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Form A-3: Proposed Project Description <br />(a) How will the grant funding improve your agency's transportation service? Provide detail. <br />Will it be used to: <br />• Provide more hours of service? <br />• Expand service to a larger geographic area? <br />• Provide shorter headways? <br />• Provide more trips? <br />• Replace existing equipment? <br />• Purchase additional vehicles/equipment? <br />Also, highlight the challenges or difficulties that your agency will overcome if awarded these funds. <br />Section 5311 is a formula grant program for public transportation service in rural areas. In <br />Indian River County, GoLine Route 10 provides service to the rural community of <br />Fellsmere. In addition to providing service throughout Fellsmere, Route io also connects <br />each hour at the North County Hub with Routes 5, g, and 12. Via an easy transfer, rural <br />residents are able to travel to destinations throughout Indian River County. <br />The. Section 5311 funds will be used for operating assistance to maintain rural public <br />transportation service via Route 10, which provides over 9o,000 unlinked passenger trips <br />each year. <br />Most GoLine routes, including Route zo, are in service six days per week. On weekdays, <br />GoLine routes generally operate from 6 am to 7 pm. Saturday service hours are between <br />8amand 5pm. <br />Across the United States, transit systems are facing an increasingly precarious situation <br />with regards to ridership and fiscal sustainability. Unlike many other systems, GoLine <br />continues to see increases in ridership each year. Awarding this grant will contribute to <br />the financial sustainability of a public transportation system that has been .quite <br />successful in efficiently serving the needs of its community. <br />60 <br />