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What We Learned: NADTC’s 2023 National Survey of Transportation Providers
In the fall of 2023, the National Aging and Disability Transportation Center (NADTC) partnered with Southpaw Insights to commission a survey of transportation providers that serve older adults and people with disabilities. The survey was intended to update data collected in a previous Transportation Provider Survey conducted in 2019, as well as identify work being done by transportation providers to address coordination and diversity, equity and inclusion.
Read more »LGBTQ+ Riders: Insights from NADTC’s 2021 Transportation Survey
⇒ LGBTQ+ Riders: Insights from NADTC’s 2021 Transportation Survey recording ⇒ LGBTQ+ Riders: Insights from NADTC’s 2021 Transportation Survey presentation This webinar spotlights the LGBTQ+ Insights Report, developed by SAGE – Advocacy and Services for LGBTQ+ Elders and based on analysis of data from NADTC’s 2021 Survey of Diverse Older Adults and People with Disabilities. Speakers from…
Read more »Achieving Equitable Transportation: How Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Transportation Forums Bring Communities Together
In December 2023, NADTC partnered with two transportation providers to host regional transportation forums on partnerships and practices in advancing equitable transportation. This publication summarizes the forums facilitated by the Detroit Area Agency on Aging (DAAA) and Heart of Iowa Regional Transit Agency (HIRTA).
Read more »LGBTQ+ Insights from the NADTC Transportation Survey
In 2021, NADTC conducted a National Diversity Transportation Survey in which 312 of the 2,435 respondents self-identified as LGBTQ+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer Plus). Despite the small number of LGBTQ+ respondents, it was determined that additional analysis of the survey data still offers insights useful to the field of transportation for older adults, people…
Read more »Transportation DEI Lunch and Learn: Equity in Public Transit
This webinar, Equity in Public Transportation, features Sheri Dixon, Director of Revenue, Hampton Roads Transit who discusses the significant equity impacts of transportation planning and programming and how transportation, as “the great equalizer,” can play an important role in improving social mobility by transforming the livability, sustainability, mobility and workability for all communities. Hear about the challenges, successes and…
Read more »Transportation DEI Lunch and Learn: Strategies for Community Engagement
Community engagement is a vital foundation of transportation equity. Hear from Kiana Parker, Transportation Consultant and Community Advocate and Practitioner of Mobility Justice discuss experience-driven strategies for community engagement and connection to serving underrepresented communities. Kiana will talk about her personal experiences and recommendations to connect and engage communities who depend on accessible public transportation.
Read more »Transportation DEI Lunch and Learn: Transportation Access for LGBTQ+ Individuals
This webinar features Sherrill Wayland, Senior Director of Special Initiatives and Partnerships with SAGE and Katie Kutcher, Assistant Aging Programs Director with the Centralina Area Agency on Aging, who discuss resources and solutions to help address and improve transportation access and other supportive services for LGBTQ+ older adults and persons with disabilities.
Read more »Transportation Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
NADTC led a webinar presentation for the Southwest Transit Association (SWTA) on Transportation Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, providing an overview of its DEI initiative, survey results, the DEI work of three transportation agencies, and useful resources for transportation agencies implementing DEI.
Read more »Transportation DEI Lunch and Learn: Language Matters
Language Matters Recording Language Matters Presentation Anti-Ageism Guide – Language This Transportation Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Lunch and Learn, Language Matters, features Jess Mauer, Executive Director of the Maine Council on Aging, who discussed the importance of using language that is sensitive to diverse populations when doing outreach and advertising transportation programs and supports. The…
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