Staff training: Creative approaches to expand community mobility

Learn how aging and disability service agencies can implement creative approaches to expand mobility for consumers.

Mobility is critical to quality of life for older adults and people with disabilities. This training is targeted to leaders of aging and disability service organizations, as well as anyone else interested in learning about the role human service agencies can play in expanding mobility. It covers:

• Examples of innovative ways that organizations are working together to increase transportation for older adults and people with disabilities in Massachusetts
• Tools you can use to enhance mobility in your region

Watch the video to learn more. Explore the supplemental resources below for additional information and tools.

Training video: Creative approaches to expand community mobility

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Promising practices and inspiring examples

Make use of existing capacity

• READYBUS profile
• READYBUS webpage

Subsidize transportation providers to fill gaps

• Carlisle’s partnership with Lyft
• Partnering with Transportation Network Companies

Improve efficiency to increase service

• CrossTown Connect website
• CrossTown Connect history

Unite around a shared need

• Quaboag Connector

Leverage volunteers

• TRIPPS
• TRIPPS peer mentors
• Rides for Health
• Volunteer driver programs

Encourage self-advocacy

• Advocacy resources
• WalkBoston
• Older & Bolder
• Transportation Advocacy Coalition - Worcester

Tools to get started

Build a coalition

• Find partners through Regional Coordinating Councils
• Dementia-friendly Massachusetts
• Age- and Dementia-Friendly Integration Toolkit

Center older adults and people with disabilities

• Inclusive planning
• Design Thinking for community transportation ("Creating innovative transportation solutions" module)

Transportation coordination

• Coordination toolkit – getting started
• Coordination examples

Funding

• Funding opportunities

Data

• Healthy aging data profiles
• Additional data sources

More Tools

• More resources and strategies

MassMobility would like to thank the Executive Office of Elder Affairs, MassDOT, and members of the transportation workgroup of the Governor's Council to Address Aging in Massachusetts for their assistance developing this video. Thanks in particular to the Barr Foundation for their assistance with graphics and video editing.