1. GIS for Title VI Compliance

2. Zach Van Gemert Born and Raised in Denver, CO.
Education in Land Use/GIS
Employed at RTD for 11+ years
Systems support for Call-n-Ride, GIS, INIT, Ridecheck Plus, Trapeze

3. Regional Transportation District ( )
Service Area
Population: 2.8 million
Area: 2,340 square miles
40 municipalities, 6 counties plus 2 city/county jurisdictions
Services
Fixed routes: 133
Bus Stops: 9,504
Park-n-Rides: 77 with 31,049 parking spaces
Special Services
Access-a-Ride
BroncosRide
BuffRide
Call-n-Ride
RockiesRide
Ridership
2012: 328,109 average weekday boardings
Vehicles
Bus: 998
Light Rail: 172

4. Federal Transit Administration (FTA)
States “Transit providers shall prepare demographic and service profile maps and charts after each decennial census and prior to proposed service reductions or eliminations.”
Title VI Program Plan: must be submitted to FTA every three years and must be approved by board of directors or appropriate governing entity prior to submission to FTA.
Transit providers that have implemented or will implement a New Start, Small Start, or other new fixed guideway capital project shall conduct a service and fare equity analysis.
Require maps displaying transit base data, demographic profile data and transit facilities

5. Title VI Program Plan Demographics Maps and Charts Low Income Areas
Aerial Photo (Land Use)
Minority Population Density
Population + Employment Density
Minority Population Area
Low Income Household Density
Limited English Proficiency (LEP)
Fare Policy
Service Changes
Service Standards
Headways
On-time Performance
Service Availability
Transit Amenities
Vehicle Assignments

6. Title VI Program Plan cont.
Base Spatial Data
District Boundary
Route Lines
Transit Facilities
Administrative
Maintenance
Park-n-Rides
Rail Stations
Shelters
Transfer Stations
Other
Business Districts
Hospitals
Schools

7. Title VI Program Plan cont.
Demographics
Low Income Areas
Aerial Photo (Land Use)
Minority Population Density
Population + Employment Density
Minority Population Areas
Aerial Photo (Land Use)
Low Income Household Density
Population + Employment Density

8. Title VI Program Plan cont.
Shelters
Areas of Dense Low Income or Minority Populations
Equitable distribution of stop shelters

9. Census Data Census.gov Low Income Households Density
American FactFinder
factfinder2.census.gov
Low Income Households Density
FTA “any group of households whose
income is <=150% of the household size
poverty guidelines for the average household
size of that census tract”
Calculations
AVERAGE_HH_SIZE: TOTAL_POP / HOUSEHOLDS
HH_LESS_25:  [HH_LESS_10] + [HH_10_15] + [HH_15_25]
HH_LESS_35:  [HH_LESS_25] + [HH_25_35]
HH_LESS_50:  [HH_LESS_35] + [HH_35_50]
HH_LESS_75:  [HH_LESS_50] + [HH_50_75]
LOW_INC_HH: 
IF [AVERAGE_HH_SIZE] <= 2 THEN [HH_LESS_25]
IF [AVERAGE_HH_SIZE] > 2 AND <= 4 THEN [HH_LESS_35]
IF [AVERAGE_HH_SIZE] > 4 AND <= 6 THEN [HH_LESS_50]
IF [AVERAGE_HH_SIZE] > 6 THEN [HH_LESS_75]
LOW_INC_HH_PCT:  [LOW_INC_HH] / [HOUSEHOLDS]
Minority Population Density
Total Population - White Population = Minority Population
Minority Population / Total Population = Minority Population Density

10. West Corridor Maps Displaying Each Service Change
Low Income Households Density
Minority Population Density

11. “Polygon Overlay Tool”
Demographic Analysis
“Polygon Overlay Tool”
Spatial Area Ratios
Ratios applied to demographic fields

12. Tables Regional Population Data (RTD Service Area)
Total Population of Service Area
Minority Population
Minority Population Percentage
Total Households
Low-Income Households
Low-Income Households Percentage
Affected Census Tracts
Route/Service
Bus
Call-n-Ride
Light Rail
Service Change Type
Current Route
Discontinued Service
New Route
Total Population Affected Tracts
Total Minority Population in Affected Tracts
Total Households Affected Tracts
Total Low-Income Households in Affected Tracts
Spatial Data Type Used

13. Summary
Title VI Reporting
Responsibilites
GIS
FTA

14. Contact