OTS Starts Transit Development Plan
For Immediate Release: February 25, 2010
Contact: Dean Leisgang, Communications Coordinator
(920) 236-5269
dleisgang@ci.oshkosh.wi.us
City of Oshkosh
City Hall
215 Church Avenue
Oshkosh, WI 54901
http://www.ci.oshkosh.wi.us/
(Oshkosh, WI.) The Oshkosh Transit System (OTS) and the East Central Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission recently kicked off an 18-month planning process to complete a Transit Development Plan (TDP) for the Oshkosh Transit System. This planning process will include a comprehensive examination of Oshkosh Transit and identify recommendations for improving the system and its services over the next five years.
“Public involvement and planning are essential to improving transit service,” said Chris Strong, Transportation Director and Manager of the Oshkosh Transit System. “We are excited to begin this transit development plan process and encourage the entire community to participate.”
A steering committee of local officials and transit stakeholders has been established to assist throughout the planning process and will meet quarterly over the next 18 months. Public input opportunities will be made available throughout the planning process and methods for public involvement will be identified in a Public Participation Plan (PPP). The participation plan will be drafted and released by the steering committee in early March of 2010. A public hearing will also be held prior to the formal adoption of the plan which is anticipated for the summer of 2011.
To provide input on OTS for the TDP, the public is encouraged to complete a brief online survey at: http://www.ci.oshkosh.wi.us/Transit/ots_public_input.aspx.
OTS’s website, http://www.oshkoshtransit.com/, will announce upcoming TDP events and other opportunities for public input. The public can also call OTS’s office at (920) 232-5340 for more information. The previous TDP for OTS was completed in July of 2005.
For more information, please contact Transportation Director and Manager of the Oshkosh Transit System Chris Strong at (920) 232-5342 or cstrong@ci.oshkosh.wi.us.
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Contact: Dean Leisgang, Communications Coordinator
(920) 236-5269
dleisgang@ci.oshkosh.wi.us
City of Oshkosh
City Hall
215 Church Avenue
Oshkosh, WI 54901
http://www.ci.oshkosh.wi.us/
(Oshkosh, WI.) The Oshkosh Transit System (OTS) and the East Central Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission recently kicked off an 18-month planning process to complete a Transit Development Plan (TDP) for the Oshkosh Transit System. This planning process will include a comprehensive examination of Oshkosh Transit and identify recommendations for improving the system and its services over the next five years.
“Public involvement and planning are essential to improving transit service,” said Chris Strong, Transportation Director and Manager of the Oshkosh Transit System. “We are excited to begin this transit development plan process and encourage the entire community to participate.”
A steering committee of local officials and transit stakeholders has been established to assist throughout the planning process and will meet quarterly over the next 18 months. Public input opportunities will be made available throughout the planning process and methods for public involvement will be identified in a Public Participation Plan (PPP). The participation plan will be drafted and released by the steering committee in early March of 2010. A public hearing will also be held prior to the formal adoption of the plan which is anticipated for the summer of 2011.
To provide input on OTS for the TDP, the public is encouraged to complete a brief online survey at: http://www.ci.oshkosh.wi.us/Transit/ots_public_input.aspx.
OTS’s website, http://www.oshkoshtransit.com/, will announce upcoming TDP events and other opportunities for public input. The public can also call OTS’s office at (920) 232-5340 for more information. The previous TDP for OTS was completed in July of 2005.
For more information, please contact Transportation Director and Manager of the Oshkosh Transit System Chris Strong at (920) 232-5342 or cstrong@ci.oshkosh.wi.us.
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