Originally posted by The Center Square – The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) announced a pilot program called “Ride Now” that will give applicants over the age of 65 and individuals with disabilities six free $20 vouchers a month access …
Reliable, accessible transportation can help older adults and people with disabilities meet a wide variety of needs—including the need to socialize with others. Because many social and recreational activities happen on evenings and weekends, transportation programs that offer extended hours …
What are some inclusive mobility options for individuals with disabilities and older persons? TRB will host a webinar on Tuesday, April 5, 2022 from 11:30-1:00 PM Eastern that will identify key components of inclusive mobility. Presenters will examine systems around …
April 6th, 2022, is National Assistive Technology Awareness Day! Congress has designated this day to recognize the role assistive technology (AT) and AT services play in the lives of persons with disabilities. Celebrate AT!
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Lindsey Teel, US Department of Labor, discusses the Americans with Disability Act (ADA), barriers that still exist in transit planning and how we can work to overcome these barriers.
This past week, state government passed an infrastructure law to fund public transportation projects across the Commonwealth.
The $234 million package, administered by the Federal Transit Administration, will allow for infrastructure upgrades and new projects in both urban and rural …
TRB will host a webinar on Wednesday, February 23, 2022 from 1:00-2:30 PM Eastern that will identify past, present, and future initiatives to ensure easier mobility for an aging society. Presenters will discuss the current mobility landscape and will provide …
Each year, the National Aging and Disability Transportation Center (NADTC) publishes a Trends Report highlighting emergent topics in transportation. The report provides overviews of transportation issues and challenges being faced within the transportation industry, including examples of how solutions are …
This Demonstration session was presented at the 2020 annual conference of the American Evaluation Association. It presents lessons learned about inclusive planning involving people with disabilities, older adults, and caregivers. A U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration …
On February 25th, the current Transit Planning 4 All Grantees shared their progress thus far towards community-specific, mobility on demand solutions. These projects are being inclusively planned with older adults and people with disabilities. You can visit project team presentations …
The Older Adults, New Mobility and Automated Vehicles report is a collaborative effort between AARP Public Policy Institute, RAND Corporation, the Urbanism Next Center at the University of Oregon, and various subject matter experts which discusses the key factors relating …
The “Strategies for Promoting Civic Engagement in Inclusive Transportation Planning” series presents key tips for enhancing inclusion through civic engagement strategies.
This tip-sheet explores the key guiding principles for civic engagement transit planning that can be applied in various …
Angel Bond, Mobility Manager for Boulder County, Colorado, discusses her award winning program Mobility For All with Dr. Terri Cassidy. She describes why she sees transportation as key to equity and what she and her team are doing to make …
The Greater Portland Council of Governments (GPCOG) – the lead planning organization for Greater Portland Maine – formed an inclusive committee that created a regionally implemented Inclusive Transportation Planning Toolkit for the Portland Area Comprehensive Transportation System (PACTS). Additionally, a …
The “Strategies for Promoting Civic Engagement in Inclusive Transportation Planning” series presents key tips for enhancing inclusion through civic engagement strategies.
This brief explores community mapping, a tool for identifying various assets and resources within a specific geographical area through …
The project identified strengths, weaknesses, linkages, and improvements using a project advisory committee of community members who were older adults or people with disabilities and DC agency partners. The project produced a website, a survey in English and Spanish, open …
The project examined lack of transit services to rural areas and non-rural areas, as well as the high cost of transportation services. The initiative’s recommended solutions were the development of a more inclusive website, a call center with capacity to …
The overall goal of the project was to implement needed mobility improvements in and around Fairbanks that were identified in a mobility management plan. Outcomes included updating of the local coordination plan; incorporating improvements that will benefit older adults, persons …
Learn from three initiatives – two in Massachusetts and one in Maine – that are working to increase the role that older adults and people with disabilities play in planning and implementing community transportation services. Two TP4A grantees were featured …
Project staff and consultants worked closely with stakeholders, a diverse group of people with disabilities and seniors to review the transportation system, help identify gaps and participate in other engagement strategies; conducted community surveys to identify mobility needs and attitudes; …
The PEAC project resulted in a significant increase in participation of older adults and people with disabilities on advisory committees and at public meetings. Advocates identified areas where their participation is needed, including bikeshare planning, testing of autonomous vehicles, and …
The project used surveys and focus groups as a springboard to develop marketing information about transportation services for older adults and people with disabilities. These included transportation to grocery shopping, movies, and non-emergency medical care (including a VA medical clinic), …
The project used a participatory planning process to identify existing challenges related to transportation for kidney dialysis patients, and how these challenges impacted patient health. It involved the creation of an advisory committee and implementation of a public engagement effort. …
King County Metro participated as a grantee during the TP4A 2016-2017 period. The project increased participation of older adults and people with disabilities on transit and paratransit advisory committees. It used recommendations to make its reservation policy more flexible and …
