Transportation to Support Rural Healthcare resources via the Rural Health Information Hub

Resource: Roadblocks to Rural Health: State Transportation Policies' Impact on Health Care Access in Virginia's Rural Communities: 2021–2022

Tue, 03 Feb 2026 10:03:15 -0600

Examines transportation barriers that impact healthcare access and provides actionable strategies to remove barriers. Discusses collaboration with the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) to change signage policy and install directional signs to a rural Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC). Analyzes the subsequent impacts on access and cancer screening rates, as well as the importance of collaborating across community agencies.

Resource: Transportation for Rural People with Disabilities: Example Programs from Minnesota and Idaho

Tue, 13 Jan 2026 10:22:52 -0600

Results of a study examining two rural organizations in Marshall, Minnesota and Ketchum, Idaho and the ways in which they provide transportation services to individuals with disabilities. Uses data collected through interviews conducted via Zoom in May and June 2025. -- University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center

Event: 2026 National Transportation in Indian Country Conference (NTICC)

Mon, 12 Jan 2026 11:18:48 -0600

Chandler AZ
November 14, 2026

Resource: Thriving Communities Transportation Toolkit

Tue, 16 Dec 2025 14:22:15 -0600

A transportation toolkit that provides resources, guidance, and success stories related to transportation and infrastructure projects in rural and tribal communities. Focuses on finding opportunities, building teams, developing a project, financing, and maintaining infrastructure.

Resource: Quick-Build Project Resources for Rural Transportation

Tue, 04 Nov 2025 14:42:44 -0600

Provides information on and examples of quick-build transportation projects in rural areas that are designed to improve infrastructure and address safety issues and accessibility. -- National Association of Development Organizations

Resource: 2024 Rural Community Innovations: Transportation Planning Grant

Tue, 07 Oct 2025 11:40:22 -0500

Summarizes the efforts to increase accessible transportation services by 11 grantees of the 2024 National Aging and Disability Transportation Center's Rural Community Innovations Transportation Planning Grant. Includes a report highlighting lessons learned by the grantees discussing community partnerships, outreach, and sustainability. Features programs from Maine, Michigan, New York, Massachusetts, Montana, Texas, Washington, Georgia, and Missouri. -- National Aging and Disability Transportation Center

Resource: National Aging and Disability Transportation Center 2025 Innovations Showcase

Tue, 07 Oct 2025 09:29:02 -0500

Highlights 6 programs offering transportation services that are innovative in accessibility, coordination, cross-jurisdictional boundaries, healthcare access, and technology, particularly for older adults and people with disabilities. Includes rural-focused programs in Michigan and South Carolina, offering lessons learned and advice for replication. -- National Aging and Disability Transportation Center

Event: 2026 National Regional Transportation Conference

Mon, 22 Sep 2025 10:16:03 -0500

Atlanta GA
July 20, 2026 -- National Association of Development Organizations

Resource: Rural and Tribal Transit: The Federal Transit Administration Should Evaluate Its Efforts to Help Improve Accessibility and Service

Fri, 05 Sep 2025 09:17:29 -0500

Explores the primary federal funding sources for accessible transit for older adults and people with disabilities for rural and tribal communities. Describes the approaches these communities have used to provide accessible transit, and the challenges they have faced. Discusses how the Department of Transportation (DOT) and Federal Transit Administration (FTA) have helped communities use funds to improve these transit services. -- Government Accountability Office

Resource: "I Now Have the Freedom to Do What I Want, When I Want, Like Anybody Else": The Impact, Creation, and Management of Transportation Voucher Programs

Thu, 10 Jul 2025 14:06:15 -0500

Explores the impacts and implementation of transportation voucher programs supporting people with disabilities in rural areas via interviews with CIL staff and disabled voucher program participants. Discusses the experiences of rural people with disabilities and highlights benefits and challenges of transportation voucher programs. -- University of Montana: Rural Institute for Inclusive Communities

Resource: Public Transit Supports for Food Access: 2021 National Survey of Community-Based Policy and Environmental Supports for Healthy Eating and Active Living (CBS HEAL)

Fri, 23 May 2025 11:16:23 -0500

Examines public transit availability and planning, presence of demand responsive transportation (DRT), and DRT services to food retail destinations in 1,956 municipalities. Provides data on demographic disparities in public transit access and planning, including rural-urban disparities. Discusses health impacts of access to healthy food and the importance of planning for adequate public transit.

Resource: National Rural Transit Assistance Program Cost Allocation Calculator

Fri, 03 Jan 2025 12:13:47 -0600

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. -- National Rural Transit Assistance Program

Resource: Transportation Provider Survey

Wed, 06 Nov 2024 09:50:11 -0600

Surveyed 445 transportation providers for people with disabilities and older adults in Fall 2023 to describe provider experiences and perspectives. Includes findings related to accessibility of vehicles, Section 5310 funding, fares, workforce challenges, technology, coordination activities, and equity. Discusses rural throughout. -- National Aging and Disability Transportation Center

Resource: Mobility Management Certificate Program

Thu, 31 Oct 2024 16:17:46 -0500

Free training offering participants the skills and knowledge to identify community transportation barriers and resources at the community, state, and national levels. At the completion of the course, participants will have developed their own national, state, and local mobility management resources toolkit. Course content covers mobility management basics, community health needs assessments, inclusivity, and the mobility ecosystem.

Resource: Nonemergency Medical Transportation: Leading Practices Would Help the Federal Transit Administration Evaluate Its Pilot Program

Wed, 25 Sep 2024 14:36:03 -0500

Provides an overview of non-emergency medical transportation (NEMT) services and Federal Transit Administration (FTA) grant programs that can be used to support NEMT services. Evaluates the design and implementation of the FTA's Innovative Coordinated Access and Mobility (ICAM) pilot program, the only FTA program that includes NEMT as a primary objective. Discusses how FTA communicates the availability and use of its funding for NEMT. Offers recommendations for FTA related to evaluating ICAM and consolidating and publishing information about FTA funding for NEMT. -- Government Accountability Office

Resource: Ground Ambulance Industry Trends, 2017–2022: An Analysis of Ground Ambulance Organization Entrance and Exit

Thu, 25 Jul 2024 14:23:12 -0500

Describes ground ambulance trends from 2017 to 2022, focusing on organizational characteristics associated with organizations' entry into or exit from the Medicare program. Presents data on the likelihood of entry and exit by a ground ambulance transportation organization by ownership status; urban, rural, or super rural location; and volume. Examines the change in traditional fee-for-service Medicare ground ambulance transport volume at the county level after an organization enters or exits the market. -- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Resource: HealthTran: Provider Sustainability and Patient Empowerment

Mon, 18 Mar 2024 15:51:22 -0500

Video featuring Community Asset Builders' HealthTran, a volunteer driver program that helps mobility-challenged clients in over 40 rural Missouri counties get to and from medical appointments. -- Rural Health Information Hub

Organization: ITNAmerica

Fri, 23 Feb 2024 14:19:47 -0600

Leads a national transportation network to provide sustainable, community-based transportation for older adults with mobility needs. Focuses on research, policy analysis, education, and transportation services and programs.

Resource: Impact of Driving Cessation on Health-Related Quality of Life Trajectories

Fri, 02 Feb 2024 10:55:07 -0600

Examines the impact of driving cessation (DC) in older drivers aged 65-79 on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in rural and urban populations. Includes charts showing differences in HRQoL related to DC in metro core, metro non-core, and small town/rural areas. Discusses the impact of access to alternative transportation on mental health and HRQoL in older adults.

Resource: Interest in Shared-Use Mobility Services in Tribal Communities

Tue, 16 Jan 2024 08:42:11 -0600

Explores the impact that technology-enabled, shared-use mobility services such as rideshare, carshare, bikeshare, microtransit, and more may have on rural and tribal areas. Identifies relevant literature on shared-use mobilities services, a case study based on a tribal community in Oklahoma, and best practices and challenges related to emerging transit technologies. -- Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute

Resource: Discretionary Transportation Grants: DOT Should Improve Transparency in the Infrastructure for Rebuilding America Program

Thu, 11 Jan 2024 09:57:50 -0600

Examines the Department of Transportation (DOT)'s processes to solicit, evaluate, and select applications for Infrastructure for Rebuilding America (INFRA) grant awards in fiscal year (FY) 2022, and the extent to which DOT's evaluation and selection processes aligned with federal guidance. Includes information about the Rural Surface Transportation program, which receives INFRA funding, and statistics on number of INFRA grant awards in FYs 2016–2022, with breakdowns by urban and rural areas. -- Government Accountability Office

Resource: An Active Roadmap: Best Practices in Rural Mobility

Wed, 10 Jan 2024 10:57:58 -0600

Provides a literature review and case studies related to the ways rural communities encourage health-focused infrastructure, multimodal transportation, economic development, and environmentally safe practices. Describes the typology and demographics of rural areas and discusses how transportation is linked to wellness and community health outcomes.

Resource: Resources on Rides for Employment for Older Adults and People with Disabilities

Wed, 03 Jan 2024 10:08:41 -0600

Describes differences in transportation accessibility for older adults and people with disabilities based on resources available in particular communities. Provides resources and example programs focused on improving transportation options in rural areas. -- National Aging and Disability Transportation Center

Resource: Impacts of Transit on Health in Rural and Small Urban Areas

Wed, 27 Dec 2023 09:33:58 -0600

Overview of how public transportation affects health in rural and small urban areas. Summarizes findings from a literature review that looked at public transportation as it relates to the social determinants of health, healthcare access, physical activity, social isolation, and mental health. Also reports results from a survey of rural older adults supplemented by data analysis looking at travel for healthcare, challenges related to public transportation, and the impacts of missed or delayed healthcare trips. -- Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute

Resource: Access to Intercity Transportation in Rural Areas

Mon, 04 Dec 2023 15:19:21 -0600

Provides information and an interactive map that shows the percentage of rural residents who have access to commercial air, intercity bus, or intercity rail transportation. Includes county-level data for the years 2006, 2012, 2018, and 2021. Depicts state-level transportation access data as well as demographic characteristics of rural areas.

Resource: Travel for Medical or Dental Care by Race/Ethnicity and Rurality in the U.S.: Findings from the 2001, 2009 and 2017 National Household Travel Surveys

Fri, 20 Oct 2023 10:02:55 -0500

Analyzes National Household Travel Surveys from 2001, 2009, and 2017 to determine trends in average travel distance and travel burden between rural and urban residents seeking medical or dental care. Includes analysis of race and ethnicity as well as comparisons between travel for medical or dental care and employment.

Organization: Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute

Wed, 18 Oct 2023 15:57:11 -0500

Conducts transportation research, education, and outreach to promote the safe and efficient movement of people and goods. Project topics includes rural aviation, rural road safety, and rural roads.

Resource: Rural Community Transit Strategies: Building on, Expanding, and Enhancing Existing Assets and Programs

Mon, 25 Sep 2023 15:53:21 -0500

Provides an overview of a potential rural transit model based on the current infrastructure in Minnesota and by examining other state models. Focuses on solutions such as hybrid mobility, small town assets, expanding service, responding to driver shortages, engaging citizens and networking within communities, and more. Discusses public health concerns such as food access and disability accommodations.

Resource: New Growth Transit: Community-Based Transit for Rural Communities

Thu, 10 Aug 2023 09:50:53 -0500

Video featuring West Central Missouri Community Action Agency's New Growth Transit volunteer driver network, which provides transportation for mobility-challenged clients living in 9 rural counties in West Central Missouri. -- Rural Health Information Hub

Resource: Highway Safety Behavioral Strategies for Rural and Tribal Areas: A Guide

Fri, 04 Aug 2023 11:53:05 -0500

Discusses the public health concern surrounding roadway fatalities and injuries in rural and tribal areas. Provides guidance on behavioral strategies to improve road safety as well as how to adapt, implement, and evaluate strategies. Includes examples of successful roadway safety countermeasures in rural contexts. -- National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine