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20 th Annual Rural Transit Assistance Center Spring Conference. April 1 & 2, 2009 The Northfield Inn, Springfield, Illinois. 2009 RTAC Spring Conference. What Do I Do Now?. Tips for new transit managers! by R. Jean Jumper Managing Director West Central Mass Transit District.
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20th Annual Rural Transit Assistance Center Spring Conference April 1 & 2, 2009 The Northfield Inn, Springfield, Illinois
2009 RTAC Spring Conference What Do I Do Now? Tips for new transit managers! by R. Jean Jumper Managing Director West Central Mass Transit District
CONGRATULATIONS! • You WOWED the search committee! • You climbed the corporate ladder! • You’ve landed the big one! • … The job is yours! • Now what are you going to do?
R. Jean Jumper WCMTD, Managing Director - 2006-Present Prairieland United Way, Executive Director – 2000-2006 Belleville Economic Progress (Chamber/EDC) Executive Director - 1997-2000 Jacksonville Area Chamber of Commerce, President – 1992 – 1997 Jacksonville Area VCB, Inc. Executive Director – 1985-1992
“The Best Way to Predict the Future is to Create It!” Peter Drucker Those who don’t know history are destined to repeat it. Edmund Burke
TOLL REVENUE CREDITS $ Matching Funds ADA IDOT $ CVP SAFTEA-LU $ IPTA DOAP RTAC $ $ Random Drug Testing NEW FREEDOM Op-10c $ $ JARC DOWN STATE OPERATING FUNDS 5311 NEW FREEDOM $ FTA $
TOLL REVENUE CREDITS $ Matching Funds ADA IDOT $ CVP SAFTEA-LU $ IPTA DOAP RTAC $ $ Random Drug Testing NEW FREEDOM Op-10c $ $ JARC DOWN STATE OPERATING FUNDS 5311 NEW FREEDOM $ FTA $
November 2006 Morgan & Scott Co. 3 Drivers (1 ft/2pt) 2 Dispatchers Managing Director 2 Buses 66 hours/week 1328 One Way Trips 5089 Miles $883.00/Fare Box $350,000 Budget November 2008 Morgan/Scott/Brown Co. 24 Drivers 5 Dispatchers 1 Bus Washer Administrative Asst. Brown Co. Manager Operations Manger Managing Director 17 Vehicles 448.5 hours/week 3,979 One Way Trips 15,085 Miles $2,739.50/Fare Box $1.1 million budget System Growth
Education self staff board consumers partners
Planning Vision Statement Mission Statement Past Performance Current Performance Future Performance GOALS & OBJECTIVES!
The essence of success is that it is never necessary to think of a new idea oneself. It is far better to wait until somebody else does it, and then to copy him in every detail, except his mistakes. • Aubrey Menen
HEEELLLLPPP!(RESOURCES) IDOT STAFF RTAC STAFF IPTA STAFF HSTP DIRECTORS TRANSIT MANAGERS
HEEELLLLPPP!(RESOURCES) University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee School of Continuing Education Center for Transportation Education • Public Transit 101 • Efficiencies in Paratransit Scheduling and Dispatching • Passenger Assistance: Certification for Trainers IDOT: Workshops on Vehicle Maintenance Grant Writing Drug/Alcohol Awareness & Reasonable Suspicion FTA Regulations State & Regional Conferences (IPTA, RTAC, BusCon)
Websites & Periodicals www.ipta-net.org www.dot.state.il.us www.fta.dot.gov www.iira.org (RTAC) BUSRide MassTransit Metro Magazine
Take A Deep Breath! Never get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life!
“Let Us Give You The Runaround” R. Jean Jumper Managing Director West Central Mass Transit District 1120 W. Walnut Street Jacksonville, IL 62650 217-245-2900 217-245-2901(fax) 217-370-7067 (cell) managingdirectorwcmtd@verizon.net