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31 APPENDIX A: QUESTIONNAIRE TCRP J-5, Study Topic 9-04 Civil Rights Implications of the Allocation of Funds Between Bus and Rail Questionnaire The Transportation Research Board has retained a consultant to do a study with the goal of ascertaining the extent to which there have been title VI or other discriminatory charges filed against your agency when the agency allocates funds between Bus and Rail, or seeks bus and/or rail fare increases. The purpose of this survey is to collect information from transit systems, companies and other institu- tions involved in the transit industry to catalogue the legal issues presented and the resolution of these is- sues. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Please provide the name and address of your agency or firm. _________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________ 2. Please provide the name, telephone number and email address of an appropriate contact person who is primarily responsible for legal or finance matters for your agency or firm. Name: ________________________________________________________________________ Telephone: ____________________________________________________________________ Email: ________________________________________________________________________ 3. Have any complaints or opposition to fare increase, fees etc, capital outlay been based on discrimina- tory treatment in the allocation of funds between bus and rail, or based on neighborhood served? Yes _____ No_____ 4. What is the number of Title VI administrative complaints during the period 1997 â 2006 and how many involved fare increases and/or the allocation of fund between bus and rail and between neighbor- hoods? 1997 ____ 1998 ____ 1999 ____ 2000____ 2001____ 2002 ____ 2003 ____ 2004 ____ 2005 ____ 2006 ____ 5. Please provide the following information for any administrative complaints: the nature of the com- plaints (2), resolution of the challenges(s), and/or actions(s) taken in response thereto (a copy of the resolu- tion document will suffice). _________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ 6. Does the agency have an annual or other report on Title VI complaints? Yes _____ No _____ If so, please provide a copy. 7. What information does the agency make available to the public regarding Title VI administration complaints or challenges? _________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________ 8. Does the agency have a website where such information is made available? Yes____ No____ If so, please provide the address of the website. 9. Have there been any attempted judicial actions against the agency of a Title VI nature in the past ten years? Yes___ No ___ If so, please provide the name of the case, civil action number and date filed, and, if possible, a copy of relevant pleadings such as the complaint, motions(s), decision, etc. If there is no written decision describing the outcome of the case, please provide information regarding the disposition of the mat- ter(s) identified. 10. What are the defenses your agency has adopted in responding to or in dealing with such Title VI disparate impact challenges? ________________________________________________
32 _________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________ Please mail, fax or email completed surveys no later than November 30, 2006 to: James B. McDaniel Counsel for Legal Research Projects Transportation Research Board 500 5th Street, NW, 4th Floor Washington, DC 20001 (202) 334-3209; (202) 334-2003 (Fax) jmcdaniel@nas.edu
