The possibility of seeing an autonomous vehicle (or “highly automated vehicle” in DOT parlance) driving down your street is no longer a question of “if” but “when.” For example, Pittsburgh Uber now offers users the option of being picked up in a self-driving car, one of fourteen Ford Fusions equipped with radar, cameras and other…
Every year throughout the first week in December, the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) celebrates Older Driver Safety Awareness Week (ODSAW) to promote an understanding of the importance of mobility and transportation to older adults. NADTC is thrilled to join AOTA in this celebration. Earlier this week we participated in a Twitter chat with other experts…
This is the fifth blog in a series of technology alerts that will be shared with the NADTC mailing list. Make sure you check out the first four articles in this series, How Do I Get Started with Technology, What are the Keys to Making Technology Implementation Successful?, Navigating Funding Opportunities for Technology Planning and Deployment and An Embarrassment of Riches: Multiple…
October 2016 marks a very special milestone for NADTC – we’ve officially been around for one year! Last October we were honored to begin work with the support of the Federal Transit Administration on this exciting new Center and everything we do here at NADTC is working towards our main goal: To promote the availability…
As we transition into fall, we reflect on our busy and successful summer of webinars, resource development, presentations, and technical assistance. We are joined on the blog today by our friends at Central Maryland Regional Transit (CMRT). In June we were fortunate to have CMRT join us at the NADTC Celebration & Briefing Event to…
This is the fourth blog in a series of technology alerts that will be shared with the NADTC mailing list. Make sure you check out the first three blog posts: “How Do I Get Started with Technology” , “What are the Keys to Making Technology Implementation Successful?” and “Navigating Funding Opportunities for Technology Planning and Deployment“. Subscribe now to…
NADTC Mobility Fair, July 27, 2016 Held at the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging Conference San Diego, CA Welcome back to the third and final part of our mini-blog series about the 2016 NADTC Mobility Fair. The third Mobility Fair session we are summarizing is: Funding a Community Transportation Program: Where Does…
NADTC Mobility Fair, July 27, 2016 Held at the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging Conference San Diego, CA Welcome back to our mini-series of posts on the recent NADTC Mobility Fair! We continue the series today with a post on our second session: Filling the Mobility Gap with Volunteer Drivers, featuring a…
NADTC Mobility Fair, July 27, 2016 Held at the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging Conference San Diego, CA The National Aging and Disability Transportation Center recently wrapped up a successful and exciting Mobility Fair, held July 27, 2016 at the annual National Association of Area Agencies on Aging (n4a) Conference. For the past four…
This is the third blog in a series of technology alerts that will be shared with the NADTC mailing list. Make sure you check out the first blog post, “How Do I Get Started with Technology” and the second post, What are the Keys to Making Technology Implementation Successful?. Subscribe now to receive these posts in your inbox! As…
