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KFH
Group Staff Daniel Dalton Senior
Transportation Planner Dan Dalton is a transportation planner
with over 15 years of experience at the local, state and national levels in
the operations and administration of public transit services and human
services transportation, and has an additional 11 years in the transportation
industry. His background includes
statewide and local coordination efforts, mobility management activities,
training and technical assistance, service planning, operations management,
and program development and evaluation. Mr. Dalton is a graduate of the University
of Maryland, and serves as vice-chairperson for the transit system’s board of
directors in his home county. Selected Experience Public Transit, Private Transportation, and
Human Service Transportation Coordination:
Since joining KFH Group in 2006, Mr. Dalton has played a major role in
the development of coordinated public transit-human services transportation
plans required by the SAFETEA-LU legislation, serving as Project Manager for
regional plans in Arkansas, Idaho, Maryland, and Virginia. The planning process in each of these
projects included development of strategies to improve to improve
coordination of services, including though mobility management efforts. He
also served as Project Manager in the development and delivery of the
Michigan Coordinated Transportation Planning Workshops for local agencies
charged with the development of coordinated public transit-human services
transportation plans. Mr. Dalton
participated in the development of a statewide coordination model for
Virginia, working with a state-level interagency transportation council. He also assisted Virginia in the
development of a successful application for a Federal Transit Administration
(FTA) United We Ride State Mobility Management Grant, and will be participating
in the implementation of this grant.
This work will include strengthening the impact of regional mobility
management efforts and creating a Virginia-specific Mobility Management
toolkit. Mr. Dalton
is currently serving as Project Manager for the Taxicab, Limousine &
Paratransit Association (TLPA) training seminars that equip private operators
with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to more fully participate in the
transportation planning process.
Eleven of these seminars have been conducted throughout the
country. Supplementing these seminars,
he has written several articles for TLPA’s Transportation Leader magazine to
assist private transportation operators in the transportation planning
process and to provide private transportation providers with ideas for their
possible involvement in mobility management activities. More information can be found at http://www.tlpa.org/meetings/fta/index.cfm.
Mr. Dalton is also working with TLPA and FTA on a guidebook that will help
private transportation operators with their involvement in coordination
efforts in their communities and on a brochure that will help transportation
planners engage private transportation operators in the planning
process. With the
Maryland Transit Administration (MTA), Mr. Dalton led the state’s efforts to
improve the coordination of human service transportation. Working with the Maryland Coordinating
Committee for Human Services Transportation, he initiated and oversaw
coordination efforts in various regions and counties and administered grants
in support of initial coordination activities. In 2004, Maryland’s coordination efforts
were recognized by the Federal Government with a United We Ride State
Leadership Award. Mr. Dalton has
served on several national committees exploring methods to improve coordination,
and at Easter Seals Project ACTION (ESPA) served as a State Ambassador
through the United We Ride initiative.
Transit Management, Planning and
Administration: Mr. Dalton is
currently participating in the development of Community Transportation
Service Plans for Watauga and Wilkes Counties in North Carolina. He recently served as Project Manager for a
Transit Development Plan in Charles County, Maryland, and a Transit Service
Plan for Radford University/City of Radford, Virginia. Mr. Dalton recently developed a paper on
mobility, accessibility, and connectivity as part of VTrans2035, Virginia’s
Long-Range Multimodal Transportation Plan (http://vtrans.org). As the assistant director for Transit
Services of Frederick County, Mr. Dalton planned, implemented, and evaluated
public transit services in a small urban/rural area. Accessible Community Transportation: Mr. Dalton recently participated in the
development of a plan for implementing accessible taxis services in the
Boise, Idaho area. At ESPA, Mr. Dalton
coauthored Moving
Forward Together: A Workbook for Initiating and Increasing Accessible Taxi
Services in Your Community. Training and Technical Assistance: In addition to his work with transportation
providers at the KFH Group, with ESPA Mr. Dalton provided training and
technical assistance to public transit agencies, human service organizations,
private transportation providers, and others in their efforts to coordinate
services, improve accessibility, and expand mobility options. He facilitated training sessions across the
country as well as at the ESPA Mobility Planning Services Institute. Mr. Dalton’s national experience includes: · Serving as faculty
for the Community Transportation Association of America’s (CTAA) 2008
Coordination Institute · Presenting at
national conferences of TLPA, CTAA, the American Public Transportation
Association, the American Bus Association, and the Transportation Research
Board. ·
Presenting at a variety of local and statewide transportation
conferences in Arkansas, Maryland, Michigan, South Carolina, Virginia, and
Wisconsin. Program Administration, Development and
Evaluation: Mr. Dalton has extensive experience with state level
funding programs, including the development of New Freedom and Job Access and
Reverse Commute (JARC) Program applications for Maryland and Virginia. At the MTA, he developed, administered, and
evaluated the state’s JARC Program. For
ESPA, Mr. Dalton developed a workbook that allows human service agencies to
more easily identify their transportation expenses, revenues, and performance
outcomes. Human service organizations
have reported that this resource has allowed their agencies to make more
informed decisions about their future in the transportation business, and is
available through the ESPA
Website. |
Education ·
B.S., Behavioral and
Social Sciences, University of Maryland University College Previous Positions ·
Training and
Technical Assistance Specialist, Easter Seals Project ACTION ·
Statewide
Transportation Coordinator/Chief, Statewide Programs, Maryland Transit
Administration ·
Assistant Director,
Transit Services of Frederick County, Maryland ·
Operations Manager,
Urban-Rural Transportation Alliance ·
Distribution
Manager, Meals on Wheels of Central Maryland ·
Operations
Supervisor, Network Courier Service |
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