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2019 Trends Report Topic Spotlight: Mental Health and Transportation

In this Mental Health and Transportation Topic Spotlight , NADTC reviews how access to mental health services for disadvantaged populations requires coordination of a number of different elements, including transportation providers. This brief takes a look examples of how some transportation agencies are using federal, local and/or state funding to coordinate or provide transportation to mental health services.    

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2019 Trends Report Topic Spotlight: Procuring Demand Response Transit Technology

In this Procuring Demand Response Transit Technology Topic Spotlight , NADTC outlines the best methods to procure technology for your agency. This brief takes a look at the best use of Requests for Proposals, Requests for Qualifications, Requests for Information, and Requests for Expressions of Interest when preparing to procure technology for your agency.      …

Rural Missouri Health Network Plans Regional Ride System

Special thanks to guest bloggers Kelly Ast, Project Director, Rides to Health & Wealth and to Patty Cantrell, Director of New Growth for preparing this post. This article provides an overview  of how organizations in rural west central Missouri collaborated to form the region’s Rides to Health and Wealth program to address rural transportation issues.  Rural communities across America…

Medical Transportation: Multi-Model Approaches to Accessing Health Care Services Toolkit

The Medical Transportation Toolkit was adapted from NADTC’s fall 2019 online course which provided an in-depth look at transportation programs addressing the gaps in access to health care services in their community and how these programs play a key role in providing medical transportation services to older adults and people with disabilities. This toolkit is designed to provide organizations…

2019 Trends Report Topic Spotlight: Scooter Policies and Accessibility within Shared Pedestrian Space

In this Scooter Polices and Accessibility Topic Spotlight, NADTC explores the expansion of micromobility to include e-scooters and how the devices present challenges and opportunities in maintaining accessibility in public spaces. This brief takes a look at examples from Georgia and Texas.  

2019 Transportation Trends Report

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…

2019 Archives

Technology for Demand Response Transportation Blog Series

NADTC is pleased to present a series of technology blogs written by Easterseals consultant and guest blogger Steve Yaffe. In this series, we look at demand response transportation design and operations. The eight blogs highlight the need for cost allocation, transit scheduling and technology in providing efficient demand response transportation. The blog series address: Paratransit…

Proceedings of a Workshop – Ushering in an Era of New Mobility: People, Community and Technology

The following is the last in a series of seven blogs on demand response transportation design and operations from guest blogger Steve Yaffe. In this last blog of the series, the need for transactional data specifications to efficiently provide demand response transportation. Many older adults and people with disabilities have difficulty in reaching medical appointments,…