Older  Adult  Ini-a-ves:    Presenta-on  to  APTA        

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Sheila  Holbrook-­‐White    SHolbrookWhite@gmail.com  

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MyRIDE-­‐Tarrant:  An  MHMR  Tarrant  Ini-a-ve  

•  Housed  at  MHMR  Tarrant    

•  Transporta1on  op1ons  counseling  for  persons  with  disabili1es    

 

•  Spur  partnerships      

•  Pursue  collabora1ve  funding  that  supports  mobility    

 

•  Funded  with  New  Freedom  funds  by  the  region’s  MPO  

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Tarrant  Riders  Network:  A  Collabora-ve    

•  Ini1ally  convened  through  an  technical  assistance  grant  offered  through  Easter  Seals  Project  ACTION  in  2011  

 

•  “It  is  the  vision  of  Tarrant  County  to  ensure  customer  and  rider  focused  transporta1on  op1ons  that  meet  the  needs  of  all”      

 

•  Collabora1ve  planning,  funding,  and  implementa1on    

1.   Volunteer  driver  program  /  Driver  reimbursement  program  

2.  Raise  public  awareness  of  transporta1on  programs  

3.  Travel  naviga1on  /  Informa1on  and  referral  

4.  Uniform  service  /  standardized  rider  eligibility  policies  

5.  Transportation voucher programs and fare reimbursement

6.  Community  shuUle  (includes  poten1al  for  dialysis  shuUle)  

7.  Vanpool  

8.  Nonmotorized  alterna1ves  

Tarrant  Riders  Network  Priori-es    

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Tarrant  Connects:    Volunteer  Driver  Program  •  Funded  through  a  na1onally  

compe11ve  proposal  submiUed  to  the  Community  Transporta1on  Associa1on  of  America    

 •  “It  is  the  vision  of  Tarrant  County  

to  ensure  customer  and  rider  focused  transporta1on  op1ons  that  meet  the  needs  of  all”      

 •  Collabora1ve  planning,  funding,  

and  implementa1on      

•  42  focus  groups,  stakeholder  discussions,  122  interviews    

Aus-n  Accessibility  Assessment  Improvement  (AAAIM)    

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Aus-n  Accessibility  Assessment  Improvement  (AAAIM)    

•  Funded  with  a  na1onally  compe11ve  Public  Par1cipa1on  in  Public  Transporta1on  proposal  submiUed  to  the  Federal  Transit  Administra1on  

 •  Collabora1ve  ini1a1ve      

•  Phone  survey  of  10%  of  Capital  Metro’s  Discount  Fare  Par1cipants    

•  Ini1al  assessment  of  bus  stops      •  Train,  deploy,  and  pay  25  

Assessment  Team  Members  to  assess  42  bus  stops  ranked  by  survey  par1cipants  as  least  accessible    

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Aus-n  Accessibility  Assessment  Improvement  (AAAIM)  

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