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2021 Trends Report Spotlight: Overcoming Barriers to Walking or Rolling

Transportation is more than getting from one location to another. The full journey includes an accessible path of travel for riders to safely navigate to the bus stop and around their communities. This Trends Report highlights several key elements that communities can focus on to enhance the walkability and rollability for all users of transportation.

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2021 Transportation Trends Report

This annual report reviews trending topics in the transportation industry, and provides an overview of the questions and comments we receive at NADTC and focuses on the important transportation issues in communities across the United States. The 2021 topics include: Marketing Your Transportation Program Overcoming Barriers to Walking or Rolling Serving People with Autism on…

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Expanding Transportation Programs to Evening/Weekend Hours

The Best Practice, Expanding Transportation Programs to Evening/Weekend Hours, illustrates how one program, Senior Transportation Connection (STC) first built a solid weekday ridership base before expanding to nights and weekends. Since the expanded hours of operation depended on income from fares, STC listened to riders and partners to ensure affordability of the rides for those…

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Assisting Passengers with Alzheimer’s and Dementia

This publication provides information, tips and resources for bus operators assisting passengers with Alzheimer’s and Dementia. Operators who are aware of the challenges that individuals with dementia and their caregivers face, are better able to recognize dementia symptoms and ensure a safe trip for all riders.

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Accessible Pedestrian Pathways: Course Materials

In Summer 2019, NADTC hosted the Accessible Pedestrian Pathways mini-course. The course focused on pedestrian accessibility, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requirements related to accessible pathways, technology applications, the walkability movement in the United States, conducting walkability assessments at the community level, and examples of local projects. The course ran from August 6 – September…

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2016 Trends Report Topic Spotlight: Accessible Bikeshare

Accessible Bikeshare innovations are the focus of this Topic Spotlight, one of seven transportation issues reported on in the National Aging and Disability Transportation Center 2016 Transportation Trends Report. The complete report discusses trending topics—significant issues that affect the availability of accessible transportation in communities—identified by the National Aging and Disability Transportation Center (NADTC) in…

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Accessible Pathways to Bus Stops & Transit Facilities

This Findings in Brief includes a definition of accessible pathways, recommends community stakeholders for the local accessibility planning process, and summarizes how communities can create more accessible pathways to public transportation.

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