Region 8 Human Service Transportation Plan Committee

The Human Service Transportation Plan (HSTP) is a unified, locally-derived, comprehensive plan for delivery of public and specialized transportation that services persons with disabilities, older adults, and persons with limited incomes by:

  • Identifying transportation needs, gaps, and barriers;
  • Outlining strategies for coordination transportation to better address those needs; and
  • Prioritizing the transportation projects.

Region 8 encompasses the following counties within East Central Illinois: Champaign, Clark, Coles, Cumberland, DeWitt, Douglas, Edgar, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt, Shelby & Vermillion. The Region 8 Human Service Transportation Plan Committee meets on the third Thursday of March, June, September, and December each year. The Committee helps plan, develop, and assist in the deployment of transportation programs that maximize the use of available transportation services and scarce public capital and operating funding. The HSTP Region 8 is composed of Policy (representative from each county), Technical (stakeholder agencies), and Advisory Committees (representative from a Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) and/or 5307 Transit Provider from the urbanized areas within the Region).

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Staff Contacts

HSTP Committee

Technical Committee

  • Larry Fisher
    CCAR Industries
  • Drew Bargmann
    Champaign County Area Rural Transit System
  • Beth Beck-Marts
    Central Illinois Public Transit
  • Amy Brown (Vice-Chair)
    CRIS Rural MTD
  • Joe Rassmussen
    Crosspoint Human Services
  • Mike Brown
    CTF Illinois
  • Brad Parks
    Developmental Services Center
  • Kaycie Sanders
    Dial-A-Ride
  • Patrick Harness
    East Central Illinois Area Agency on Aging
  • Mervet Adams
    Health Alliance
  • Ken Polky
    Human Resources Center of Edgar & Clark
  • Lynette Ashmore
    LifeLinks
  • Brenda Reed
    Macon County Resources
  • Paul Cook
    Moultrie County Beacon
  • Jermaine Raymer
    PACE, Inc.
  • Jami Trybom
    Piatt County Public Transportation
  • Debra King
    Rides Mass Transit District
  • Tom Colcasure
    Shelby County Community Services
  • Laura Dick
    SHOW BUS
  • Emily Dobson (Chair)
    Soyland Access to Independent Living
  • Gale Kirkpatrick
    Swann Special Care Center

 

Policy Committee

  • Vacant
    Champaign County
  • Vacant
    Clark County
  • Kelly Lockhart (Chair)
    Coles County
  • Luke Parr
    Cumberland County
  • Vacant
    DeWitt County
  • Don Munson
    Douglas County
  • Vacant
    Edgar County
  • Debra Kraft
    Macon County
  • Roger Glazebrook
    Moultrie County
  • Ray Spencer
    Piatt County
  • Barbara Bennett
    Shelby County
  • Steve Gulick
    Vermillion County

 

Advisory Committee

  • Rita Morocoima-Black
    Champaign County Regional Planning Commission
  • Karl Gnadt
    Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District
  • Jaclyn Marganski
    Danville Transportation Study
  • John Metzinger
    Danville Mass Transit
  • John Williams
    Decatur Public Transit System
  • Joselyn Stewart
    Decatur Urbanized Area Transportation Study (DUATS)