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Playing the Long Game: How to Grasp All the Pieces and ‘Win’ the Mobility Management Game
May 08, 2025In the field of mobility management, success lies in the ability to see the whole board. Much like a chess player surveying the game from above, effective mobility planning requires a strategic, top-down perspective—one that considers each service, policy, and population as interconnected pieces within a broader system.
Read more »Partnership is Critical to Support Family Caregivers
Apr 30, 2025In 2022, the National Strategy to Support Family Caregivers identified the need for transportation providers to play an active part in the system of support for family caregivers. Partnership between transportation providers, dementia services and caregiver support programs are critical to mitigating systemic barriers in transportation for family caregivers. These collaborations at all levels—from community to systemic—lend themselves to innovative service delivery, leveraging funding, and reducing barriers for all.
Read more »Enhanced Opportunities Using FTA Section 5310
On April 29, NADTC hosted Joelle Kanter and Pete Michaud from the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA). They discussed RIPTA’s current pilot project, RIde Anywhere, a statewide paratransit program using FTA Section 5310 funding. Joelle and Pete also showcased some other RIPTA programs their innovative approaches to the delivery of statewide public transportation services.
Read more »Transportation: The Missing Link in Family Caregiver Support
While 80% of family caregivers provide transportation for their loved one only 25% have utilized a transportation service. This resource provides information for caregiver support professionals about typical community transportation options and associated support services that could be used to support family caregivers. There are also recommendations on forming partnerships with transportation providers to improve transportation options that are accessible and accommodating to the unique needs of family caregivers.
Read more »Team Effort: When Transportation Providers, AAAs, and Communities Work Together to Support Housing
Through the collaboration and shared experiences of the County Office on Aging in Maui and Maui Economic Opportunity (MEO) Inc., a transportation provider, discover how FTA 5310 funding can be leveraged to ensure older adults and people with disabilities in local housing complexes get to and from the places they need to go.
Read more »The Road to Independence: Travel Instruction for People with Down Syndrome
Mar 20, 2025Transportation agencies throughout the country are approaching services in unique ways; one of these methods of delivery is travel instruction. This service is often developed by a mobility manager or other agency staff and used as an educational tool to assist passengers individually or in a group setting. Travel instruction is an eligible expense under FTA Section 5310, and can support staff time, transit fares or other resources the program might need to assist in training new or existing passengers.
Read more »FTA Section 5310 Profiles
Discover the creative and innovative approaches adapted by direct recipients or subrecipients of FTA Section 5310 funding, known as Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities. The transportation programs showcased in this resource will feature the non-traditional uses of 5310, thinking beyond the bus, and how their programs can improve the lives of older adults, people with disabilities and the communities where they live. NADTC’s 5310 Profiles will highlight volunteer transportation programs, mobility management, multisector coordination, outreach or partnership strategies, improved accessibility, and more.
Read more »A Conversation with the Fallon-Paiute Shoshone Tribe: Leveraging ICAM Pilot Program Funds to Grow On-Demand Services
Join NADTC on March 27th as we explore with the Fallon Piaute Shoshone Tribe how they have developed a scalable plan for meeting the transportation needs of tribal elders and members with disabilities. In the next two years they plan to expand their on-demand ride availability through the purchase of an ADA compliant van by leveraging Innovative Coordinated Access and Mobility (ICAM) pilot program funds. The webinar will highlight the tribe’s planning process, key partnerships, and plans for integrating their vehicle purchase to address transportation insecurities.
Read more »America Walks Promotes Walkable Communities
Feb 28, 2025One of America Walks’s major initiatives – Week Without Driving (WWD) – set a straightforward yet profound goal: encourage decision makers to forego the use of their cars for one week and experience their community as nondrivers. Inspired and supported by the work of Disability Rights Washington in Washington state, America Walks brought the Week Without Driving to a nationwide audience.
Read more »Digital Accessibility for Transportation Providers
NADTC and National RTAP co-hosted a webinar to discuss the importance for all 5310 and 5311 providers to ensure their websites, digital content, and transit apps are fully accessible to people with disabilities. The presentation provided information about digital accessibility, showed how inaccessible websites and apps can lead to discrimination, highlighted available tools to test for accessibility, and provided links to accessibility training. With guest speaker, Matt Feldman, Vice President of Business Development at Vispero.
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