Greater access to funds is provided by:

• Tapping a wider range of funding programs
• Accessing a greater variety of staff and facilities
• Employing more specialized and skilled staff

More cost-effective use of resources is created through:

• Productivity increases
• Economies of scale
• Eliminating waste caused by duplicated efforts
• More centralized planning and management of resources

Greater productivities and efficiencies will:

• Fill service gaps within communities by offering services to additional geographic areas and individuals within existing budgets.
• Provide additional trips for community members, thus enhancing their quality of life.
• Generate cost savings to some participating agencies in special forms of coordinated transportation service

More centralized management of existing resources results in greater visibility for transportation services to:

• Riders
• Agencies needing trips for their clients
• The community
• Funders

And results in:

• Reduced consumer confusion about how to access services
• Clear lines of authority
• More professional (comfortable, reliable, and safe) transportation services