Section 597-1-8 - TRANSPORTATION PAYMENTS1. Transportation payments must be computed when determining whether training is available at a reasonable cost. A transportation allowance shall not exceed the lesser of: A. The actual cost of travel, including tolls, by the least expensive means of transportation (bus, train, etc.) reasonably available between the trainee's home and the training facility; orB. The cost per mile, between the trainee's home and the training facility and back, at the prevailing mileage rate authorized under the federal travel regulations, and the cost of tolls.2. Any participant who travels 20 miles or more from his/her home to the training facility will receive the transportation payment for those days when he/she participates in scheduled classes.3. No mileage shall be paid if transportation has been arranged as part of a group, except if the group members alternate driving on a periodic basis with other group members. In that case, the driver who drives for the specific period shall be reimbursed at the rate shown above. If group travel is reasonably available (which means that times, distance and days of travel are acceptable to all parties) to the individual, but he/she declines to accept it, individual travel shall not be approved.4. If a less expensive means of transportation is reasonably available (bus, train, commuter van, etc.) such means shall be utilized.5. Transportation payments may be made in advance upon request of the individual if deemed appropriate. An adjustment shall be made if the amount of the advance is less or more than the amount to which the individual is entitled under the Act.12- 597 C.M.R. ch. 1, § 8