysdot.gov

 

The Ithaca-Tompkins County Transportation Council (ITCTC) is the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for Tompkins County. The ITCTC is charged with facilitating county-wide transportation planning.

Contact: Fernando de Aragón, Executive Director

121 E. Court St.,

Ithaca, NY 14850

Phone at (607) 274-5570

Web site: www.tompkins-co.org/itctc

Email: itctc@tompkins-co.org

Working Adults Transportation Assistance, through Mobility Program, Tompkins County Department of Social Services:  If you work or are looking for work , you can get two months of discounted  gas cards  up to a 50% discount .  To qualify: receive Food stamps or Medicaid or have household income less than 200 percent of federal poverty level. (DSS can look this up for you); an adult working or looking for work; you live in Tompkins County; and you are a U.S. citizen or have immigration status.

 
Contact: Cynthia Kloppel, Mobility Program Specialist, Tompkins County DSS

Human Services Building

320 W. State and Martin Luther King Streets

Ithaca, NY, 14850

(607)-274-5022





 

Way2Go: Take Charge of your Transportation: One-stop information source for all transportation resources in Tompkins County .

Contact: Chrisophia Somerfeldt, Way2Go Transportation Educator.

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County

615 Willow Ave.

Ithaca, NY 14850

Web site: www.way2goinfo.org

Email: takecharge@way2goinfo.org

 

Ithaca Carshare: a membership service offering 24/7 self-serve access to fuel efficient cars and a truck located in Ithaca, NY.

Ithaca Carshare has also launched a low-cost Easy Access Plan for income-eligible members! The Easy Access plan is available to income-eligible members thanks to a federal transportation grant. Membership costs only $10 per month, and comes with $15 of credit towards driving each month. Driving is $4.95 per hour and 20 cents per mile. For more details and eligibility requirements, click here.

Contact: Jennifer Dotson, Ithaca Carshare Executive Director

P.O. Box 418

Ithaca, NY 14851-0418

(607)-277-3210

Web site: www.ithacacarshare.org

Email: infor@ithacashare.org

 

Vanpool: TCAT has contracted with VPSI, Inc., based in Troy, Mich., to provide the vehicles and administrative support for a community vanpool program. A vanpool is a group of 5 to 9 people who commute together on a regular basis in a commuter van.  The commuters live near each other and/or work near each other.  Typically, although not always, these commuters do not live close to a fixed bus route. 

Contact: Jesse Kafka, VPSI Representative

Phone: 1-800-VAN-RIDE

Web site: www.vanride.com

Look for a vanpool by clicking here:

http://www.vanride.com/Commuter/SearchVans2.asp
 

 

Cornell Transportation and Mail Services provides leadership in developing and implementing comprehensive, economical, flexible and efficient programs to facilitate the movement of people vehicles, mail and packages.

Phone: (607) 255-4600

Web site: www.transportation.cornell.edu

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