What is Your Y, Your Way?

Community-Driven Plan Connecting Residents to Work, Health, and Daily Life

Your Y, Your Way is Yavapai Plan’s (YPLan) Coordinated Public Transit-Human Services Transportation Plan. It focuses on the transportation needs of older adults (age 65+), people with disabilities, and people with low income. Your Y, Your Way also focuses on the transportation needs of veterans and job seekers.

Through a combination of technical analysis, funding assessment, and community engagement, Your Y, Your Way translates community input and data into targeted strategies, prioritized actions, and implementation pathways that advance a more connected and resilient regional mobility network, helping greater Yavapai County residents get where they need to go., Strategies in Your Y Your Way will make it easier for residents to get to work, school, healthcare, and other pieces of daily life.

The Study Includes:

Inventory of existing transportation options
Review of demographic data
Identification of gaps and unmet needs
Strategies to address transportation needs
How to fund these strategies
Priorities for implementation

For any agency or organization seeking to apply for federal funding, all transportation projects must be identified in the Coordinated Plan to be eligible.

Coordinated Plans

YPlan Needs Assestment

Coordinated Public Transit–Human Services Transportation Plans (Coordinated Plans) are designed to improve transportation options for older adults, people with disabilities and people with low-incomes by fostering collaboration and coordination between human service transportation providers and public transit to align their efforts with funding sources. This plan is a federal requirement for agencies accessing funding through the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Section 5310: Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities program.

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What happens without Your Y, Your Way?

Impact of coordinated planning

Without Coordination

Limited funding
Duplication of services
Gaps in rural areas
Missed medical and essential service trips
0 eligibility for federal funding

With Your y, Your Way Coordination

Strategic funding
Regional collaboration
Clear implementation priorities
Improved access
Eligibility for federal funding

What is the Timeline?

Roadmap of Project Phases

Your Y, Your Way kicked off in July 2025 and is expected to wrap up in summer 2026. The project has three phases: (1) Priorities, Needs, and Opportunities; (2) Draft Concepts and Strategies; and (3) Final Plan. Your Y, Your Way is currently in Phase 3.

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