Toyota Delivers New Prius to Maryland's Senior Connection Volunteer Driver Program
On Thursday, October 20, 2016, Toyota delivered a brand-new 2016 Prius vehicle to Senior Connection of Silver Spring, Md., as the Grand Winner of the National Volunteer Transportation Center's (NVTC) 2015 STAR Awards. A full list of the winners is available here (PDF). The new Prius was delivered at a special event at DARCARS Toyota in Silver Spring, along with U.S. Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.). Senior Connection will deploy the Prius in its vehicle fleet utilized by more than 1,800 volunteer drivers who've provided more than 280,000 rides to 2,800 seniors since 2014 across Montgomery County, Md. The National Volunteer Transportation Center - created in 2014 - is an initiative of the Community Transportation Association of America (CTAA).
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The Community Transportation Association of America (CTAA) is excited to announce PASS Basic, the online alternative to its passenger assistance training. Simply by going to http://training.ctaa.org you can access the virtual classroom experience through six audio/visual modules which will prepare your drivers to attend the hands-on aspect of PASS training and attain full PASS driver certification.
The Community Transportation Association of America, in partnership with Easter Seals, National Association of Area Agencies on Aging, and Westat, is developing, testing and demonstrating ways to empower people with disabilities and older adults to be actively involved in designing and implementing coordinated transportation systems. Our goal is to support communities nationwide in adopting sustainable, scalable, and replicable models that include participation of people with disabilities and older adults in the design and implementation of responsive, coordinated transportation systems.
In the non-emergency medical transportation (NEMT) field it is incumbent upon providers to embrace change and to do things differently. RIMMS is a new program that is designed to affordably provide organizations with the resources, information, products, services and skills necessary to efficiently start-up or expand a NEMT program of any size. Visit the RIMMS webpage or email RIMMS@ctaa.org for more information.
The Insurance Store at CTAA
As part of what we do, we try not just to represent our members in Washington, but we also try to help them and part of our help is to try to make complicated parts of our business simpler and better. One of the greatest challenges for all parts of our membership is insurance protection, a subject that is made more difficult because our membership base is so diverse. The Insurance Store at CTAA is our way of helping with the complicated insurance situation. Our store has the ability to match products in the insurance world with the individual needs of our members. Whether you're a governmental agency, a nonprofit corporation or a small business, the insurance Store can be your one-stop resource on all insurance needs and services.
VMMI: Vehicle Maintenance Management and Inspection
The Vehicle Maintenance Management and Inspection certification training program promotes the community transportation industry's commitment to safe, reliable transportation through building the professional skills of maintenance personnel and managers. This workshop is geared toward enhancing the skills of maintenance technicians and maintenance managers. This three-day program is designed to improve the maintenance oversight of fleets of smaller transit vehicles (i.e., less than 25-foot length). It is based on an established maintenance training curriculum developed by Halsey King, SAE and applied to countless vehicle fleets nationwide, to which CTAA has added a layer of testing, certification and performance quality.
The CT Podcast covers the community and public transit field, featuring interviews with a wide variety of transit professionals discussing new ideas, key topics, breaking news and much more with DigitalCT's Scott Bogren.
Small-urban transit providers are not large metropolitan transit authorities, nor are they rural transit systems. And that is the real reason for the creation of CTAA's SUN and its success. CTAA recognizes that small-urban transit systems and their leadership face unique challenges - and opportunities - and is firmly committed to providing these systems with the unique and targeted legislative, policy, regulatory, training and research they need to continue to thrive.
Non-emergency medical transportation (NEMT) is rapidly changing. Wouldn't it be great to have a recognized NEMT expert who's been an NEMT operator and has experience working directly with insurance companies, brokerages and state Medicaid agencies at your disposal? CTAA is pleased to announce the most innovative community and public transportation-training product we've ever offered. The Keys to NEMT Success is low-cost, can be accessed fully right at your own computer and provides you the opportunity to ask questions and interact with renowned NEMT expert.
The CTAA staff recently signed our membership pledge, a document which captures our commitment to our members.
On Thursday, October 20, 2016, Toyota delivered a brand-new 2016 Prius vehicle to 
