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Transportation Supports Behavioral Health Access for Older Adults and People with Disabilities

Transportation providers serving older adults, people with disabilities, and caregivers understand that transportation is vital to the health of their riders, but often health is thought of in broad terms, and mental or behavioral health gets overlooked. Yet statistics show that behavioral health, a term which encompasses both mental health and substance use disorders (SUDs),…

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…

Employee Engagement

Acknowledging the efforts and appreciating the contributions of an employee in the workplace can boost morale, increase job satisfaction and productivity. When employers create a welcoming environment and treat their employees as part of a team, that positive energy can be felt by riders, community providers or partner agencies. This blog will cover some fundamental…

Accessible Public Transportation During Disaster: A Lifeline for People with Disabilities

Guest Blogger – Tracey Shifflett serves as the Strategic Communication Specialist for the FEMA Office of Disability Integration and Coordination (ODIC). She works with agency leadership and subject matter experts, as well as disability stakeholders and interagency partners, to provide information and resources that help people with disabilities before, during and after disasters. Reach her…

Lunch & Learn: Access Matters Video Series

Access Matters Video Lunch and Learn Recording Access Matters Video Series This Lunch and Learn features the recently updated Access Matters Video Series. The videos spotlight the importance of accessible transportation for people with disabilities and offer practical training and tips for transit drivers applicable to both rural and urban transportation programs. In addition to…

Every Ride Counts Campaign Guidance

NADTC’s Every Ride Counts campaign is designed to support local communities’ efforts to promote the availability and accessibility of transportation options for older adults, people with disabilities and caregivers. This resource builds on the Every Ride Counts Campaign to offer guidance on effective communications approaches to transportation programs, mobility managers and information and referral providers.

NADTC Coordination Coalition Initiative Showcase

In July of 2022, NADTC selected two coalitions, as part of the Coordination Coalition Initiative. Each group received intensive technical assistance to develop an Action Plan to re-energize their group’s transportation coordination efforts. Over the course of 8 months, each group received a 2-day workshop and monthly check-in meetings with NADTC staff to keep each…

Office Hours: Riders with Vision Loss: New Tools from NADTC and the American Foundation for the Blind

Click here to view the recording Click here for the presentation slides On Thursday, March 2 at 2:00 – 3:00 PM, ET, NADTC will host an office hours session focused on strategies for better serving the transportation needs of older adults with vision loss. Two new resources available on the NADTC website: Meeting the Needs…

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NADTC’s Focus on Family Caregiving and Transportation

There are 53 million caregivers in the United States who are providing, on average, 24 hours a week of support for their loved ones[1]. NADTC’s most recent online course focused on the important role caregivers have in managing transportation, including the indirect impacts that transportation, or lack thereof, can have on caregivers and the importance…