Definitions for Missouri State Transit Assistance Program

PURPOSE: This rule defines terms applicable to the Missouri State Transit Assistance Program and used in 7 CSR 10-7.020 through 7 CSR 10-7.030. (1) Definitions. When used in administrative rules 7 CSR 107.020 through 7 CSR 10-7.030, the following words and phrases have the meaning set forth in this rule: (A) Agency—a Missouri non-profit corporation eligible to receive directly or indirectly Federal Transit Administration urban or nonurban formula funding, or a governmental entity within the state of Missouri eligible to receive directly or indirectly Federal Transit Administration urbanized or nonurbanized formula transit programs; (B) Available alternative public transportation—description of public transit services provided in terms of days of the week and hours of the day within an applicant’s public mass transportation service area; (C) Capital costs—expenses incurred from the purchase of facilities, vehicles, or equipment directly supporting the provision of public mass transportation service within Missouri; (D) Commission—the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission; (E) Department—the Missouri Department of Transportation; (F) Cost efficiency—measures of economical public mass transit services as calculated by dividing the annual operating costs by the annual transit vehicle miles traveled or by dividing the annual operating costs by the annual number of boarding passengers; (G) Intrastate Transportation Authority—county first class transit authority as defined in section 238.400, RSMo; (H) Public mass transportation service provider—a city, a city transit authority, a city utilities board, or an interstate transportation authority as such terms are defined in section 94.600, RSMo, an intrastate transportation authority, or an agency receiving funds from either the Federal Transit Administration urbanized or nonurbanized formula transit programs; (I) Operating costs—expenses incurred in the delivery, maintenance, and administration of public mass transportation service within Missouri; (J) Past and projected public mass transportation ridership— annual transit vehicle boardings in Missouri by passengers of public mass transit services, also known as unlinked passenger trips; (K) Public mass transportation service area population— census population within the geographic area in which the applicant provides public mass transportation service; and (L) U.S. census urbanized area—a contiguous geographic area with a population of fifty thousand (50,000) persons or more that is designated as such by the Bureau of the Census of the United States Department of Commerce. TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY: section 226.195, RSMo Supp. 2012.* Original rule filed Jan. 18, 2013, effective Aug. 30, 2013. *Original authority: 226.195, RSMo 2011.