Tools For Building Empowered Communities.
TRANSPORTATION
Community Transportation Association of America. Senior Transportation: Toolkit and Best Practices
Independent Transportation Network (ITN).
Independent Transportation Network® (ITN) allows seniors to maintain their independence and their dignity. This innovative transportation model provides safe transportation to older adults so that they remain vital to the economic and social health of their communities. The ability to stay mobile empowers older persons, allowing them to stay connected to family, friends and community. Businesses retain their valuable customers, and more importantly, adult children find relief from a daunting and complex problem.
These programs allow older people to trade their own cars to pay for rides, and enable volunteer drivers to store credits for their own future transportation needs. The program’s Road Scholarship Program converts volunteer credits into a fund for low-income riders, and the gift certificate program helps adult children support their parents' transportation needs from across the street or across the nation.
Transportation Research Board. Transportation in an aging society: A Decade of Experience
U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). Safe Mobility for a Maturing Society: Challenges and Opportunities
When You Are Concerned - NYS Office for the Aging’s guide for families, friends and caregivers concerned about the safety of an older driver