News National Transportation Week: Time to Evaluate Transportation Options Posted 12 May 2009 Getting from where you are to where you need to be influences where you choose to live or work, where you shop, what you do for recreation, and how you socialize with friends and family. During National Transportation Week, May 10-16, consider how your life would change if you were dependent on using – or by choice restricted your travel to – public and private transportation services other than your personal vehicle. Through the ongoing Iowa Statewide Passenger Transportation Funding Study, the Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) is identifying the range of mobility needs across the state for today and through 2020. This study will explore beneficial service and capital program changes, as well as associated costs. In addition, a broad range of funding concepts/ideas will be developed to equitably address gaps between current revenue and the level required to address identified needs. In a recent series of six public input meetings, Iowa DOT officials listened to Iowans’ concerns about passenger transportation in our state. Iowans who could not attend one of the sessions can share their opinions by completing the survey at http://www.iride21.com/.