The need to provide transportation services to people who do not have access to reliable transportation options, due to age, disability, income or other reasons, has been identified as a problem in Southwest New Hampshire for many years. To help address this need in the Western Monadnock Region, a diverse group of stakeholders have formed Regional Coordinating Council 5.
Regional Coordinating Council 5 is composed of local transportation providers, funding agencies, agencies requiring transportation services and community members that either reside in or service the region’s 22 towns (listed below). The Eastern Monadnock Regional Coordinating Council has been established to coordinate community transportation in the remaining 13 towns of the Southwest Region.
Alstead Chesterfield Fitzwilliam Gilsum Harrisville
Hinsdale Keene Langdon Marlborough Marlow
Nelson Richmond, Roxbury Stoddard Sullivan
Surry Swanzey Troy Walpole Westmoreland
Winchester Windsor
The links below provide access to information about the on-going development of the RCC 5.
Agendas Minutes
March 25, 2010
Documents & Presentations
Statewide Coordination of Community Transportation
Regional Transportation Assessment Maps
Areas of Need
Assisted Housing and Licensed Health Facilities
Food Stamp Recipients
Households without a Vehicle
Percentage of Disabilities
Percentage of Population 65 and Older
Median Household Income
Percentage of the Population 17 and Under
Percentage of Population Living Below the Poverty Level
Number of TANF Recipients
State and Regional Context
Since 1994, New Hampshire transportation and human service agencies have been working in conjunction with Regional Planning Agencies to coordinate transportation services. A 2004 federal mandate that made coordination of federally funded transportation services a requirement. The mandate led to the federal "United We Ride" program which provides technical resources and funding to increase coordination.
In 2007, a State Coordinating Council (SCC) for Community Transportation was established to oversee the development of a coordinated transportation system in New Hampshire as well as set policy and assist regional efforts. The SCC has been working with regional groups to establish Regional Coordinating Councils (RCCs), whose purpose is to design and implement coordinated transportation services around the state and to select, guide, assist, and monitor a Regional Transportation Coordinator (RTC). The RTC would work with the RCC to develop services for the region, ensuring the most effective service is delivered. Boundaries for the RCCs have primarily been determined by factors such as hospital catchment areas, county lines, regional planning commission boundaries, and transit service areas.
