NADTC eNews | January 2025

January 2025

Webinar: Best Practices for Section 5310 Program Websites

Webinar: Digital Accessibility for Transportation Providers

Call for Transportation Innovations

NADTC Website Update

We recently made enhancements to our website platform. If you discover broken links or something that has moved or seems out of place, please email us at contact@nadtc.com

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The Every Ride Counts (ERC) section on the NADTC website now provides easy access to all ERC materials, without registration! We are actively making improvements to the webpage, and will keep you posted with any changes made. In the meantime, if you encounter any problems accessing, downloading or customizing ERC materials, please let us know at contact@nadtc.org.

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Enhancing Transparency: Best Practices for FTA Section 5310 Program Websites

February 4 | 2 PM EST

Join NADTC on February 4 as we present our findings from a review of Section 5310 program information and resources on state DOT websites. This webinar will showcase three states who have gone above and beyond to provide guidance to existing or future grantees seeking information about the available 5310 funding, tools and resources available through the state DOT. For more information and to register for the 5310 webinar, please click here!

Call for Transportation Innovations!

NADTC is seeking transportation innovations targeted to the needs of older adults, people with disabilities and caregivers. We know that many transportation programs across the U.S. have developed creative, practical and accessible transportation innovations. This is an opportunity to showcase your innovative transportation programs AND to be featured on NADTC's website!

Please visit the Transportation Innovations webpage for more information on how to apply. The application deadline is March 1, if you have any questions, please email us at contact@nadtc.org.

Digital Accessibility for Transportation Providers

February 26 | 2:00-3:00 PM EST

NADTC and National RTAP will co-host a webinar to discuss the importance for all 5310 and 5311 providers to ensure their websites, digital content, and transit apps are fully accessible to people with disabilities. The presentation will provide information about digital accessibility, show how inaccessible websites and apps can lead to discrimination, highlight available tools to test for accessibility, and provide links to accessibility training. To register for the digital accessibility webinar, click here!

NADTC Resources

Blog: Put the Brakes on Human Trafficking

January is National Human Trafficking Prevention Month. As part of this recognition, NADTC posted a new blog by guest blogger Amy Hill, Director, Muscogee Nation Transit Authority, The Muscogee Nation, on human trafficking and the intersection with Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples.

Recording Now Available

On January 14, NADTC hosted a panel discussion among the five pilot sites that participated in our Every Ride Counts Campaign. The pilot results were published in 2024. This webinar showcased the success of each pilot site while using the Every Ride Counts materials to engage with riders and their community. For more information on this webinar and to access the recording, please visit our resources webpage.

Where To Find Us

South West Transit Association

February 18-21 | Tucson, AZ

Title VI Training & TA Conference

March 10-13 | Minneapolis, MN

NADTC Technical Assistance

NADTC Technical Assistance Specialists are here to assist professionals like you to answer questions about a variety of topics related to transportation for older adults and people with disabilities, ADA accessible services and related issues.

Call 866.983.32220 or email us at contact@nadtc.org to start a conversation.

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National Aging and Disability Transportation Center

Washington, D.C.

contact@nadtc.org | 866.983.3222

The National Aging and Disability Transportation Center is a program funded by the Federal Transit Administration and administered by USAging and Easterseals with guidance from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Community Living.