Topic Pages:
Transportation
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Tools
- United We Ride
Provides information on all federal programs funding human service transportation. Also includes state-supported initiatives, success stories, and a database of useful practices.
Sponsoring organization: Federal Transit Administration
- APTA: United States Local and State Transit Links
Provides a list of all transit agencies and their local links (if available) by state, county, and city.
Sponsoring organization: American Public Transit Association
- Transportation Information Guide
Information, resources and frequently asked questions on transportation issues relevant to rural America.
Sponsoring organization: Rural Assistance Center
- Building an Individual Transportation Plan
Designed to help transition specialists, employment counselors, social workers and other human service agency personnel understand how the availability, or lack of transportation services, impacts individuals receiving services.
Sponsoring organization: Federal Transit Administration
- Kid One: Transporting Children to Better Health
Provides children and expectant mothers, that are considered to be transportation disadvantaged, access to health care services throughout the state of Alabama.
Success Stories
Funding
Publications
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2-1-1, 5-1-1, and Human Services Transportation
Provides an assessment of the potential roles of the 211 and 511 telephone services in coordinating the scheduling of human services transportation. Includes background information on each service, followed by a discussion of the differences that are relevant for the one-stop scheduling concept. Reviews the unique qualities of each system, regarding customer bases and missions, information content, and overall approach.
Sponsoring organization: Federal Transit Administration
Date: 11 / 2004
Format: Word
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Aging Americans: Stranded Without Options
Discusses the challenge of providing transportation to an aging population and the increasing need for public transit and pedestrian-friendly options for those no longer able to drive. Includes a section on rural and small-town issues.
Author(s): Linda Bailey
Sponsoring organization: Surface Transportation Policy Project
Date: 04 / 2004
Format: PDF
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Community Inclusion Driver Strategy: Assisting People with Disabilities Living in Rural Areas in Finding Personal Transportation
Describes the Community Inclusion Driver (CID) strategy for providing transportation to people with disabilities in rural areas. CID is an arrangement that brings together a person with a disability, a transportation provider, and an independent driver in a negotiated
agreement to provide transportation services.
Sponsoring organization: Easter Seals
Date: 2001
Format: PDF
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Coordinated Human Service Transportation: State Legislative Approaches
A guide to human service transportation coordination for state legislators. This report tracks state efforts to coordinate a range of specialized transportation programs that are available to people who have difficulty accessing traditional transportation modes because of age, disability, poverty or other disadvantage.
Author(s): Matt Sundeen, James B. Reed, Melissa Savage
Sponsoring organization: Community Transportation Association of America
Date: 01 / 2005
Format: PDF
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Current State of Transportation for People with Disabilities in the United States
Developed to provide a better understanding of access to transportation and mobility for people with disabilities, including access to traditional public transportation systems, private transportation services, alternative transportation initiatives, and the pedestrian environment; to identify transportation barriers as well as promising practices and models; and to develop recommendations in keeping with the goals of the New Freedom Initiative to expand transportation opportunities for people with disabilities.
Sponsoring organization: National Council on Disability
Date: 06 / 2005
Format: PDF
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Medicaid Non-emergency Transportation: National Survey 2002-2003
Discusses and analyzes a survey of non-emergency medical transportation programs throughout the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Identifies their current range, diversity, funding, and service delivery.
Author(s): Gail Stefl, Mark Newsom
Sponsoring organization: American Public Human Services Association
Date: 12 / 2003
Format: PDF
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Planning for Transportation in Rural Areas
Provides information needed by rural planners, city and county engineers, stakeholders, local officials, and other decisionmakers involved with developing rural transportation plans. Includes a discussion of "rural," the variety of jurisdictions involved in rural transportation planning, including transit, samples of successful transportation planning, and a directory of national and state transportation-related websites.
Sponsoring organization: Federal Highway Administration
Date: 01 / 2004
Format: HTML
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Public Transportation on the Move in Rural America
Identifies what rural public transportation is and discusses its usage and importance in rural areas. Examines the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) and its importance to rural America.
Author(s): Dennis M. Brown
Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
Date: 07 / 2008
Format: HTML
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Rural Transportation at a Glance
Discusses several current characteristics of rural transportation. These include deregulation that affects freight traffic, car ownership rates, the gap in passenger transportation, and the quality of roads and bridges.
Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
Date: 01 / 2005
Format: HTML
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Senior Transportation: Toolkit and Best Practices
Provides information about the varied transportation needs of older people, how community and public transportation providers are meeting those needs, and means and resources for improving and creating senior transportation service.
Author(s): Jane Hardin, Scott Bogren, Wendy Chamberlain, Charles Dickson
Sponsoring organization: Community Transportation Association of America
Date: 05 / 2003
Format: PDF
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Serving Rural America: U.S. Department of Transportation Program Guide
Provides information about Department of Transportation programs that are targeted to or have special uses for rural America. Discusses the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st
Century (TEA-21) as well as specific DOT funded programs.
Sponsoring organization: Federal Highway Administration
Date: 2002
Format: HTML
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Strategies to Increase Coordination of Transportation Services for the Transportation Disadvantaged
Examines strategies for initiating or improving coordination of local and regional publicly funded transportation services for the transportation disadvantaged.
Sponsoring organization: Transportation Research Board
Date: 2004
Format: PDF
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Toolkit for Rural Community Coordinated Transportation Services (Executive Summary)
A stand-alone executive summary of the TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program report that provides information, instructions, and lessons learned from rural communities that have implemented coordinated transportation services.
Author(s): Jon E. Burkhardt
Sponsoring organization: Transportation Research Board
Date: 08 / 2004
Format: PDF
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Transportation in Rural America Issues for the 21st Century
Discusses contemporary transportation issues in Rural America regarding the impact of deregulation, the devolution of Federal responsibilities to State and local governments, and increased traffic growth and how they have affected the economic development of rural areas. The advantages and disadvantages regarding the current trends are provided.
Author(s): Eileen S. Stommes, Dennis M. Brown
Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
Journal citation: Rural America Volume: 16 Issue: 2 Pages: 2-10
Date: 2002
Format: PDF
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Transportation Needs in Rural Communities
Discusses transportation issues facing low-income workers in rural areas. Lists funding sources for providing transportation, organizations and contacts, publications, and examples of successful programs in several states.
Author(s): Pamela Friedman
Sponsoring organization: Rural Assistance Center
Date: 03 / 2004
Format: HTML
Journals
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Journal of Rural Health
Offers research of projects to improve rural health, statistics, and mathematical models. Provides summaries of recently published rural health research. Provides links to author, subject and abstract indexes.
Sponsoring organization: National Rural Health Association
Organizations
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Community Resource Group
Works in rural areas to expand the opportunities for families to build assets, improve their lives, and strengthen their communities.
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Community Transportation Association of America
Provides a wide variety of information on economic development, financing, technical assistance, and a resource depot of publications. Current and future issues of rural and urban public and community transportation are a concern of the CTAA.
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Local Technical Assistance Program
LTAP's mission is to foster a safe, efficient, environmentally sound transportation system by improving the skill and knowledge of local transportation providers through training, technical assistance and technology transfer.
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National Rural Transit Assistance Program
National RTAP is a federal-state-local partnership that provides training and technical assistance products and services, that are developed nationally, for distribution and replication by the states to local transit agencies. A National Transit Resource Center is supported, which offers access to information and expertise, including an online list of state RTAP contacts.
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RuralTransportation.org
Serves as a web-based resource tool for rural transportation stakeholders, including local elected officials and regional development professionals. Is the result of a collaboration of the National Association of Counties (NACo) and the National Association of Development Organizations (NADO).
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