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The Transportation Technical Assistance Coordination Library (TACL) provides a sustainable methodology and platform for access and findability of coordination resources across a diverse range of Technical Assistance (TA) Centers and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA). The FTA-funded technical assistance centers participating in this ongoing work are: National Aging and Disability Transportation Center (NADTC) National Center for…

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.

NADTC hosted the Rides to Health and Wealth webinar on March 10 ,2020.   View and listen to the webinar Download a copy of the webinar transcript in Word This webinar highlighted west central Missouri’s nine- county Health and Wealth Network and it’s collaborative approach to building rural transportation options. The Network’s Rides to Health and…

This report reviews 2019’s trending topics in transportation. The Trends Report provides an overview of what’s trending in the industry, questions we receive at NADTC and important transportation issues in communities across the U.S. 2019 topics include: Filling a Need: Hiring People with Disabilities in Transit Travel Training for Older Adults Procuring Demand Response Transit…

In this Non-Emergency Medical Transportation Topic Spotlight, NADTC explores how different states approach coordination. As a Medicaid benefit, non-emergency medical transportation provision varies state-to-state depending on each state’s model coordination practices. This NEMT brief looks at examples from Massachusetts, North Carolina, Oregon, and Texas.