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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST SPECIAL SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 1451S.P. 592 In Senate, April 3, 2025
An Act to Strengthen Coordination of Community Transportation
Reference to the Committee on Transportation suggested and ordered printed.
DAREK M. GRANT
Secretary of the Senate
Presented by Senator TIPPING of Penobscot.
Cosponsored by Representative GRIFFIN of Levant and
Senators: BALDACCI of Penobscot, BENNETT of Oxford, MOORE of Washington,
Representatives: MATLACK of St. George, MCINTYRE of Lowell, ROEDER of Bangor,
SHAGOURY of Hallowell, STOVER of Boothbay. Page 1 - 132LR1650(01)
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Maine Coordinating Council on Access and
Mobility Management
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11 The Maine Coordinating Council on Access and Mobility Management, established in
12 Title 5, section 12004-L, subsection 14, is established to issue policy recommendations and
13 undertake activities that improve the efficiency, accessibility and availability of
14 transportation for transportation-disadvantaged populations and shall serve as an advisory
15 council to the Department of Transportation and the Maine Office of Community Affairs
16 established in Title 5, section 3202.
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18 following terms have the following meanings.
19 A. "Council" means the Maine Coordinating Council on Access and Mobility
20 Management under this section.
21 B. "Mobility management" means management that focuses on meeting individuals'
22 needs through a wide range of transportation options and service providers and on
23 coordinating these services and providers to achieve a more efficient transportation
24 service delivery system.
25 C. "Mobility management hub" means a transportation hub that allows individuals to
26 access multiple modes of transportation in one location and is designed to be
27 welcoming and accessible to individuals of all mobility abilities.
28 D. "Transportation-disadvantaged populations" means populations of individuals who
29 because of physical or mental disability, income status or age are unable to transport
30 themselves or purchase transportation and as a result are dependent upon others to
31 obtain access to health care, employment, education, shopping, social activities or other
32 life-sustaining activities.
33The council consists of 6 members as follows:
34 A. The Commissioner of Transportation or the commissioner's designee;
35 B. The Commissioner of Health and Human Services or the commissioner's designee;
36 C. The Commissioner of Education or the commissioner's designee;
37 D. The Commissioner of Labor or the commissioner's designee;
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1 E. The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development or the
2 commissioner's designee; and
3 F. The executive director of the Maine Turnpike Authority.
4 The council shall annually elect a chair
5 and vice-chair from among its members, each of whom serves a term of one year. The
6 Department of Transportation shall staff and convene meetings of the council.
7The council shall:
8 A. Build interagency coordination between the Department of Transportation and the
9 Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Education, the
10 Department of Labor, the Department of Economic and Community Development and
11 other state agencies to increase efficiency and coordination of transportation funding
12 in the State;
13 B. Establish a mobility management approach among the state agencies under
14 paragraph A to increase efficiency, accessibility and sustainability of transportation
15 statewide and in regions across the State:
16 C. Establish mobility management hubs in 8 regions across the State to make more
17 efficient use of resources and leverage federal funds for public and community
18 transportation;
19 D. Use federal guidance to remove barriers to cost sharing in the State; and
20 E. Establish a timeline and a staffing and work plan for transportation coordination
21 activities between the Department of Transportation and the Department of Health and
22 Human Services and other state agencies.
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24 Transportation shall appoint a state coordinator of mobility management located within the
25 Department of Transportation and the Maine Office of Community Affairs to support the
26 establishment of mobility management hubs in regions across the State and to serve as a
27 liaison to state agencies to support and advise on transportation access efforts.
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29 This bill establishes the Maine Coordinating Council on Access and Mobility
30 Management to issue policy recommendations and undertake activities that improve the
31 efficiency, accessibility and availability of transportation for transportation-disadvantaged
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