Ch. Trans 6 NoteNote: Chapter Trans 6 was created by emergency rule effective April 17, 1979. Chapter Trans 6 was repealed and recreated by emergency rule effective April 20, 1983. Chapter Trans 6 as it existed on October 31, 1983 was repealed and a new chapter Trans 6 was created effective November 1, 1983. Chapter Trans 6 was repealed and recreated by emergency rule effective November 30, 1983. Chapter Trans 6 as it existed on April 30, 1984 was repealed and a new chapter Trans 6 was created effective May 1, 1984.

Trans 6.01Trans 6.01 Purpose and scope. The purposes of this chapter are to prescribe the department’s administrative interpretation of ss. 85.20 and 85.23, Stats., and to prescribe the administrative policies and procedures for implementing the federal program for public transportation projects in rural and small urban areas. This program is authorized by 49 USC 5311, as amended. The goal of this program is to enhance access of people in rural and small urban areas for purposes such as health care, shopping, education, recreation, public services, and employment by encouraging the maintenance, development, improvement and use of public transportation services.

Trans 6.02(1)(1) “Capital equipment” means non-expendable personal property for use in the provision of public transportation service and having all of the following:

Trans 6.02(1g)(1g) “Capitalized maintenance project” means vehicle and facility related maintenance which a mass transit system has classified as a capital project as allowed under 49 USC chapter 53.

Trans 6.02(1r)(1r) “Department” means the Wisconsin department of transportation.

Trans 6.02(2)(2) “Eligible applicant” means a local public body or federally recognized American Indian tribal governing body.

Trans 6.02(2m)(2m) “Eligible project cost” means an expense that an eligible applicant incurs in the operation or capitalization of a public transportation service for which it is eligible to receive federal section 5311 funds.

Trans 6.02(3)(3) “Eligible public transportation service” means a public transportation service operating or designed to operate in rural or small urban areas.

Trans 6.02(4)(4) “Federal section 5311 funds” means all funds appropriated to the state for use in the federal program for public transportation projects in small urban, rural and intercity areas.

Trans 6.02(4m)(4m) “Federal section 5307 funds” has the meaning given in s. Trans 8.02 (4).

Trans 6.02(5)(5) “Intercity bus service” means regularly scheduled bus service for the general public that operates over routes connecting 2 or more urbanized areas and serving rural or small urban areas, or both.

Trans 6.02(5g)(5g) “Job access and reverse commute project” means a transportation project to finance planning, capital, or operating costs that support the development and maintenance of transportation services designed to transport welfare recipients and low-income individuals to and from jobs and employment-related activities, including transportation projects that facilitate the provision of public transportation services from rural and urbanized areas to suburban employment locations.

Trans 6.02(5r)(5r) “Local contribution” means operating deficit less federal and state operating assistance received.

Trans 6.02(6)(6) “Local public body” means one the following:

Trans 6.02(6)(b)(b) A transit or transportation commission or authority, or a public corporation established by law or by interstate compact to provide mass transportation services and facilities.

Trans 6.02(6m)(6m) “Low-income individual” means an individual whose family income is at or below 150 percent of the poverty line, as that term is defined in section 673 (2) of the Community Services Block Grant Act, 42 USC 9902 (2), including any revision required by that section.

Trans 6.02(7)(7) “Operating deficit” means the difference between the costs of operating an eligible public transportation service and the revenues derived therefrom. User subsidies such as transportation stamps are not considered to be operating project costs for purposes of this chapter.

Trans 6.02(7m)(7m) “Operating project cost” means a cost accruing to a public transportation service by virtue of its operations, including a cost to subsidize fares paid by individuals with disabilities for transportation within the urban area of the eligible applicant, or its maintenance activities.

Trans 6.02(8)(8) “Private provider” means a privately owned (for-profit or nonprofit) entity that provides public transportation service.

Trans 6.02(8m)(8m) “Project” means operation of a public transportation service or subsystem thereof during a project year, or purchase of capital equipment for use in a service or subsystem thereof.

Trans 6.02(9)(9) “Project year” means a calendar year.

Trans 6.02(10)(10) “Public transportation service” means a passenger transportation service that is provided to the general public on a regular and continuing basis by a public agency or private firm, and that is authorized by the office of the department secretary under ch. 194, Stats., unless exempt under s. 85.20 (5), Stats., or under ch. 194, Stats. The service may be provided by bus, rail, shared-ride taxicab or other conveyance. The service may constitute an entire public transit system or may be an individual route or a segment of a route provided by a common carrier of passengers. A transportation service provided exclusively for a subgroup of the general public is not considered to be a “public transportation service” for purposes of this chapter, unless it is part of an overall public transit service.