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Starting a Volunteer Transportation Program Volunteer transportation programs are an important support for older adults and people with disabilities who want to age in place. In this video, you’ll learn about steps to take in starting a volunteer transportation program. → Click Here to View Slides from Volunteer Transportation Video
Planning and Facilitating Effective Meetings Hosting meetings is a frequent and necessary component of the work of community transportation providers across the country. In this video, you’ll learn 6 strategies for increasing the effectiveness of your next meeting. –> Click Here to View Slides from Effective Meetings Video
NADTC’s Every Ride Counts campaign is designed to support local communities’ efforts to promote the availability and accessibility of transportation options for older adults, people with disabilities and caregivers. This resource builds on the Every Ride Counts Campaign to offer guidance on effective communications approaches to transportation programs, mobility managers and information and referral providers.
NADTC is pleased to present Access Matters, a series of videos created in partnership and in dedication to Donna Smith (1959-2022). These videos were created to train drivers to be more sensitive to the needs of people who are blind, deaf and have other disabilities who rely on public transportation. The series of five videos…
This information brief is based on the “Fundamentals of Human Services Transportation” online course offered by the National Aging and Disability Transportation Center in the summer of 2020. The course was designed to address both best practices and transportation trends likely to impact human services transportation. The major topics covered in the course are included…
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.
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…
The Transit Assessment Toolkit incorporates a series of checklists designed to assist new transit managers in assessing the current state of operations. The toolkit provides suggestions for improvement in the areas of human resources, communications, finance, operations, facilities and vehicle maintenance, and emergency preparedness. The toolkit is designed with newer industry professionals in mind, with…
NADTC hosted the Removing Barriers webinar on August 23, 2018. This webinar features two of NADTC’s 2017 grantees, Berkshire Regional Planning Commission (BRPC) in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, and Senior Transportation Connection (STC) in North Olmstead, Ohio. The grantees discussed their experiences in the year-long grant program as well as the availability of a range of safe…
This webinar features programs that enable clients and passengers to go beyond a typical jurisdictional border. Crossing a county or state line may go unnoticed when driving, but for many older adults and people with disabilities who do not drive, that line may represent a barrier to much-needed services, including access to medical care, shopping,…