In 2021, NADTC convened local, state, and national leaders in the transportation field to form a Coordination Advisory Committee to provide guidance on the launch of a NADTC Coordination Campaign. The goal of the campaign is to create resources and products to assist programs in developing and strengthening coordination activities.

A new project of the Coordination Campaign in 2022 is the Coordination Coalition Opportunity. This initiative aims to strengthen community partnerships by developing new or reinvigorating existing coalition teams with direct, personalized guidance from NADTC staff. Two communities will be chosen to participate in a 2-day, in-person workshop to build their coalition group and develop an action plan with long-term, sustainable outcomes. This opportunity is available to transportation agencies and human services organizations who currently receive FTA 5310 Funding.

If interested, a Letter of Interest must be submitted by May 27 in order to be eligible. Visit our website for more information and how to apply!

On June 2 from 2:00-3:00 PM, ET NADTC’s office hours will focus on travel training tools and techniques to assist people with vision loss. This session will feature a presentation by Nicole Fincham-Shehan, Disability Access Specialist at Palm Tran. If you are interested in learning about travel training for people with vision loss or would like to share information on how your organization provides travel training to help people with vision loss travel independently and safely on public transportation, please join us for this interactive discussion.

Attendance will be capped at 30 participants to foster a small group discussion, so if you are interested in participating, please register as soon as possible to reserve your space! RSVP to contact@nadtc.org. 

When COVID hit the U.S., every transit system across the country was affected, and for many, ridership numbers were significantly reduced. GRTC in Richmond, VA went through a process pre-pandemic to explore the populations and areas that had high levels of diversity, however, his process ended up being highly beneficial to evaluate how resources could be reallocated during the peak of the pandemic. Join us as we hear from Julie Timm, CEO of GRTC, to explore the journey they took to ensure that their diverse ridership was served before, during, and after the COVID pandemic.

This month we are showcasing three new blog posts! The first comes from our partners at the Administration for Community Living (ACL), written by Victoria Wright; ACL Programs Support Transportation Accessibility for Older Adults and People with Disabilities highlights the importance of inclusive planning and the many programs ACL has to offer that support the independence, well-being and health of people with disabilities. Our second blog, written by Ken Thompson of NADTC, What Have We Learned for the COVID Pandemic?, covers transportation's response to the pandemic and some of the key takeaways and lessons learned. Our third blog, West Virginians are Connecting Downstream Health Problems to Upstream Issues, written by Chelcie Beadnell of NADTC, showcases the efforts of public health officials in Morgantown, West Virginia to connect social determinates of health and access to reliable transportation.

To read more of NADTC's blogs, visit our website!

In 2020, Thrive Allen County was awarded an NADTC Community Grant to create a non-emergency medical transportation service for rural Allen County, Kansas. They had also received funding from the National Center for Mobility Management to plan for and develop a public transit system separate and distinct from the NADTC grant program. A Tale of Two Funders highlights how they were able to utilize both grant programs to develop a comprehensive transportation system that continues to grow and thrive!

As part of NADTC's Coordination Campaign has been the the creation of resources and products to assist programs in developing and strengthening coordination activities.

The Coordination Committee Toolkit provides comprehensive guidance on aspects of creating, growing, and sustaining a transportation coordination committee. The toolkit is divided into three main sections - Getting Ready, Growing the Table, and Organization and Planning. Each section includes an explanation of steps to follow, tools to complete each step, and examples of how the tools have been used. The toolkit can be used in its entirety or targeted sections that are pertinent to the needs of individual committees.

The U.S. DOT announced $5 million in funding, over the next 5 years, to establish the Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) discretionary grant program. Focused on the goal of zero deaths and serious injury on our nation's roadways, this opportunity is open to Metropolitan Planning Organizations, counties, cities or towns, transit agencies and federally recognized tribal governments. These funds are for the development of an Action Plan through environmental scans, safety analysis and stakeholder engagement with community members, especially older adults and people with disabilities. Applications must be submitted through grants.gov no later than September 15, 2022.