Transit programs
Grants
- Greater Minnesota transit grants
- Project Selection & Technical Assistance Committee
- Regional Transportation Coordination Councils
- Transit Coordination Assistance Project
Rural Transit Assistance Program
Drug and alcohol program compliance
Public Transit Comprehensive Review Program
The Comprehensive Review Program is designed as one element of a multifaceted approach to assisting our public transit agencies with their evaluation of management practices and to ensure compliance with federal and state laws, rules, requirements, and regulations. The review focuses on thirteen major areas; including program and financial management, award management and reporting, transit asset management, use, and maintenance, procurement, transit operations, Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE), Title VI, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO), and Charter and School Bus.
MnDOT Office of Transit and Active Transportation has contracted with RLS and Associates, to work with the Office in planning, conducting and reporting activities for the Comprehensive Review, over a period of 4 years. The full Review Program is conducted in three phases, with the first phase the gathering of documents for a desk review. The second phase is an on-site visit to the main location of a public transit system. This phase typically will be over a two-day period. The final, or third phase, will produce a Report that will identify findings, advisory recommendations, and best practices.
The schedule for Comprehensive Reviews in 2023 are as follows:
Transit System Name |
Scheduled Review Year |
Month |
Kanabec County |
2022 |
December |
Rainbow Rider Transit Board |
2022 |
November |
United Community Action Partnership |
2022 |
November |
Arrowhead Econ. Opp. Agency |
2023 |
April |
Becker County |
2023 |
May |
City of Brainerd |
2023 |
August |
City of Morris |
2023 |
September |
City of Winona |
2023 |
October |
Faribault-Martin County Transit Board -- Prairie Lakes Transit |
2023 |
November |
SEMCAC (Rolling Hills Transit) |
2023 |
October |
Southwestern MN Op Council |
2023 |
November |
Tri-County Action Program |
2023 |
September |
Wadena County Highway Dept. |
2023 |
August |
Brown County Human Services |
2024 |
|
Central Community Transit |
2024 |
|
City of Fosston |
2024 |
|
City of Hibbing |
2024 |
|
City of Saint Peter/MN River Valley Transit |
2024 |
|
Productive Alternatives Inc. (Transit Alternatives) |
2024 |
|
Three Rivers Community Action |
2024 |
|
Trailblazer Joint Powers Board |
2024 |
|
Tri-Valley Opportunity Council |
2024 |
|
Watonwan County |
2024 |
|
Cedar Valley Services |
2025 |
|
Hubbard County (Heartland Express) |
2025 |
|
Paul Bunyan Transit |
2025 |
|
Prairie Five RIDES |
2025 |
|
Vine Faith In Action/True Transit |
2025 |
|
Procurement
Real Property Disposition Guideline
At disposition, MnDOT is entitled to reimbursement by the grantee for real property funded by state or federal capital assistance. Reimbursement is based on vested value as established in MnDOT’s grant contract with grantee. When the real property is no longer needed for the originally authorized purpose, the grantee will follow the MnDOT disposition guideline (Word).