10 articles found in ‘Public Transportation’ Category
Put the Brakes on Human Trafficking
Comments OffIn January, we recognized National Human Trafficking Prevention Month. NADTC posted a new blog by guest blogger Amy Hill, Director, Muscogee Nation Transit Authority, The Muscogee Nation on human trafficking as well as the intersection with Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples.
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…
Travel Training in Transition Services
Comments OffTransportation plays an integral role in our everyday lives. Many individuals with disabilities rely on accessible transportation or are often dependent on others to access everyday essentials. Many avoid using transportation services because they lack the knowledge or skills to access them. Travel training can be a valuable tool in helping navigate transportation options and…
Driver Recruitment and Retention Strategies
Comments OffGuest Blogger—David Stephen is the senior communications specialist for the International Transportation Learning Center (ITLC) and leads the development of #ConnectingMyCommuity, the National Transit Frontline Worker Toolkit and Campaign. Learn more about the toolkit at transitworkforce.org/connect, or contact him at dstephen@transportcenter.org. Guest Blogger—Shayna Gleason is a research associate with ITLC. She conducts varied research projects,…
Transportation Supports Behavioral Health Access for Older Adults and People with Disabilities
Comments OffTransportation providers serving older adults, people with disabilities, and caregivers understand that transportation is vital to the health of their riders, but often health is thought of in broad terms, and mental or behavioral health gets overlooked. Yet statistics show that behavioral health, a term which encompasses both mental health and substance use disorders (SUDs),…
A Ride to Independence: Kyle’s Story
Comments OffTransportation allows individuals with disabilities to achieve and sustain employment, and as employment opportunities expand for people with disabilities to work in integrated settings, transportation services to these jobs become even more important. While Medicaid waiver programs often cover transportation costs, some communities struggle to provide reliable transportation options afterhours or to employment outside of…
A Recap of Medicaid Non-Emergency Medical Transportation (NEMT) Listening Sessions
Comments OffBackground This blog post gives an overview of Medicaid NEMT service and also summarizes the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) sponsored listening sessions that allowed mobility providers and stakeholders to provide feedback and shared learning about ways to improve the Medicaid program and NEMT benefit. Medicaid is a national program that provides health…
What Have We Learned From the COVID Pandemic?
Comments OffThe COVID-19 pandemic has rapidly changed how we live, work, and connect with our communities and family. The pandemic has tremendously altered how transit and human services transportation programs provide services and support their communities. As I struggled to think of an interesting way to express what human services transportation providers and public transit gained…
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…
The Mask Mandate and the Challenge for Public Transportation Drivers to Enforce Compliance
Comments OffFederal Mask Order On January 21, President Joe Biden issued an order called the “Executive Order on Promoting COVID-19 Safety in Domestic and International Travel that requires certain federal government agencies to require travelers to wear masks on commercial airlines, trains and buses. The executive order says that the “Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…