This report was mandated by the Brandi Mitock Safe Drivers Act, Senate Bill (SB) 335, (Hayden, Ch. 985, Stats. 2000) and was prepared under the direction of the Business, Transportation and Housing Agency (BT&H). This report is the final product of a multi-disciplinary task force that identified potential sources of funding and modes of transportation for individuals who have lost their driver license for failure to pass a visual test or a written or behind-the-wheel driving test. For clarity, the Brandi Mitock Safe Drivers Act is referred to as SB 335 throughout the report. The task force was organised by BT&H, and composed of core members representing the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), the Department of Transportation (Caltrans), and the Health and Human Services Agency. Other task force members represented a broad coalition of constituencies and interest groups that were impacted by the bill. They included senior advocates, representatives of the disability community, state-wide transit organisations, local government, and chief motor vehicle and law enforcement officials. Since January 2001, the full task force has held several organisational meetings to define the project scope, and gather information on the available transportation modes and potential funding sources. Although it was not required by SB 335, to assist the Legislature in achieving its goal of providing transportation alternatives for persons who have lost their driver license, the task force also provided information related to the DMV driver testing process, driver profiles, geographic locations of persons who have lost their driver license, and factors impacting the utilisation of existing transportation services. This report is the final product of those efforts. (Author/publisher)
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