0. Transportation and Travel Instruction in Massachusetts
4/15/2018
Transportation and Travel Instruction in Massachusetts
Rachel Fichtenbaum
November 30, 2016

1. MassMobility Joint initiative of two state agencies
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Joint initiative of two state agencies
Executive Office of Health and Human Services
MassDOT
Statewide initiative to increase mobility for people with disabilities, seniors, low-income commuters, veterans, and others who lack access to transportation

2. Community Transportation
All transportation resources in a community that are available to help meet community mobility needs

3. How we improve mobility
Raise awareness of existing services
Help foster, develop, and sustain efforts to increase mobility

4. Transit Fixed-route Paratransit www.tinyurl.com/HST-RTAs 4/15/2018
15 RTAs plus the MBTA

5. Travel Instruction
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  The professional activity of teaching individuals with disabilities, seniors, and others how to use public transportation independently to access their environment and community
Can be offered by transit authorities, human service agencies, and/or educators/transition specialists

6. Find a travel instruction program
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7. Massachusetts Travel Instruction Network
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Peer network for travel trainers to share best practices and brainstorm solutions to shared challenges
discussion list
Quarterly in-person meetings

8. Kennedy Center Workshops
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3 day introduction to travel training for travel trainers
Introduction to key components & considerations of offering travel instruction
Open to travel trainers & people considering offering travel training in Massachusetts
Next workshop: December in Fitchburg
Register at
Also – customized TA

9. Councils on Aging
Some offer transportation to non-seniors with disabilities
COA staff are knowledgeable about transportation options
Find a COA:

10. MassRIDES Find a carpool through NuRide: www.commute.com/nuride
Connect employers to MassRIDES:
Get help organizing a vanpool

11. Other Options Volunteer drivers MassHealth transportation
Long-distance medical shuttles into Boston
Partnering with Uber/Lyft etc.

12. 4/15/2018
Ride Match

13. 8 options from Attleboro to Taunton
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8 options from Attleboro to Taunton
Public & private options

14. Finding a Ride
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15. Creative approaches expand mobility
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READYBUS: senior and disability transportation service opened empty seats to people needing employment transportation in four towns
Success  early morning hours  benefited all riders
commingling

16. Accessible livery on Cape Cod
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Problem: no wheelchair-accessible taxicabs on Cape Cod
Solution: Cape Cod RTA partnered with a private company to provide accessible livery service

17. Regional Coordinating Councils
Partnership with MassDOT, MassMobility, & local stakeholders
Build on existing partnerships
Fluid boundaries between regions
tinyurl.com/RCCaccomplishments

18. Questions & Discussion
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19. Resources from MassDOT
Mobility Management Center Community Transit Grant Program Contact Info Aniko Laszlo - Statewide Mobility Manager