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Partnering Across County Lines – Valley Regional Transit

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…

Coordination in a Rural County – Altran

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…

Partnering to Fill Gaps in the Houston Area – RIDES

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.          …

Consolidated Rural Transit – Paul Bunyan Transit, MN

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…

Small Town, Big Impact – WexExpress

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.

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Coordination Connections: WexExpress

NADTC held a webinar on Wednesday, October 14 at 3:00 PM ET, the first in a series of webinars highlighting coordination practices in transportation programs across the country.   WexExpress/Cadillac Wexford Transit Authority is a transit system in the northern-lower part of Michigan serving 575 square miles. With buses and a volunteer driver program, they…

Brown Bag Webinar: Innovations in Accessible Mobility

Click here to listen to the webinar recording Click here for the presentation slides Join NADTC on Thursday, September 10 at 12:30 PM ET for our fifth Brown Bag Webinar. This session will feature 2019 Innovations in Accessible Mobility grantee, Capacity Builders who will discuss the Northwest New Mexico Transportation Alliance Project, as well as…

Person-first and Identity-first Language Choices

This blog was written by Erin Hawley, Communications Consultant for the National Aging & Disability Transportation Center. Language evolves over time along with the ways we perceive and understand disability. Therefore, it makes sense that how we talk about disability has changed drastically over the years. As a 37-year-old physically disabled woman, I have witnessed…

Thanks to the ADA!

This blog was written by Erin Hawley, Communications Consultant for the National Aging & Disability Transportation Center.   On July 26th 1990, President George H. W. Bush signed into law the Americans with Disabilities Act, which gave legal protections for equality and inclusion to people with disabilities. Leading up to the passage, activists from all…