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Enhanced Transparency: A Comprehensive Review of 5310 Program Websites
NADTC conducted a comprehensive review of FTA Section 5310, Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities, programmatic information available on 54 State DOT and U.S. territory websites. This review was to determine the usefulness of the resources available and how funding information was presented to current grantees, potential grantees and the public. The outcome…
Read more »Enhancing Transparency: Best Practices for FTA Section 5310 Program Websites
Join NADTC as they present our findings from a review of Section 5310 program information and resources found on state DOT websites. This webinar will showcase three states who have gone above and beyond to provide guidance to existing or future grantees seeking information about the available 5310 funding, tools and resources available through the state DOT.
Read more »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.
Read more »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…
Read more »Technical Assistance Brief-Microtransit Accessibility
This technical assistance brief provides resources for accessibility on microtransit services. Microtransit is a form of shared-ride on-demand transport that extends the reach of transit systems or in some cases, replaces fixed routes.
Read more »Office Hours: Recruiting and Retaining Paid and Volunteer Drivers
Click here for recording Click here for presentation slides On Oct. 25 from 1:00-2:00 PM, ET NADTC’s Office Hours will focus on developing an effective campaign to recruit and retain paid and volunteer drivers. This session will feature a presentation by David Stephen, Senior Communications Specialist for the Transit Workforce Center. The National Aging and…
Read more »Developing Effective Surveys
NADTC’s 2022 course, Building Skills for Successful Transportation Program Delivery, provided guidance on how to design surveys that will result in valuable information for your future transportation planning efforts. NADTC also has a learning short entitled, Writing Effective Survey Questions as well as Sample Transportation Survey Questions with over 50 sample survey questions to use…
Read more »“How can I assist you?” Reasonable Modification to Policy Considerations
The National Aging and Disability Transportation Center (NADTC) office hours are focused on enhancing training and technical assistance opportunities and offer further opportunities to interact with your peers, topic experts and NADTC staff. In recognition of the Americans with Disability Act (ADA) Anniversary, this session will provide an overview of the reasonable modification rule of…
Read more »2020 Trends Report Spotlight: A Fixed-Route Response to Assisting Local Communities during the Coronavirus Pandemic
While 2020 has been in many ways unprecedented, many transit agencies have continued to excel at what they do best – move people. With their employees deemed essential workers, most transit authorities across the country remained in service during the pandemic, while developing innovative ways to operate in our new normal. The core ridership of…
Read more »Brown Bag Webinar: Creating Access to Nutrition
Click to listen and view the webinar recording Click to download a copy of the presentation slides We are excited to host our first Brown Bag Webinar on Thursday, April 23rd from 12:30 to 1:00 pm Eastern. Join NADTC and our featured 2019 Innovations in Accessible Mobility grantee, INCOG Area Agency on Aging as they…
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