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News by Topic: Transportation

Dec 19, 2024 - Reports on trends on maternal health and mortality in Arizona and drivers of poor outcomes such as limited mental health training for providers, mental health workforce shortages, and stigma. Discusses rural-specific challenges in accessing care like transportation, labor and delivery service access, broadband, and low provider reimbursement rates for care.
Source: Tuscon Sentinel
Dec 3, 2024 - The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) is seeking comments on a request for information related to the updated Transportation Community Explorer (TC Explorer) Tool and Index methodology. The TC Explorer is a data-driven tool that allows communities to better identify transportation investments that can benefit communities. DOT intends to make updates to its Equitable Transportation Community Explorer (ETC Explorer v1.1) to improve the usefulness and accuracy of the tool, particularly for rural and tribal communities, and rename the tool as the Transportation Community (TC) Explorer. Comments are due by December 16, 2024.
Source: Federal Register
Dec 3, 2024 - Highlights the work of 3 rural Michigan community mental health agencies. Discusses challenges related to workforce, stigma, transportation, substance use, and more as well as work to overcome those challenges through outreach and partnering with other community institutions.
Source: Flint Side
Nov 26, 2024 - Discusses a student-led peer support initiative to destigmatize mental health in a rural Nevada community. Highlights existing challenges in accessing mental healthcare due to workforce shortages as well as limited transportation.
Source: The Nevada Independent
Nov 19, 2024 - Discusses mental healthcare challenges for rural Alabama residents including affordability, transportation challenges, and limited broadband access. Highlights a program aiming to reduce mental health disparities by addressing these issues through technology.
Source: WSFA
Nov 7, 2024 - Highlights a recently completed research study aiming to determine the benefits and challenges of using autonomous vehicles on rural roads. Discusses the potential impact of this technology on rural resident health and well-being.
Source: Ohio University
Nov 6, 2024 - Discusses access to Veterans Affairs (VA) healthcare challenges for rural veterans, noting broadband access, workforce shortages, transportation issues, and caregiving load as contributing to the challenges.
Source: The Daily Yonder