Transportation to Support Rural Healthcare – Resources
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Rural Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) Toolkit
Provides information and resources to address rural transportation safety issues. Discusses crash countermeasures, traffic management, operations and maintenance, emergency services, surface transportation and weather, rural transit and mobility, and tourism and travel information.
Date: 03/2018
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Rural Road Safety
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Provides information and resources to address rural transportation safety issues. Discusses crash countermeasures, traffic management, operations and maintenance, emergency services, surface transportation and weather, rural transit and mobility, and tourism and travel information.
Date: 03/2018
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Rural Road Safety
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Handbook for Examining the Effects of Non-Emergency Medical Transportation Brokerages on Transportation Coordination
Details the background and highlights models of non-emergency medical transportation (NEMT) for Medicaid beneficiaries. Includes information for human services and public transportation to coordinate with NEMT. Features a companion document that breaks down NEMT by state.
Additional links: Read Online, State-by-State Profiles for Examining the Effects of Non-Emergency Medical Transportation Brokerages on Transportation Coordination
Date: 2018
Sponsoring organizations: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Transportation Research Board
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Details the background and highlights models of non-emergency medical transportation (NEMT) for Medicaid beneficiaries. Includes information for human services and public transportation to coordinate with NEMT. Features a companion document that breaks down NEMT by state.
Additional links: Read Online, State-by-State Profiles for Examining the Effects of Non-Emergency Medical Transportation Brokerages on Transportation Coordination
Date: 2018
Sponsoring organizations: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Transportation Research Board
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Aging in Place in Small Urban and Rural Communities
Examines the current state of aging in place, including cost benefits of rural residents living independently and using home health services and public transportation, rather than relocating to assisted living facilities. Includes statistics on costs of various types of senior living situations in North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Missouri, Wisconsin, Mississippi, Maine, New Mexico, and Montana, and aging in place cost savings forecasts for these states.
Additional links: Executive Summary
Author(s): Del Peterson, Ted Rieck
Date: 08/2017
Sponsoring organization: Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute
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Examines the current state of aging in place, including cost benefits of rural residents living independently and using home health services and public transportation, rather than relocating to assisted living facilities. Includes statistics on costs of various types of senior living situations in North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Missouri, Wisconsin, Mississippi, Maine, New Mexico, and Montana, and aging in place cost savings forecasts for these states.
Additional links: Executive Summary
Author(s): Del Peterson, Ted Rieck
Date: 08/2017
Sponsoring organization: Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute
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Medical Transportation Service is a Lifesaver for Rural Missourians
Shares the stories of two Missouri veterans who rely on the HealthTran, a non-emergent transportation service, to access healthcare. Provides an overview of how the service meets the needs of rural residents.
Author(s): Jenn Lukens
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 01/2016
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Shares the stories of two Missouri veterans who rely on the HealthTran, a non-emergent transportation service, to access healthcare. Provides an overview of how the service meets the needs of rural residents.
Author(s): Jenn Lukens
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 01/2016
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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ADA Guide for Rural Demand-Response Transportation Service Providers
Serves as a guide to help demand-response transportation service providers serving rural areas understand and apply the federal requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) when meeting the transportation needs of people with disabilities. Explains ADA regulations for vehicles, service policies, and etiquette for smaller, rural operators.
Date: 10/2014
Sponsoring organizations: Easter Seals Project ACTION, National Aging and Disability Transportation Center
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Serves as a guide to help demand-response transportation service providers serving rural areas understand and apply the federal requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) when meeting the transportation needs of people with disabilities. Explains ADA regulations for vehicles, service policies, and etiquette for smaller, rural operators.
Date: 10/2014
Sponsoring organizations: Easter Seals Project ACTION, National Aging and Disability Transportation Center
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Developing, Enhancing, and Sustaining Tribal Transit Services: A Guidebook
Offers guidance about the steps for planning and implementing a tribal transit system to assist with a variety of needs including clients with special needs in employment, education, healthcare, and other human services.
Additional links: Read Online
Date: 2012
Sponsoring organization: Transportation Research Board
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Offers guidance about the steps for planning and implementing a tribal transit system to assist with a variety of needs including clients with special needs in employment, education, healthcare, and other human services.
Additional links: Read Online
Date: 2012
Sponsoring organization: Transportation Research Board
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Rethinking Federal Investments in Rural Transportation: Rural Considerations Regarding Reauthorization of the Surface Transportation Act
Provides an overview of the scope of transportation investments in the U.S. Describes the impact of these investments on communities in regards to jobs, services, education, and healthcare in rural communities. Covers rural transportation policy recommendations.
Author(s): Brian Dabson, Thomas G. Johnson, Charles W. Fluharty
Date: 04/2011
Sponsoring organization: Rural Policy Research Institute
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Provides an overview of the scope of transportation investments in the U.S. Describes the impact of these investments on communities in regards to jobs, services, education, and healthcare in rural communities. Covers rural transportation policy recommendations.
Author(s): Brian Dabson, Thomas G. Johnson, Charles W. Fluharty
Date: 04/2011
Sponsoring organization: Rural Policy Research Institute
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Transportation, Distance, and Health Care Utilization for Older Adults in Rural and Small Urban Areas
Highlights a survey studying the impacts of transportation and geography on health care services for older adults in rural and small urban areas. Included individuals aged 60 or older living in the rural Upper Great Plains states of North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, and Wyoming.
Author(s): Jeremy Mattson
Date: 12/2010
Sponsoring organization: Federal Transit Administration
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Highlights a survey studying the impacts of transportation and geography on health care services for older adults in rural and small urban areas. Included individuals aged 60 or older living in the rural Upper Great Plains states of North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, and Wyoming.
Author(s): Jeremy Mattson
Date: 12/2010
Sponsoring organization: Federal Transit Administration
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Crossing Great Divides: A Guide to Elder Mobility Resources and Solutions in Indian Country
Discusses the impact of transportation services on healthcare access for American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian older adults. Provides information about transportation funding opportunities to meet the needs of elders living on reservations. Describes Title VI Aging Services and Tribal Transit Programs.
Date: 2010
Sponsoring organization: National Aging and Disability Transportation Center
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Discusses the impact of transportation services on healthcare access for American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian older adults. Provides information about transportation funding opportunities to meet the needs of elders living on reservations. Describes Title VI Aging Services and Tribal Transit Programs.
Date: 2010
Sponsoring organization: National Aging and Disability Transportation Center
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National Rural Transit Assistance Program Cost Allocation Calculator
An interactive calculator for transit agencies to assist in determining expenses by various travel modes, jurisdictions, and service types, as well as costs of services for grant funding management and planning. Includes a Microsoft Excel and Access version.
Sponsoring organization: National Rural Transit Assistance Program
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An interactive calculator for transit agencies to assist in determining expenses by various travel modes, jurisdictions, and service types, as well as costs of services for grant funding management and planning. Includes a Microsoft Excel and Access version.
Sponsoring organization: National Rural Transit Assistance Program
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