Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Transportation
Rural Transit Planning in the Time of COVID and Beyond
Recording of a January 14, 2021 webinar centered on transit planning basics, best practices, and activities that rural and tribal transit agencies can implement during, while recovering from, and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Discusses challenges brought on by the pandemic, as well as opportunities for improvement. Transcript available below description.
Date: 01/2021
Type: Video/Multimedia
Sponsoring organization: National Rural Transit Assistance Program
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Recording of a January 14, 2021 webinar centered on transit planning basics, best practices, and activities that rural and tribal transit agencies can implement during, while recovering from, and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Discusses challenges brought on by the pandemic, as well as opportunities for improvement. Transcript available below description.
Date: 01/2021
Type: Video/Multimedia
Sponsoring organization: National Rural Transit Assistance Program
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Connecticut Office of Rural Health: 2021 Annual Report
Highlights the funded initiatives and major activities of the Connecticut Office of Rural Health. Includes a discussion of the COVID-19 response including vaccination initiatives, transportation to support healthcare, workforce education, and data collection.
Date: 2021
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Connecticut State Office of Rural Health
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Highlights the funded initiatives and major activities of the Connecticut Office of Rural Health. Includes a discussion of the COVID-19 response including vaccination initiatives, transportation to support healthcare, workforce education, and data collection.
Date: 2021
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Connecticut State Office of Rural Health
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Rural Transportation Issues: Research Roadmap
Report details the form and function of the transportation systems serving rural areas. Discusses gaps in service for all forms of rural transportation, including EMS and non-emergency medical transportation.
Additional links: Read Online
Date: 2021
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, National Cooperative Highway Research Program
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Report details the form and function of the transportation systems serving rural areas. Discusses gaps in service for all forms of rural transportation, including EMS and non-emergency medical transportation.
Additional links: Read Online
Date: 2021
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, National Cooperative Highway Research Program
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Guidebook and Research Plan to Help Communities Improve Transportation to Health Care Services
Provides guidance to help healthcare and transportation agencies work together to increase transportation services and improve health outcomes. Discusses the effect of limited transportation services on healthcare access and cost in urban, suburban, and rural settings. Includes case studies and examples of collaborative efforts between transportation and healthcare organizations.
Additional links: Read Online
Author(s): Transportation Research Board
Date: 2021
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
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Provides guidance to help healthcare and transportation agencies work together to increase transportation services and improve health outcomes. Discusses the effect of limited transportation services on healthcare access and cost in urban, suburban, and rural settings. Includes case studies and examples of collaborative efforts between transportation and healthcare organizations.
Additional links: Read Online
Author(s): Transportation Research Board
Date: 2021
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
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Applicant Toolkit for Competitive Funding Programs at USDOT
Provides information and resources to guide users through the process of finding and applying for United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) discretionary grants to fund transportation projects in rural communities. Includes an overview of the discretionary grant process, informational videos, financing resources, examples of past funding activities, and more. Developed as a component of the Rural Opportunities to Use Transportation for Economic Success (R.O.U.T.E.S.) Initiative.
Date: 2021
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: United States Department of Transportation (USDOT)
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Provides information and resources to guide users through the process of finding and applying for United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) discretionary grants to fund transportation projects in rural communities. Includes an overview of the discretionary grant process, informational videos, financing resources, examples of past funding activities, and more. Developed as a component of the Rural Opportunities to Use Transportation for Economic Success (R.O.U.T.E.S.) Initiative.
Date: 2021
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: United States Department of Transportation (USDOT)
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Modernizing Demand-Responsive Transportation for the Age of New Mobility
Provides an overview of demand-responsive transportation (DRT) and its role in supporting people with disabilities, older adults, people with lower incomes, and rural residents. Explores how a new data specification, the transactional data specification (TDS), can be used to modernize DRT services. Presents case studies of systems adopting TDS, including ITNAmerica, a national transportation network serving older adults in rural communities, and a pilot program in rural Oregon. Offers recommendations to policymakers and stakeholders to promote wide-scale adoption of TDS by DRT providers.
Author(s): Jana Lynott
Date: 12/2020
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: AARP Public Policy Institute
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Provides an overview of demand-responsive transportation (DRT) and its role in supporting people with disabilities, older adults, people with lower incomes, and rural residents. Explores how a new data specification, the transactional data specification (TDS), can be used to modernize DRT services. Presents case studies of systems adopting TDS, including ITNAmerica, a national transportation network serving older adults in rural communities, and a pilot program in rural Oregon. Offers recommendations to policymakers and stakeholders to promote wide-scale adoption of TDS by DRT providers.
Author(s): Jana Lynott
Date: 12/2020
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: AARP Public Policy Institute
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Federal Funding for Rural Health: Supporting Planning and Development Around a Regional Transportation Need
Features Rides to Health and Wealth, a regional transportation program in eastern Missouri helping improve rural healthcare access and other health-related transportation needs. Includes discussion of how the program planning and development continued during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Author(s): Kay Miller Temple
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 12/2020
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Features Rides to Health and Wealth, a regional transportation program in eastern Missouri helping improve rural healthcare access and other health-related transportation needs. Includes discussion of how the program planning and development continued during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Author(s): Kay Miller Temple
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 12/2020
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Access in Appalachia Concept and Methodologies: Final Report
Provides an overview of the accessibility needs to goods and services - food, healthcare, broadband, education, as well as, customer, labor, and supplier markets - for the people and businesses of Appalachia. Looks at the current research on rural accessibility and economic development. Outlines methods for measuring accessibility, offers an analyses approach using accessibility metrics, and discusses other considerations in long range accessibility planning.
Date: 11/2020
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: Appalachian Regional Commission, EBP US, Inc.
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Provides an overview of the accessibility needs to goods and services - food, healthcare, broadband, education, as well as, customer, labor, and supplier markets - for the people and businesses of Appalachia. Looks at the current research on rural accessibility and economic development. Outlines methods for measuring accessibility, offers an analyses approach using accessibility metrics, and discusses other considerations in long range accessibility planning.
Date: 11/2020
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: Appalachian Regional Commission, EBP US, Inc.
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Consolidated Rural Transit - Paul Bunyan Transit
Provides an overview of transit services in a rural area of Minnesota. Includes information on service area, funders, partners and coordination, challenges, and successes.
Date: 10/2020
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Aging and Disability Transportation Center
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Provides an overview of transit services in a rural area of Minnesota. Includes information on service area, funders, partners and coordination, challenges, and successes.
Date: 10/2020
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Aging and Disability Transportation Center
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Coordination in a Rural County - Altran
Provides an overview of the transit services in a rural Michigan county. Discusses services for people with disabilities, medical patients, schools and daycares, and workers, with a focus on coordination, funding, challenges, and successes.
Date: 10/2020
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Aging and Disability Transportation Center
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Provides an overview of the transit services in a rural Michigan county. Discusses services for people with disabilities, medical patients, schools and daycares, and workers, with a focus on coordination, funding, challenges, and successes.
Date: 10/2020
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Aging and Disability Transportation Center
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