10 articles found in ‘Diversity’ Category
Micromobility Opportunities for Older Adults and People with Disabilities
Comments OffMicromobility expands opportunities for people to get around their communities without using a vehicle. As communities explore various micromobility options, including electric and adaptive bicycles, trishaws and scooters, it is important to consider how all potential users, particularly older adults and people with disabilities, can benefit.
Celebrate Disability Pride
Comments OffThe Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a Civil Rights legislation signed into law on July 26, 1990, which ensures equal access to goods and services for people with disabilities that others may take for granted, like employment, transportation, or vital services within the community activities.
Transportation Resources for Native American Elders You Should Know About
Comments OffThe National Resource Center on Native American Aging (NRCNAA) was funded through a cooperative agreement by the Administration on Aging (AoA) in 1994. The center is operated by the University of North Dakota’s Center for Rural Health. Through a variety of educational resources, training and technical assistance provided, the center is focused on supporting the…
Highlights from NADTC’s Rural Transportation Online Course
Comments OffAn important element of NADTC’s recent online course on rural transportation was dialogue among participants, invited presenters, and NADTC staff. The major topics covered by the course were: program funding; volunteer driver programs; diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI); coordination of services; and technology. Every discussion was grounded in rural community experiences and the unique transportation…
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…
Why Serving Everyone Doesn’t Serve Everyone: Unpacking NADTC’s May 2023 Course
Comments OffThroughout the month of May 2023, NADTC hosted our first course of the year entitled, Why Serving Everyone Doesn’t Serve Everyone. The course was intended to explore the importance of prioritizing intentional efforts to ensure that community transportation is truly available to all people. Participants were encouraged to take a deep dive into three subjects…
Access Matters: Adding Accessibility to Your DEI Work
Comments OffTransportation plays a critical role in a person’s ability to access the services, programs, jobs, and support they need to live in their communities. A Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) strategy for a transportation agency is stronger when it is truly reflective of our community and services are usable and accessible to all people. Accessibility…
Reaching Out to the Hispanic Community
Comments OffGuest Blogger—Sarah McGowan, Director of Programs and Mobility for All, Dulles Area Transportation Association (DATA). Learn more about DATA’s bilingual volunteer recruitment and outreach project at www.facebook.com/mobilitynetworksdata or contact her at smcgowan@datatrans.org. Dulles Area Transportation Association (DATA) is a Reston, Virginia-based nonprofit with a long history of conceiving and implementing niche transportation projects. It attributes its…
West Virginians are Connecting Downstream Health Problems to Upstream Issues…and Providing Recommendations to Transportation Planners Along the Way
Comments OffAfter reading the title of this blog, you might be wondering what ‘downstream’ and ‘upstream’ have to do with transportation. These are common terms in the public health world to describe two different approaches to community health improvement. When looking at an upstream intervention, we’re talking about measures that can be taken before a health…
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…