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Inclusive Transportation and Mobility Options to Support Youth Transition

Judy L. Shanley, Ph.D.

• Asst. VP, Education & Youth Transition

Easterseals Inc., Chicago, IL

Learning Objectives

• Understand transportation education and

mobility management

• Learn about opportunities to collaborate across

education & transportation organizations

• Leverage community and national resources

A Poll

How many of you….

• 1. Are involved in coordination/collaborative

activities that involve your local transit agency?

• 2. Have attempted to invite the participation of

transit into coordination/collaborative activities – but, they won’t come?

• 3. Not really even thought about how I can

coordinate/collaborate with transit or transportation providers.

Why Is Mobility and Transportation Important for Youth?

Recently, travel skills were identified as a predictor for positive post-school outcomes (Mazzotti et al. 2015). In addition, students with disabilities who could travel independently outside the home (e.g., school, local store, neighbor’s house), were more likely to be engaged in post-school employment (Carter et al., 2012; McDonnall, 2011).

Quick Guide: Transportation and Travel Instruction http://www.transitionta.org/sites/default/files/QG_Transpor tation_2016.pdf

Some people with disabilities who are willing and able to work cannot do so because of inadequate transportation. Others cannot shop, socialize, enjoy recreational or spiritual activities, or even leave their homes.

National Council on Disability (2005)

Legislation & Policy Across School and Community Reinforce a Focus on Inclusive Transportation

• Least Restrictive

Environment

• Inclusion
• Access to the General

Education Curriculum

• State Employment First

Initiatives

• IDEA
• Americans with Disabilities

Act

• Higher Education

Opportunity Act

• Olmstead Act
• Workforce Innovation and

Opportunity Act

Voices from Youth

I feel like I am independent. I don’t need to depend on my mom and dad to take me places. Now I can ride the bus to get to my job and to the movies with my friends Spontaneous Choice

Transportation Education Curriculum –National Aging and Disability Transportation Center – http://www.nadtc.org/resources-publications/transportation-education-curriculum/

http://ici.umn.edu/products/impact/183/183.pdf

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Implement Transportation Education

• Integrate mobility and transportation content

in academics – provide experiential learning

• Invite families into learning
• Implement across grades – across disciplines
• Culminate with travel instruction

– Free curriculum…http://www.nadtc.org/resources- publications/transportation-education-curriculum/

Building an Accessible Transportation Continuum to Support Transition

Educators Vocational Rehabilitation Workforce Development Safe Routes to Schools Pupil Transportation K12 Campus Transportation Higher Education Disability Services Public Transportation Private transportation Mobility Management

Interconnected Systems and People

Students & Families

www.saferoutesinfo.org/ www.napt.org/ www.nasdpts.org http://tsdconference.com/ www.ahead.org www.apta.com/ www.ctaa.org www.cec.sped.org http://www.dcdt.org/ www.rehabnetwork.org http://www.parentcenterhub.

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Transportation Education

Mobility Management can Support Transportation Education

• Mobility management is an approach to designing and delivering

transportation service

• Starts and ends with the customer
• Establishes a community vision in which the entire transportation

network works together

• Deliver the transportation options that best meet the

community’s needs

What Transportation Services can Comprise a Mobility Management System?

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What Services Can be Included in Mobility Management Systems?

(even in rural areas)

• Fixed route – bus, subway, rail, trolley
• Shared vehicle (car share)– such as Zip Car, Enterprise Plus
• Shared ride – ride boards, slug lines
• Transportation Network Companies (TNCs)- Uber, Lyft, Bridj
• Feeder systems
• Volunteer driver programs
• Voucher programs
• Paratransit – door to door, curb to curb
• Bike share
• Travel training
• Pedestrian programs – walking buses

Tap into Mobility Management Systems & Mobility Mangers in your Community…It’s about Breaking Down Siloes

How to Identify a Mobility Manager in Your Community

• Local transit agency or transit authority
• State DOT
• Metropolitan Planning Organization
• Google…Local Coordinated Transportation

plan, transportation advisory committee

• www.nc4mm.org

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If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got. In Fierce Conversations, By Susan Scott

Student Projects

• Conduct resource mapping of transportation resources & travel

training services – shared services (church, school, business)

• Student interviews with transportation providers – mobility

managers

• Research innovative mobility options
• Students participate in community transportation planning

committees and advisory boards

• Student conduct presentations on transportation to community

boards, legislators, family organizations

• Use transit planning software/apps to plan trips
• Take field trips to transit agencies, stations, etc.

What Can Educators Do?

• Look for grant opportunities to focus on coordinated transportation
• Attend transportation conferences in your state – get on the agenda
• Offer professional development about mobility & transportation
• Develop internship sites for youth in transportation industry
• Establish ride buddy programs
• Understand and offer travel instruction
• Encourage the participation of transportation in school career fairs

and district events

Yellow School Buses as the First Step

• Relationships with Pupil Transportation (National Association for Pupil

Transportation www.napt.org and National Association of State Directors

• f Pupil Transportation Services http://www.nasdpts.org/)

– Simulate public buses

• Establish fare cards
• Use public transit signage
• Invite public transit drivers on school grounds
• Develop schedules and route maps
• Provide students/clients computer route maps
• Mimic driver alert systems on buses
• Replicate social variance on bus

A Poll - Use of Strategies

• 1. I have used many of theses strategies to

collaborate with schools

• 2. I have used some of these strategies to

collaborate with schools

• 3. I have not used any of the strategies…but,

can’t wait to try!!!!

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The National Center for Mobility Management Can Help you Make Connections

The mission of the National Center for Mobility Management (NCMM) is to facilitate communities to adopt transportation strategies and mobility options that empower people to live independently and advance health, economic vitality, self- sufficiency, and community. www.nationalcenterformobilitymanagement.org

About the NCMM

• National Technical assistance center
• Launched in early 2013
• Jointly operated by three national organizations:

– Easterseals – American Public Transportation Association – Community Transportation Association of America

• Through a cooperative agreement with the

Federal Transit Administration (FTA), U.S. DOT

Thoughts, Ideas, Questions?

Tap into Resources

www.nationalcenterformobilitymanagement.org http://webbuilder.nationalrtap.org/ Transitplannning4all.org National Aging and Disability Transportation Center – www.nadtc.org

Judy Shanley, Ph.D. jshanley@easterseals.com 312-551-7227