RURAL AND SMALL URBAN AREA PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
Trans 6.01 Purpose and scope. Trans 6.03 Federal share of project costs. Trans 6.04 Distribution of federal aids. Trans 6.05 Operating grants to rural and small urban areas. Trans 6.06 Capital grants. Trans 6.07 Application for federal aids. Trans 6.08 Reporting requirements. Trans 6.09 Labor protection requirements. Trans 6.10 Property management and disposition. Trans 6.11 Federal aid grant agreements. Ch. Trans 6 NoteNote: Chapter Trans 6 was created by emergency rule effective April 17, 1979. Chapter Trans 6 was repealed and recreated by emergency rule effective April 20, 1983. Chapter Trans 6 as it existed on October 31, 1983 was repealed and a new chapter Trans 6 was created effective November 1, 1983. Chapter Trans 6 was repealed and recreated by emergency rule effective November 30, 1983. Chapter Trans 6 as it existed on April 30, 1984 was repealed and a new chapter Trans 6 was created effective May 1, 1984.
Trans 6.01Trans 6.01 Purpose and scope. The purposes of this chapter are to prescribe the department’s administrative interpretation of ss. 85.20 and 85.23, Stats., and to prescribe the administrative policies and procedures for implementing the federal program for public transportation projects in rural and small urban areas. This program is authorized by 49 USC 5311, as amended. The goal of this program is to enhance access of people in rural and small urban areas for purposes such as health care, shopping, education, recreation, public services, and employment by encouraging the maintenance, development, improvement and use of public transportation services. Trans 6.02(1)(1) “Capital equipment” means non-expendable personal property for use in the provision of public transportation service and having all of the following: Trans 6.02(1g)(1g) “Capitalized maintenance project” means vehicle and facility related maintenance which a mass transit system has classified as a capital project as allowed under 49 USC chapter 53. Trans 6.02(1r)(1r) “Department” means the Wisconsin department of transportation. Trans 6.02(2)(2) “Eligible applicant” means a local public body or federally recognized American Indian tribal governing body. Trans 6.02(2m)(2m) “Eligible project cost” means an expense that an eligible applicant incurs in the operation or capitalization of a public transportation service for which it is eligible to receive federal section 5311 funds. Trans 6.02(3)(3) “Eligible public transportation service” means a public transportation service operating or designed to operate in rural or small urban areas. Trans 6.02(4)(4) “Federal section 5311 funds” means all funds appropriated to the state for use in the federal program for public transportation projects in small urban, rural and intercity areas. Trans 6.02(5)(5) “Intercity bus service” means regularly scheduled bus service for the general public that operates over routes connecting 2 or more urbanized areas and serving rural or small urban areas, or both. Trans 6.02(5g)(5g) “Job access and reverse commute project” means a transportation project to finance planning, capital, or operating costs that support the development and maintenance of transportation services designed to transport welfare recipients and low-income individuals to and from jobs and employment-related activities, including transportation projects that facilitate the provision of public transportation services from rural and urbanized areas to suburban employment locations.