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 Clovernook Center For The Blind and Visually Impaired’s project focused on:
The planning project focused on bridging the gaps and developing a transportation system that aligns transit services with needs to assist in increasing access to health care for transit dependent dialysis users. The project resulted in discounted fares for transportation …
Employing an advisory group of residents who were older adults and people with disabilities, the project sought to create a path to embedding inclusive, participatory elements in transportation planning and to find strategies for surmounting transportation obstacles for these populations. …
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), …
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 …
The project used an advisory committee and a stakeholder group to identify gaps in service, and information and services to fill those gaps. Results of the inclusive planning process were a bus buddy travel training program and assistance with weekly …
The project was used to identify mobility improvements, to increase the inclusiveness and the input of older adults and people with disabilities into the planning process, to revise a brochure with paratransit information, to increase funding for a taxi program, …
