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Coordination in Transportation Programs
The Best Practice, Coordination in Transportation Programs, offers lessons learned and examples from the field of communities that have brought together multiple partners to better meet the mobility needs of older adults and people with disabilities through coordination. This best practice is featured in the Best Practices Compendium, all of which are based on work of…
Read more »Adult Changing Stations Become a Common Amenity in Several States
Dec 22, 2021BACKGROUND The United States has had a long history of connecting people to various parts of the country through a network of highways, roads and bridges. Modes of travel have certainly evolved over the years, and with the development of the automobile it expanded the idea of constant movement around our cities and towns, road…
Read more »Engagement and Outreach for Transportation Programs
The Best Practice, Engagement and Outreach for Transportation Programs, highlights the experiences of several former grantees. A major lesson learned was that building trust among riders, communities and partners is critically important. Grantees valued outreach as a way to raise awareness and increase community support when new transportation services are launched. This best practice is…
Read more »Office Hours: Marketing Community Transportation Services
Click here to listen to the webinar recording Click here to download the presentation The 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. On December 15 from 2:00-3:00 pm ET, NADTC’s office hours focused on innovative marketing…
Read more »Transportation’s Challenging COVID Recovery
Dec 14, 2021The promise of a return to “normal life” has preoccupied just about every sector during the pandemic. But transportation has faced its own unique challenges, especially human services transportation providers. From pauses on travel training programs to limited vehicle capacity and the challenges of social distancing, pre-pandemic standard operations of transit systems still seem slightly…
Read more »Volunteer Driver Programs: Creative Recruitment Strategies
Dec 06, 2021Guest Blogger – Virginia Salem (Ginny) started as the administrator for Northern Essex Elder Transport, Inc, (NEET) in 2017. She previously worked at the Salisbury Council on Aging advocating for better public transportation and served on the Transportation Task Force of the Advisory Board of Elder Services of the Merrimack Valley. Northern Essex Elder…
Read more »Coordination Connections: Building Transportation Capacity in Rural Areas with Public & Private Partners
Click here to listen to the webinar recording Click here to download a copy of the presentation This is the fourth webinar in the Coordination Connections series. In this session, participants will hear from Charles McCarthy, Mobility Manager of the Northwest Colorado Council of Governments about his journey to re-establish a transportation system in NW…
Read more »Accessible Transportation for People Living with Dementia
Nov 29, 2021There are currently more than 6 million people living with Alzheimer’s disease in the United States. Currently, about 70 percent of them are living in the community and 25% are living alone. People with dementia can lead fulfilling lives when they are able to remain socially active in the community. The availability of accessible transportation…
Read more »Access to Healthy Food
The Best Practice, Access to Health Food describes the approaches of three former NADTC grantees to address hunger and provide better access to healthy food in their communities. This best practice is featured in the Best Practices Compendium, all of which are based on work of grant projects supported by NADTC, 2017-2019.
Read more »Can We Walk or Wheel There Yet? Examining the Progress (or lack thereof) in Planning for Accessible Pedestrian Infrastructure
Nov 01, 2021Guest Blogger – Dr. Yochai Eisenberg is an assistant professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago’s Department of Disability and Human Development and Great Lakes ADA Center researching barrier-removal planning and mobility among people with disabilities. Across the U.S, communities big and small are supporting walking and wheeling by constructing more accessible walking infrastructure….
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