NADTC Fifth Annual Photo Contest! Celebrating Diversity in Transportation This year NADTC launched its Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Initiative to support communities to help ensure that transportation services are both equitable and accessible. To continue our efforts, we want to shine a light on the diverse populations you serve in your community and the individuals who work hard to increase the availability and accessibility of community transportation options for older adults and people with disabilities. Entry deadline:  All entries…

⇒ Click here to listen to the recording ⇒ Click here to download a copy of the presentation The National Aging and Disability Transportation Center held a virtual National Convening on September 1, to share highlights from our National Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Survey of older adults, younger adults with disabilities and caregivers from historically marginalized and underserved communities across the U.S. The meeting provided an opportunity for the public transportation, aging and disability experts who attend to ask questions and share…

⇒ Click here to listen to the recording ⇒ Click here to download a copy of the presentation Ninety percent of Area Agencies on Aging provide transportation services, a critical resource for older adults’ health and social engagement needs. COVID-19 has changed the demand for and management of transportation programs. Using data from the most recent AAA National Survey, this webinar will give a brief overview of AAA involvement in and funding for transportation programs. During the webinar, staff from USAging and…

⇒ Click here to listen to the webinar recording ⇒ Click here to download the presentation NADTC office hours are focused on enhancing training and technical assistance opportunities and offer further opportunities to interact with your peers, subject matter experts and NADTC staff. Join us on August 17 at 2:00 pm ET for NADTC’s office hours focused on volunteer driver recruitment and retention for programs serving older adults and people with disabilities. There will be a short presentation by Virginia Salem, Administrator…

⇒ Click here to listen to the recording ⇒ Click here to download a copy of the presentation The Lunch and Learn/Coordination Connection webinar was held on Thursday, August 5, from 12:30 – 1:15 pm EST. This webinar, converging NADTC’s Transportation Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and Coordination Connections initiatives, featured Quincy Brown, co-founder of We All Rise Consulting. Mr. Brown discussed strategies for engaging traditionally marginalized and underserved populations in transportation planning leading to coordination best practices. Lunch and Learn sessions…

⇒ Click here to listen to the recording ⇒ Click here to download the presentation NADTC hosted the first of the Coordination Connections series; Statewide Coordination: Bottom Up, Top Down, July 29, 2-3pm ET. NADTC launched our Coordination Connections series featuring two members of the NADTC Coordination Advisory Committee. Amy St. Peter is the Deputy Executive Director of the Maricopa Association of Governments, and will discuss how local and regional transportation coalition work grew into a statewide coordination effort. Denise…

⇒ Click here to listen to the recording ⇒ Click here to download the presentation NADTC hosted virtual event on July 22 from 11:00am - 12:30pm ET focused on meeting the transportation needs of diverse older adults and people with disabilities.   Our keynote speaker is transportation planning consultant, civil rights lawyer and nationally recognized activist, Tamika Butler, who will shed light on critical issues related to inequality, inequity and social justice in transportation. Tamika will be followed by a panel discussion among three…

⇒ Click here to listen to the webinar recording ⇒ Click here to download the presentation The National Aging and Disability Transportation Center (NADTC) office hours are focused on enhancing training and technical assistance opportunities and offer further opportunities to interact with your peers. The office hours program provides an opportunity to participate virtually in small group technical assistance calls focused on different transportation topics with the opportunity to network with your peers, topic experts and NADTC staff. On July 16,…