The University of Iowa Driving Safety and Research Institute recently completed a research project to help rural America. The project…
Reliable transportation is essential for workforce participation, yet it remains a significant barrier to employment across many regions of the…
Difficult terrain. Harsh winters. Pervasive wildfires. Limited vehicles and funds. These are just some of the challenges rural transit agencies…
La Crosse, Wis. – (WXOW) – The Transportation Development Association hosted a roundtable discussion on Thursday morning at the La…
Transit providers in rural areas are experimenting with data-sharing technology to improve services, by introducing modern features like trip planning…
Building a clean and equitable energy economy while addressing the climate crisis has always been a top priority of the…
Human services transportation typically takes the form of what is called demand-responsive transportation (DRT) — services that do not follow fixed routes…
A Homage Senior Services employee was recently recognized with an award of excellence for her advocacy to maintain and expand…
When Janice Probst read a report released in March by the federal Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service confirming that…
Residents in Lincoln Co., Idaho are predominantly farmers and ranchers, with a population of just over 5,000 and under 2,000…
As poverty, food insecurity, inadequate housing, and complex comorbidities persist, it is essential that rural healthcare leaders have tools and…
It’s past time we acknowledge that non-drivers exist, not just in big cities but everywhere. Even in rural America, we make up nearly a third, if not more, of the population. We need to make it possible for people who can’t drive or can’t afford to drive to live, and even thrive in all our communities.
A new map highlights the states that use the most public transport, based on data from U.S. News & World…
The Pennsylvania House Transportation Committee on Wednesday continued its statewide Moving PA Forward by Investing in Roads, Bridges and Transit…
CONCORD, NH – As part of an ongoing effort to help older adults in the Granite State live more independently, the…
County health officials in rural Iowa are using a new app to connect people to their doctors and cut down…
As a Fayetteville food pantry volunteer and someone who supplements trips to the grocery store with local assistance methods, the…
HEPPNER — Morrow County was recently recognized for its transportation equity project, which culminated in the fixed route of the…
The “summer hunger gap” is a challenge throughout the state, as low-income families who rely on schools to help feed…
Kentucky has made some changes to expand access to free transportation for people who need help getting to medical, dental and mental…
Partners in West Virginia, Utah, and Oklahoma utilized funding from the COVID-19 Health Disparities grant to improve healthcare access among…
Up until just a couple years ago, Meigs County in southeast Ohio didn’t offer public transport. Now, it’s building a transportation…
Description The mobility management program at Maumee Valley Planning Organization began in 2020, and led to the development of a…
This week on The Codcast, CommonWealth Beacon‘s Jennifer Smith is joined by Jen Healy, rural transit program manager for the Quaboag…
Public transportation access in rural communities is a tough issue for residents, but now there is a new option for…
Vermont spends more on its transportation programs than any other rural state in the country, according to a recent state report.…
One of my earliest recollections is of a Trailways bus stopping in front of our house on a summer day,…
NORTHAMPTON — Food and other necessities can be found at the Goshen General Store on Route 9. For low-income individuals…
Transportation planners in Vermont and Minnesota are working to bring rural transit riders the same app features that urbanites have…
This is the first of a three-part series on rural health and the unique challenges that have historically been difficult…
Travel hardships faced by disabled and low-income travelers, according to the Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development’s 2024 Intercity Bus Review,…
In 2017, the Montgomery County, MD County Council passed a resolution mandating a 100% reduction in the carbon emissions from county-owned transit and buildings by 2035. This was an expensive challenge, so the County’s Departments of General Services (DGS) and Transportation (DOT) had to get creative. The County partnered with private energy as service provider AlphaStruxure and a private equity firm to fund all upfront costs. Fleet costs are being subsidized by the federal government.
The user experience is a critical part of any product development process and one which has often been overlooked in…
Ever heard of the Buffalo Bike? It probably doesn’t look like the flashy, lightweight, or streamlined bicycles we normally see.…
Findings highlight new care coordination services that health care organizations are providing in rural areas, such as transportation, mental health,…
Since 2016, Blackener and Hale have been able to rely on the “Paris Metro” to provide a working fixed-route bus…
At Global Mobility Call, the Rural Mobility Conference addressed one of the transport sector’s biggest challenges: how to improve connectivity…
Rural Perry County is home to workers who routinely commute to Mechanicsburg, a 30 min. drive away. But public transit options are limited. Researchers at Penn State University collaborated with local government officials to design solutions.
In 2020 Wilson, NC abruptly parked all its buses to launch a publicly subsidized van service offering $1.50 trips anywhere…
OMAHA, NEBRASKA – A new video series called “Faces of Transit in Nebraska” celebrates the good work of transit agencies…
New Growth Transit (NGT) is an unusual transit program because it began operations with a grant from a Health and…
Last year, a consortium of organizations lead by Bloomberg Philanthropies quietly launched a sprawling resource called the Local Infrastructure Hub, which provides…
“This research illustrates the need for a mindset shift from simply providing transit for people to building social networks to…
Senior citizens who want to live in the same rural towns where they grew up face a growing problem ……
Rural areas represent 97% of America’s landmass while producing only 10% of the nation’s gross domestic product. Given the large…
A longstanding “Indigenous Uber” service in Fresno Country, California has made the transition to electric vehicles, giving the area’s farmworkers…
Two years ago, Mitchell Elliott had a tough time convincing his organization that an on-demand transportation service would work in…
Richmond’s transit system is expanding deeper into the surrounding counties and launching on-demand “micro-transit” in underserved parts of the region. Driving the news: GRTC…
Ten Ohio communities will be getting money from the federal government to put toward greener public transportation – including six in rural…
The University of Iowa is shared their results on a self-driven bus that has traveled hundreds of miles throughout rural…
When a person wants to take a trip across the country, they can choose from a variety of travel planning…
The funding supports local and regional pilot projects connecting employees and employers through shared ride and transit options. The funding…
Better access to health care in rural Pennsylvania might not be a matter of sending more doctors outside cities and…
The United Way is helping expand transit service to areas of Cape Breton Regional Municipality that don’t have bus routes.…
Community paramedicine is expanding nationwide, including in rural areas, as health care providers, insurers and state governments recognize its potential…
A mobile app is bringing transit on demand to a regional county municipality in west Quebec that has spent years…
Getting around rural America without a car is hard — especially for older residents. It makes public transportation especially important…
Public transportation in Cookeville is going electric. Tennessee Tech engineers teamed up with the Upper Cumberland Human Resources Agency on…
Grilled lamb with eggplants, bell peppers, onions, and sweet potato ratatouille served over a bed of rice are not typically…
Popular perceptions of the rural United States evoke images of farms and ranches, wide open spaces, and, of course, pickup…
Have more mobility news that we should be reading and sharing? Let us know! Reach out to Sage Kashner (kashner@ctaa.org).
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