Accessible Transportation for All

Region 4 | Candy Reed, Mobility Manager
Sullivan County

Who We Are

The Sullivan County Regional Coordination Council is made up of transportation providers, human services organizations, the regional planning commission, municipalities and other stakeholders who have an interest in improving community transportation in the region.  The Council meets on a bimonthly basis with meetings at SCS on Main Street in Claremont. Council meetings are open to the public.  New members are welcome and encouraged to join.

The role of the Council is:
  • To help develop, implement, and provide guidance for the coordination of community transportation services and information within the region so that people can access local and regional transportation services to get to locations within the region and between regions;
  • To recommend, guide, and monitor a Regional Mobility Manager, an entity that is responsible for the provision of mobility management services/options and the coordination of community transportation services and information in the region;
  • To advise the community, including governmental officials, philanthropic organizations and business and community leaders on the need for funding of mobility management and coordination efforts;
  • To seek additional public and private funding sources to support these mobility management and coordination efforts, as well as;
  • To advise the State Coordinating Council for Community Transpiration on existing and future policies affecting transportation services.
Our goals for 2025 include:
  • Increase ridership on local transit, i.e. potential expanding of the hours for the Lebanon Bus
  • More publicity for Volunteer Driver Programs in Sullivan County
  • Recruit from other communities not currently members
  • Expand engagement with communities that have high transit needs that are not being met currently
  • Explore collaboration between RCC and local schools to support transportation needs of youth & families experiencing homelessness.
The Sullivan County region includes:

Sullivan County: Acworth, Charlestown, Claremont, Cornish, Croydon, Goshen, Grantham, Langdon, Lempster, Newport, Plainfield, Springfield, Sunapee, Unity, and Washington.

Our mission is to improve mobility and access for all by coordinating regional and local community transportation services and information.


Region #4 Lead Agency: Southwestern Community Services

Southwestern Community Services (SCS) has been serving the needs of our citizens since 1965 when President Lyndon Johnson waged his “War on Poverty”. Over the years our programs have evolved and expanded to keep pace with the constantly changing needs of our citizens. We strive to stay in touch with the real needs of the people who find or develop programs that will best serve those needs. We have a diverse funding base ranging from federal to state and local governments, as well as private foundations and corporations. SCS is a major provider of social services to the residents of Cheshire and Sullivan counties in New Hampshire. SCS provides assistance through emergency shelter programs, workforce and senior rental housing, education and childcare, nutrition and health, energy conservation, utility programs, day and employment services for developmentally disabled individuals, public transit services, mobility management services, and community food programs.


RCC Members

  • Allison Browning
    Newport Economic Development
  • Amanda Benoit
    City of Claremont
  • Amanda Mace
    Turning Points
  • Beth Daniels
    Southwestern Community Services
  • Brenda Burns
    Sullivan County Nutrition Services
  • Candy Reed
    Sullivan County Mobility Manager
  • Courtney Porter
    GCCC/Secretary
  • Elyse Crossman
    GCCC/Director
  • Fred Butler
    NHDOT
  • James Berquist
    Sullivan County Transportation
  • James Contois
    Citizen
  • Jenn Cournoyer
    River Valley Community College
  • Jennifer Blodget
    Service Link/NH Care Collaborative
  • Jennifer Seher
    Service Link of NH
  • Kathy Ferranti
    Welfare Admin Charlestown NH
  • Keith Thibault
    Southwestern Community Services
  • Liz Emerson
    Charlestown Plan & Zoning
  • Meghan Butts
    Upper Valley Lake Sunapee RPC
  • Michelle Burke
    Turning Points
  • Nancy Meyer
    City of Claremont
  • Ruth McDonough
    Residence Service Coord at Newport House
  • Taralyn Bielaski
    DHMC
  • Teri Palmer
    NH Statewide Mobility Manager
  • Tim Josephson
    Upper Valley Lake Sunapee RPC
Candy Reed, Mobility Manager for Region 4/Sullivan County

Mobility Manager

Candy Reed
Mobility Manager
Region 4 (Sullivan County)
Southwestern Community Services

Sullivan County Transportation provides public transit routes in Claremont, Charlestown, and Newport. They also provide Demand Response service in Claremont certain hours of the day.

SCT is now providing a commuter route from Claremont to Lebanon with stops at the Lebanon City Hall, Dartmouth Coach, and Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center. From the Lebanon City Hall riders can connect to Advance Transit, and travel to anywhere in the Upper Valley to include the Veterans Hospital in White River Junction.

Sullivan County Transportation also operates a volunteer driver program that provides essential trips to residents of Sullivan County that are over the age of 60, or have a documented disability.

For more information regarding Sullivan County Transportation:

https://www.scshelps.org/transportation/

Or call the office: (603) 542-9609

Other resources:

Upper Valley Lake Sunapee Regional Planning Commission

Southwestern Community Services Short Range Transit Operations Plan: Sullivan County Transit – 2019 Final Report

Sullivan County Coordinated Transit Plan – 2019

COVID-19 Health Disparities Quarterly Report Jan 2024

 

The City of Claremont features an Amtrak Station

Train in New Hampshire mountains

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