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 Families Transportation Assistance, through Mobility Program, Tompkins County Department of Social Services:  If you work or are looking for work and meet the program criteria, you can get three months of bus passes or three months of gas mileage support. You can qualify if you meet one of these criteria: You have a child under the age of 18 in your household; or you have a child under the age of 19 who goes to high school or BOCES in your household; or, a household member is pregnant; or you have a child under the age of 18 who does not live with you.  And you meet ALL of these criteria: You get food stamps or Medicaid or have household income less than 200 percent of federal poverty level. (DSS can look this up for you); you are 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.

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 7 to 15 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

 

CityVan, a way to go from Newfield and Enfield to Ithaca. CityVan is operated by Ithaca Dispatch under contract with Tompkins County. CityVan takes residents in Newfield and Enfield to Ithaca five times a day on weekdays, Monday through Friday. The one-way price is $3 for adults 18 and older and $2 for youth 6-17. Children 5 years and under are free when riding with an adult. There is a limite of 3 children per adult. Call 277-7777 to reserve a trip 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The earlier you call, the more certain you will be to reserve a trip at the time you want.

 

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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