LaMarr Anderson	Alaska Railroad
Arctic Access	Scott Banks
Connecting Ties	Disability Law Center
KGB/The Bus	Jody Karcz
Rex Knowlton	David Levy
Schetky Northwest Sales	Mike Weller

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TIME TO RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP!

Thank you to all of the AMC members who joined up or renewed in 2014. Your support of public and community transportation is greatly appreciated.

Our 2015 membership drive is underway and your support is needed and greatly appreciated. There are public and community transportation challenges in state, in Juneau and in Washington DC. Your membership gives us the ability to advocate across the state and around the country for public transportation in Alaska! Help us to lower our administrative costs by signing up online or you can mail your membership to:

Alaska Mobility Coalition

3705 Arctic Blvd, #1777

Anchorage, AK 99503

COMING EVENTS

DATE	EVENT	PLACE/TIME	additional info.
3/18	AMC Monthly Board Meeting	10:30 AM	Contact Doug Bridges or Casey Anderson for additional info.
3/24	Fairbanks Partnership Project	Fairbanks 1:30	additional info.
3/25 Deadline	CTAA Scholarships Available	Scholarship Deadline	additional info.
5/31-6/5	CTAA Transportation Expo	Tampa, FL	additional info.
6/8-6/12	Alaska TTAP Summer Transportation Institute	Fairbanks	additional info.

AMC NEWS

LEGISLATIVE OUTREACH & PRIORITIES

LR: David Levy, Speaker of the House,

Mike Chenault

In early February, former AMC Executive Director, David Levy flew to Juneau and met with state legislators and their staff to discuss AMC priorities as well as transportation challenges and opportunities across the state.

Thanks to AMC President, Doug Bridges and new AMC member Sarah Lefebvre for assisting David during his last official visit as the AMC Executive Director.

The Alaska Legislature is a month away from the end of the session. They are finishing up the state operating budget and have begun work on the capital budget. Currently, Governor Walker's budget request for the state match program is still in the budget. We will keep you posted with legislative alerts if there are any changes in the budget.

LR: David Levy, Doug Bridges, Rep. Dan Ortiz

Support for the State Match for Public Transportation - Once again, the AMC is asking for the legislature's support for the state match program. The program has generated $5 million in state funds over the last four years. The funding has been used to match federal, other state, local and private funds to buy equipment, hire drivers and expand routes to support Alaskans getting to work, school and medical appointments. I have attached a copy of the FY15 state match distribution for your review.

Alaska Transportation Infrastructure Fund - According to the National Council of State Legislatures, Alaska is the only state in the union that does not have a dedicated transportation trust fund. That means that all of our gas taxes, DMV fees and other transportation revenue goes into the general fund. In the meantime, Alaska continues to lag in replacing much needed transportation infrastructure such as roads, bridges, ferries, airports and public transportation. The Alaska Mobility Coalition (AMC) is working with transportation advocates to create a statewide transportation fund for Alaska. We are pleased to be working with former State Representative Peggy Wilson on this project and are working to identify a legislator who will re-introduce her bill during the upcoming session. In the meantime, the AMC is looking for funding to put together a statewide awareness campaign, if you have any ideas or suggestions, please contact Doug Bridges (AMC President) or myself. I have linked an overview of Representative Wilson's proposal for your review.

LR: David Levy, Click Bishop, Doug Bridges

FAIRBANKS PARTNERSHIP PROJECT

Some exciting news on the Fairbanks Partnership Project, we were just approved for a VISTA Volunteer position to help support the project and transportation efforts in Fairbanks. A VISTA Volunteer is supported by the AmeriCorps program and works with members of a specific project on community development efforts. The VISTA Volunteer in Fairbanks will be housed at Access Alaska and will be responsible for helping to organize monthly meetings, maintain the project website, work to help support fund raising efforts and outreach to various foundations for support, fostering relationships and agreements between key organizations to help promote coordination, and to help support the efforts of a coordinated plan. The full position description and information on how to apply is linked for your review. If you know anyone who is interested in volunteering and work in the transportation field, please encourage them to apply.

Ads are continuing to run on the inside of the UAF Shuttles and MACS Transit buses. Three additional ads are now running on the back of the MACS buses. These ads are continuing to promote the Fairbanks Transportation website. If you have suggestions for additional content or ways to improve the website please let us know through the comment section at the bottom of each page.

In addition to the new bus ads I was able to make a trip to Fairbanks to meet with members of the steering committee. The meeting was highly productive with conversations covering the VISTA Volunteer position, increased publicity efforts for the website, the rewriting of the Fairbanks Coordinated Plan, and the next face-to-face meeting that will be held on March 24th at 1:30 PM in Fairbanks. If you are going to be in the Fairbanks area please feel free to join us.

Job Opening

Customer Service Supervisor - Municipality of Anchorage

Member Sponsor
- RouteMatch - click on the image to view their website.

ALASKA TRANSIT IN THE NEWS

Actual article headings are used and the information contained in the articles is not necessarily the opinions of the AMC

"People Mover officials: No cuts to Spenard, Eagle River"

- Alaska Dispatch News

"RideShareNation E-News"

"Uber halts Anchorage ride service after negotiations with city falter"

- Alaska Dispatch News -Sean Doogan, March 6, 2015

"vRide Safety Solutions Newsletter"

West Region Transportation Workforce Center established.

Member Sponsor
- AT&T- click on the image to view their website.

Thank you for your support and interest in the Alaska Mobility Coalition (AMC). If you have questions about this report or any AMC project or activity, please contact me.

Sincerely,

Casey Anderson, Interim Executive Director
Alaska Mobility Coalition