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Publication

Transportation Options for Community Service Providers

Transportation Options for Community Service Providers is targeted to community organizations that work with older adults and people with disabilities and is intended to help professionals such as social workers, hospital discharge planners and housing coordinators, connect with local transportation programs and information providers to learn about the transportation options available in the community that serve the needs of their clients.

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Publication

Transportation Options for Mobility Independence

Transportation Options for Mobility Independence is targeted to older adults, people with disabilities, caregivers, families and friends and is designed to help them learn about transportation resources available in their communities and help guide their selection of services that best meet their needs.

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Toolkit

Community Engagement Toolkit: Essentials for Planning & Facilitating Meaningful Conversations

The Community Engagement Toolkit offers a structured approach and useful tools to discuss how well local transportation options are meeting the needs of individuals in the community, and create a plan for improvement.

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Webinar

Serving Family Caregivers in Your Transportation System

This webinar explored how transportation providers can enhance their services to better support family caregivers. Strategies for identifying, working with and supporting family caregivers through transportation will be shared along with examples of existing programs that effectively serve caregivers.

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Publication

Facts about Service Animals and Transportation

This rack card includes the U.S. DOT’s definition of a service animal, customer’s rights and responsibilities regarding service animals, and customer service practices. This resource can be printed on cardstock and used in a brochure rack or with other marketing and training materials.

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Publication

Half or Reduced Fare Requirements for Transit

FTA’s public transportation law requires transit agencies that receive funds through the Federal Transit Administration’s Section 5307 Urbanized Area Formula Program to offer half fare or reduced fare to older adults and individuals with disabilities during off-peak hours for fixed-route services. NADTC has updated information from a 2018 blog post with the same title.

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Publication

2023 Innovations Showcase

INTRODUCTION This resource presents 14 Transportation Innovations selected by the National Aging and Disability Transportation Center (NADTC) through a nationwide competition. The Showcase profiles out-of-the-box thinking and alignment of resources. Innovations may be entirely original or represent a creative adaptation of an approach that has worked in other places or program settings or with different…

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NADTC’s 2021 Equity and Accessibility Transportation Planning Grants

Introduction NADTC’s 2021 Equity and Accessibility Transportation Planning Grants provided funding to support the development of program innovations and new models for accessible transportation to meet the needs of older adults and people with disabilities.  NADTC awarded $173,495 in competitive grants to 9 communities in eight states; Colorado, Connecticut, Iowa, New Mexico, New York, Ohio,…

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Publication

Coordination in Planning

Maricopa Association of Governments and NADTC worked together to convene a meeting with state and local transportation and non-transportation community stakeholders who play a role in addressing the transportation needs of older adults and people with disabilities in their community to share knowledge of transportation issues, encourage cross-sector partnerships and identify existing plans and how they may intersect.

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Briefing

Technical Assistance Brief–Resources on Rides for Employment for Older Adults and People with Disabilities

Transportation enables older adults and individuals with disabilities to access and sustain paid employment or volunteer work activities. Transportation options can vary considerably depending on the geographic area, this TA brief provides resources and best practices from the transportation industry that can assist in finding what’s best for your area.

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