Transportation Providers & Communities
Designing Sidewalks & Trails for Access New!
Guidebook created to provide planners, designers and transportation engineers with a better understanding of how sidewalks and trails should be developed to promote pedestrian access for all users, including people with disabilities.
ADA Accessibility Guidelines for Transportation Vehicles
Administration on Aging Transportation Information
American Public Transportation Association (APTA)
Better Public Transportation for Everyone
Disabled American Veterans (DAV) operates a nationwide volunteer transportation network to transport veterans with disabilities to VA medical facilities. See the DAV Hospital Service Coordinator Directory to contact your nearest HSC for help.
Department of Transportation (DOT) Transportation Service Coordination Program
Information regarding the Transportation Service Coordination Program which works to increase transportation access services for people with mobility impairments through transit/paratransit system management and the referral of mobility impaired people to appropriate transportation services.
Department of Transportation's (DOT) Digital Document Center
Online access to documents on a wide range of transportation-related issues from the DOT Publications Library.
Easter Seals Project ACTION's Distance Learning Seminar Series
How to Establish & Maintain Door-through-Door Transportation Services for Seniors
Report from the Administration on Aging (AoA) designed to help service providers and communities set up and maintain reliable and effective transportation services for seniors. Document is in .pdf format.
Improving Transit Equity, Streamlining Operations
Mobility Devices on Transportation Services
Mobility Planning Services (MPS) Institute
Paratransit Requirements for DOT Funded Fixed-Route Service Operated by Private Entities
Premium Charges for Paratransit Services
Project ACTION Projects & Funding
Public Involvement Techniques for Transportation Decision-Making: Americans with Disabilities
Information on making meetings and information accessible under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and ensuring participation by the disability community, which is essential in public transportation and highway planning.
Toolkit for the Assessment of Bus Stop Accessibility & Safety