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This case study highlights Valley Regional Transit, the Regional Public Transportation Authority for Ada and Canyon Counties in Idaho.  Valley Regional Transit manages contracts for the operation of ValleyRide fixed route bus services and ACCESS paratransit service. ValleyRide bus services consists 21 fixed-line routes in Boise/Garden City, three fixed-line routes in Nampa/Caldwell, and six intercounty…

This case study highlights Alger Transit Authority (ALTRAN), a transit authority located in the City of Munising, Alger County, Michigan on the southern shore of Lake Superior and home to the world-famous Pictured Rocks National Park/Lakeshore. ALTRAN provides demand response service, first come-first served, except for the Marquette routes that operate on a scheduled deviated fixed-route.  ALTRAN strives…

This case study highlights RIDES- Specialized Transportation for Harris County which provides services in Harris County which includes the City of Houston and unincorporated Harris County and provides rides regionally.  In 2008, RIDES became part of the newly formed County Transit Division in the Community Services Department where it remains today.          …

This coordination case study highlights Paul Bunyan Transit (PBT) which is a regional transit agency established as a 501(c)3 in 1999. It operates service across a large, three-county area comprised of Beltrami County and the city of Bemidji, Lake of the Woods County and the city of Baudette and Roseau County and the cities of Roseau…

This coordination case study highlights the Cadillac Wexford Transit Authority located in a county of 33,000 people. Coordination with local agencies has allowed WexExpress to provide services through contract or partnership agreement with their buses and volunteer driver program.

As a follow-up to our National Aging and Disability Transportation Center needs assessment survey of older adults, people with disabilities and caregivers, NADTC, in partnership with KRC Research, conducted a survey of transportation providers that serve those populations. Questions focused on communications and outreach, driver training and safety, coordination, funding, challenges and unmet needs.

In this Workforce Development in Transportation Occupations Topic Spotlight, NADTC addresses the struggle to recruit, train and retain skilled workers, the lack of planning to address workforce exits and the need to stay competitive in a changing work economy are just a few of the challenges transportation managers are currently facing. This spotlight reviews challenges of workforce…

In this Travel Training for Older Adults Topic Spotlight, NADTC focuses on how travel training can benefit older adults nearing or experiencing retirement from driving. The report provides a review and explanation of travel training terminology and strategies to assist older adults in independent travel.        

In this Hiring Veterans and People with Disabilities in Transit Topic Spotlight, NADTC reviews the hiring of veterans and people with disabilities in transit. There are many transit agencies that could benefit from the capabilities of and value added by qualified applicants with disabilities. This report guides agencies in understanding the values, skills, and ideas people…

This resource was developed as a part of NADTC’s partnership activities with the National Resource Center for Engaging Older Adults (engAGED). As organizations around the country address COVID-19 in their communities, this resource is focused on the important role transportation plays in the lives of older adults—and how transportation agencies are responding to this national…