Product No.: 12081
Date Published: 04/2013
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In the coming years, there will be dramatic growth in the population of older adults as the “Baby Boomer” generation (those born between 1946 and 1964) ages to 65 years old and beyond. A looming challenge is to meet the mobility needs of this group to ensure that older adults can live independently. However, while the number of older adults grows, the funding available for specialized senior and human service transportation services is declining. The Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC), as part of its Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 Work Program, was asked to undertake a project to explore the long-range needs for senior transportation in the four New Jersey counties in the DVRPC region: Mercer, Burlington, Camden, and Gloucester. This report gauges current coordination efforts and recommends strategies to increase collaboration. This project also seeks to “think beyond funding,” and to focus on a paradigm where coordination and collaboration can stretch available resources and create a system to meet future senior mobility needs.Geographic Area Covered: Mercer, Burlington, Camden, and Gloucester counties
Key Words: Human service transportation, senior transportation, paratransit, seniors, older adults, United We Ride (UWR), Executive Order 13330: Human Service Transportation Coordination, Framework for Action: Building the Fully Coordinated Transportation System, coordination, Collaboration, CHSTP
Staff Contact(s)
- Shoshana Akins (sakins@dvrpc.org)
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