| (49) Reverse commute project--A public transportation
project designed to transport residents of urbanized areas and other
than urbanized areas to suburban employment opportunities, or as otherwise
defined by 49 U.S.C. §5302 or 49 U.S.C. §5316, the Job Access
and Reverse Commute program as established under the Safe, Accountable,
Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users.
(50) Ridership--Unlinked passenger trips.
(51) Rural area--A nonurbanized area.
(52) Rural transit district--A political subdivision
of the state that provides and coordinates rural public transportation
within its boundaries in accordance with the provisions of Transportation
Code, Chapter 458.
(53) Safety assurance--Processes within a transit provider's
safety management system that functions to ensure the implementation
and effectiveness of safety risk mitigation, and to ensure that the
transit agency meets or exceeds its safety objectives through the
collection, analysis, and assessment of information.
(54) Safety management policy--A transit providers
documented commitment to safety that defines the transit agency's
safety objectives and the accountabilities and responsibilities of
its employees in regard to safety.
(55) Safety promotion--A combination of training and
communication of safety information to support safety risk management
as applied to the transit agency's public transportation system.
(56) Safety risk management--A process within a transit
agency's public transportation agency safety plan for identifying
hazards and analyzing, assessing, and mitigating safety risks.
(57) Senior--An individual who is 65 years of age or
older.
(58) Small public transportation provider--A recipient
or subrecipient of federal financial assistance under 49 U.S.C. §5307
that has 100 or fewer vehicles in peak revenue service and does not
operate a rail fixed guideway public transportation system.
(59) Small urban transit district--A local governmental
entity or a political subdivision of the state that provides and coordinates
public transportation within an urbanized area with a population less
than 200,000 in accordance with Transportation Code, Chapter 458.
This definition includes urban transportation providers under Transportation
Code, Chapter 456, that received state money through the department
on September 1, 1994. This definition excludes authorities.
(60) Stakeholders--All individuals or groups that are
potentially affected by transportation decisions. Examples include
public health, work force, and human service agencies; representatives
of transportation agency employees or other affected employees; private
providers of transportation; non-governmental agencies; local businesses;
advocates for persons in diverse and traditionally underserved communities,
such as seniors, individuals with disabilities, and persons with low
incomes; and other interested parties.
(61) Subrecipient--An entity that receives state or
federal transportation funding from the department, rather than directly
from FTA or other state or federal funding source.
(62) Uniform grant and contract management standards--The
standards contained in the Texas Administrative Code, Title 1, Chapter
5, Subchapter A, concerning uniform grant and contract management
standards for state agencies.
(63) U.S. DOT--United States Department of Transportation.
(64) Unlinked passenger trips--The number of passengers
who board public transportation vehicles. A passenger is counted each
time the passenger boards a vehicle even though the passenger might
be on the same journey from origin to destination.
(65) Urban transit district--A local governmental entity
or a political subdivision of the state that provides and coordinates
public transportation within an urbanized area in accordance with
Transportation Code, Chapter 458. This definition includes urban transportation
providers under Transportation Code, Chapter 456, that received state
money through the department on September 1, 1994. This definition
excludes authorities.
(66) Urbanized area--A core area and the surrounding
densely populated area with a population of 50,000 or more, with boundaries
fixed by the United States Census Bureau.
(67) Vehicle miles--The miles a vehicle travels while
in revenue service, plus deadhead miles. This definition excludes
miles a vehicle travels for charter service, school bus service, operator
training, or maintenance testing.
(68) Vehicle revenue hours or miles--The hours or miles
a vehicle travels while in revenue service. This definition includes
layover and recovery, but excludes travel to and from storage facilities,
the training of operators prior to revenue service, road tests, deadhead
travel, and school bus and charter service.
(69) Vehicle utilization--Average daily passenger trips
per revenue vehicle, divided by average revenue vehicle capacity.
This definition provides a measure of an individual system's ability
to use existing seating capacity.
(70) Welfare recipient--An individual who has received
assistance under a state or tribal program funded under the Social
Security Act, Title IV, Part A, at any time during the previous three
year period before the date on which the applicant applies for a grant
under 49 U.S.C. §5307 or §5311, or as otherwise defined
by 49 U.S.C. §5307 or §5311.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §31.3 adopted to be effective June 15, 2006, 31 TexReg 4736; amended to be effective November 16, 2006, 31 TexReg 9353; amended to be effective February 21, 2008, 33 TexReg 1380; amended to be effective June 17, 2010, 35 TexReg 5079; amended to be effective May 19, 2011, 36 TexReg 3111; amended to be effective November 21, 2013, 38 TexReg 8253; amended to be effective December 6, 2017, 42 TexReg 6815; amended to be effective February 19, 2020, 45 TexReg 1044 |
