10 articles found in ‘Accessibility’ Category
Your Guide to Lasting NADTC Resources
Comments OffAfter 10 impactful years, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA)’s cooperative agreement for the National Aging and Disability Transportation Center (NADTC) will expire on September 30, 2025.
A Farewell Message From Virginia Dize
Comments OffThe truth is that I began my career in transportation reluctantly. I had worked for many years in the Aging Network on long term care advocacy and home and community based services and I knew that transportation was different – even used a different language (numbers instead of acronyms!). I knew – or thought I knew – that solving the transportation puzzle for older adults, people with disabilities and caregivers was just about impossible! Seventeen years later, I’m not such a Pollyanna to think we’ve cracked it – but so much progress has been made! Transportation will always be a challenge but there are many and varied adaptable, tried-and-true approaches and new models of service that actually work.
Raising Awareness About Transportation Options in Native American Communities: Insights from USAging’s 2024 Title VI Program Survey
Comments OffUSAging is the national association representing and supporting the network of Area Agencies on Aging and advocating for Title VI Native American Aging Programs. USAging also partners with Easterseals on the National Aging and Disability Transportation Center (NADTC), a technical assistance center and program funded by the Federal Transit Administration. Every three years since 2009, USAging has conducted a survey of Title VI Native American Aging Programs and Services, including transportation, which informs transportation providers and advocates who work closely with NADTC.
Transportation’s Challenging COVID Recovery
Comments OffThe promise of a return to “normal life” has preoccupied just about every sector during the pandemic. But transportation has faced its own unique challenges, especially human services transportation providers. From pauses on travel training programs to limited vehicle capacity and the challenges of social distancing, pre-pandemic standard operations of transit systems still seem slightly…
Person-first and Identity-first Language Choices
Comments OffThis blog was written by Erin Hawley, Communications Consultant for the National Aging & Disability Transportation Center. Language evolves over time along with the ways we perceive and understand disability. Therefore, it makes sense that how we talk about disability has changed drastically over the years. As a 37-year-old physically disabled woman, I have witnessed…
Flattening Inaccessibility – Part 2
Comments OffThe Impact of COVID-19 on Transportation: Issues and Solutions for People with Vision Loss This is the Second of two blogs reporting the results of a national survey conducted by the American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) to shine a light on ways in which the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted people with vision loss. Part 1…
Flattening Inaccessibility – Part 1
Comments OffHow COVID-19 Has Made Transportation Issues Even More Challenging for People with Vision Loss This is the first of two blogs reporting the results of a national survey conducted by the American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) to shine a light on ways in which the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted people with vision loss. Part…
Examining the #1 Reason Why People Call the Eldercare Locator
Comments OffGuest Blogger: Patrice Earnest, Director of the Eldercare Locator. This article provides an overview of transportation requests made to the Eldercare Locator by consumers across the country and how connections to services are being fulfilled. Transportation: The #1 Consumer Need As the only national information and referral resource providing support to consumers seeking assistance across the spectrum…
TCRP Report 188: A Look at Shared Mobility
Comments OffShared mobility (e.g., rideshare and Transportation Network Companies such as Uber and Lyft) is transforming transportation options, particularly for older adults and people with disabilities. This blog post explores the results of 2016 Transit Cooperative Research Program Report 188 Shared Mobility and the Transformation of Public Transit. A full copy of the report and an…
NADTC’s 4th Annual Mobility Fair: Part 3 of 3
Comments OffNADTC 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…