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<section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="7-1101" title_number="7" title_name="Mass Transit" subtitle_number="11" subtitle_name="Job Access and Reverse Commute Program">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Job access and reverse commute project” means a project that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Provides transportation services to targeted populations; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Serves targeted employment areas.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Job access and reverse commute project” includes:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The extension of service hours on local fixed route transit systems to a targeted employment area;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Vanpool services;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Employer provided transportation services; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Demand–response or deviated fixed route transit services.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Job access and reverse commute project” does not include:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Ride matching, mobility management, or commuter assistance services;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Services provided by a for–hire vehicle or a transportation network company;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Carpool services;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Volunteer driver programs; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>Except for services in support of a job access and reverse commute project, other services provided on an individual basis.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“Program” means the Job Access and Reverse Commute Program.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>“Provider” means a private nonprofit organization, a local transit system, or one or more employer that implements a job access and reverse commute project.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>“Targeted employment area” means an area that has recently experienced a significant growth in employment opportunities in sectors including construction, manufacturing, logistics, warehousing, retail trade, or the service industry.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>“Targeted population” means individuals in defined areas who:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Reside in low income areas, as determined by the Administration;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Have limited or no access to the use of a personal vehicle; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Reside in areas with limited access to fixed route transit service.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
