Connecting Community Transportation: The Transactional Data Specification

• Year: 2024
• Format: Research Report

This research report on the transactional data specification (TDS) and its role in facilitating coordinated demand-responsive transportation (DRT) in projects around the country. This report discusses key takeaways from demonstration…

• Planning
• Populations
• Technologies

Medicaid Transportation Coverage & Coordination Fact Sheet

• Year: 2024
• Format: Fact Sheet

This Fact Sheet was developed for state departments of transportation (DOTs), state Medicaid agencies, and other transportation entities that provide or are exploring Medicaid-funded non-emergency medical transportation (NEMT).

• Funding
• Partnerships
• Populations

Case Study: Mississippi’s Developing Responsible Individuals with Valuable Education (DRIVE) Program

• Year: 2024
• Format: Case Study

This Transit Workforce Center (TWC) case study is about the Mississippi Developing Responsible Individuals with Valuable Education (DRIVE) Program, which uses Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG) from the U.S. Department of…

• Funding
• Partnerships
• Populations

Rural and Urban Transportation Coordination

• Year: 2024
• Format: Technical Brief

There are many reasons why rural and urban transportation organizations may want to coordinate. This technical brief prepared collaboratively by National RTAP and Shared-Use Mobility Center (SUMC) describes how to…

• Geographies
• Governance
• Populations

Resources on Rides for Employment for Older Adults and People with Disabilities

• Year: 2024
• Format: Technical Brief

Transportation enables older adults and individuals with disabilities to access and sustain paid employment or volunteer work activities. Transportation options can vary considerably depending on the geographic area, this TA…

• Geographies
• Populations
• Promising Approaches

Transportation for People with Disabilities and Older Adults in COVID-19

• Year: 2024
• Format: Research Report

This report provides timely information regarding important lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic on providing transportation to people with disabilities and to older adults during emergencies.

• Partnerships
• Populations
• Promising Approaches

Homelessness: A Guide for Public Transportation

• Year: 2023
• Format: Research Report

This report provides timely information regarding important lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic on providing transportation to people with disabilities and to older adults during emergencies.

• Partnerships
• Populations
• Promising Approaches

Challenges and Successes with Shared‐Use Mobility in Rural, Frontier, and Tribal Areas

• Year: 2023
• Format: Webinar

Even as on-demand shared mobility options have expanded in the U.S., most are focused in large metropolitan areas. Issues for developing these services in rural areas can include funding, service…

• Funding
• Partnerships
• Populations

Take a RIDE with Me: Highlighting the Adoption of Citywide Microtransit in Wilson, NC

• Year: 2023
• Format: Case Study

Public transit services in American small and rural communities face various challenges today, including low population density, operator shortages, and limited or infrequent coverage. At the same time, these mobility…

• Planning
• Populations
• Promising Approaches

Section 5310 and Cycling Without Age Program

• Year: 2022
• Format: Case Study

This case study introduces a unique program for older adults and people with disabilities, to get outside and be active using a trishaw bike. This report highlights the Make the…

• Partnerships
• Populations
• Promising Approaches

Travel Training Instruction using FTA Section 5310

• Year: 2022
• Format: Case Study

This case study provides an overview of the various programs available to people who want to learn how to ride the bus, which is often the biggest fear or barrier…

• Populations
• Promising Approaches

2021 FTA Section 5310 Compendium

• Year: 2022
• Format: Technical Brief

This informational brief explains how Area Agencies on Aging provide a wide range of services and supports to older adults in the United States, and therefore play an important role…

• Partnerships
• Populations
• Promising Approaches

Review of Public Transit Food Delivery Programs

• Year: 2020
• Format: Case Study

This case study explores some of the examples of public transit delivery programs that arose in response to COVID-19, as it highlights how they operate, who they serve, and how…

• Geographies
• Planning
• Populations

Webinar: Shared Mobility for People with Disabilities — Challenges and Opportunities for Paratransit

• Year: 2022
• Format: Webinar

The webinar brought together leading public-sector experts to discuss new approaches transit agencies are exploring to increase flexibility and responsiveness of paratransit services for users while

• Planning
• Policies
• Populations

The Story of Green Raiteros: A Shared & Electric Lifeline for California Farmworkers, 2020

• Year: 2020
• Format: Case Study

In December 2018, a local nonprofit launched the Green Raiteros program, a volunteer transportation organization (VTO) that leveraged its established network of raiteros drivers but operated in a more formalized…

• Governance
• Planning
• Populations

Transportation to Support Rural Healthcare

• Year: 2022
• Format: Topic Guide

Rural Health Information Hub's (RHIhub) Transportation to Support Rural Healthcare focuses on how communities can provide transportation services to support access to rural healthcare, which may also benefit healthcare providers…

• Funding
• Planning
• Populations

Tribal Transit Topic Guide

• Year: 2024
• Format: Topic Guide

These resources include training and technical assistance specifically geared toward tribal transit operators and riders.

• Populations

Head Start Program Transportation in Rural Areas

• Year: 2020
• Format: Technical Brief

Head Start programs promote school readiness by enhancing the social and cognitive development of low-income preschool-aged children, including children on federally recognized Indian reservations and children of migratory farm workers,…

• Governance
• Populations
• Sectors