10 articles found in ‘Coordination/Partnerships’ Category
The Accessible Transportation Resource Center (ATRC): Identifying and Promoting Accessibility Innovations
Comments OffThe Accessible Transportation Resource Center (ATRC) is a national technical assistance (TA) center begun in 2022 that follows and builds on the inclusive planning work of Transit Planning 4 All, while working in coordination with other TA Centers like the National Aging and Disability Transportation Center (NADTC), which promotes the availability and accessibility of transportation…
5 Tips for Providing Transportation to Family Caregivers
Comments OffIn the quest to increase the number of rides given each month, transportation providers would be remiss if there wasn’t an effort to increase services to family caregivers. The Caregiving in the US 2020 survey showed that 80% of family caregivers provide transportation for their loved ones. With an estimated 53 million family caregivers in…
Mobility Management Connections: Virtual Learning Summit
Comments OffNational Center for Mobility Management (NCMM), a federally funded technical assistance center, hosted Mobility Management Connections Summit during the week of March 18-22, 2024. This virtual mobility learning summit fostered discussions on public transit, transportation planning, promoting innovation and sharing of ideas through peer learning. If you missed the event, you can review the recordings…
Designing Innovative Transportation Pilot Projects for All
Comments OffGuest Blogger—Alvaro Villagran is director of federal programs for the Shared-Use Mobility Center (SUMC). The Shared-Use Mobility Center (SUMC) is a public-interest organization and an international thought leader in shared mobility. SUMC is working to replace car-centric transportation with people-focused shared mobility to fight climate change, promote equity and universal access, and strengthen community. Since…
Do you Want to Tackle Transportation Coordination? Then Tackle TACL!
Comments OffGuest Blogger – Cara Marcus, MSLIS, the Resource Center Manager for National RTAP and the Chair of the TACL Task Force. What is TACL? You’ve definitely heard about transportation coordination – and your agency may be in the planning, implementation, or management stage. But have you heard about TACL? Don’t worry if…
Put the Brakes on Human Trafficking
Comments OffWhat is Human Trafficking? Human trafficking is generally understood to be the recruitment, harboring, transporting, provision, or obtaining of a person for labor or services through force, fraud our coercion, and has become the fastest growing enterprise in the world, creating a multi-billion dollar a year criminal industry. Since its inception in 2010, the President…
Adult Changing Stations Become a Common Amenity in Several States
Comments OffBACKGROUND The United States has had a long history of connecting people to various parts of the country through a network of highways, roads and bridges. Modes of travel have certainly evolved over the years, and with the development of the automobile it expanded the idea of constant movement around our cities and towns, road…
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…
Rural Missouri Health Network Plans Regional Ride System
Comments OffSpecial thanks to guest bloggers Kelly Ast, Project Director, Rides to Health & Wealth and to Patty Cantrell, Director of New Growth for preparing this post. This article provides an overview of how organizations in rural west central Missouri collaborated to form the region’s Rides to Health and Wealth program to address rural transportation issues. Rural communities across America…
Senior Volunteer Transportation Network Improving Mobility Options in Tennessee
Comments OffSpecial thanks to guest blogger Keita Cole with the Senior Volunteer Transportation Network (SVTN) for providing the following overview of a cutting-edge coalition that is supporting the work and development of volunteer transportation programs in Tennessee. “Have you ever wondered how you would get to the grocery store if you were not able to drive?…