Transportation Access (R5): Disability, Aging, and Transportation Access (DATA) (ICPSR 38537)
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Clive D'Souza, University of Pittsburgh
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Transportation Access (R5): Disability, Aging, and Transportation Access (DATA) was a project at the Intervention Development stage that created innovative and evidence-based approaches to enhance access to healthcare and community supports through a model healthcare clinic and a prototype web-based decision tool to coordinate transportation services.
Access to safe, accessible, and useable transportation options is vital to supporting social interactions, community participation, positive health behaviors, and successful aging among people with disabilities. However, communities lack evidence-based information to inform transportation planning. Data on ADA paratransit users and usage patterns would be a valuable resource to decision-makers, but it is highly fragmented and often inaccessible. The specific aims of this project are:
- To quantify changes in transportation needs and priorities, and patterns of ADA paratransit use among people aging with long-term physical disabilities in a defined geographical area across time
- To incorporate this information into a prototype intervention, namely, a data-driven web-based decision tool for transportation service providers, city/county planners, and disability organizations to identify gaps in, and collectively improve and coordinate transportation services to support successful aging in people with long-term physical impairments
Data users can explore the Aging and Demand Response Transportation Website. The landing page lists a collection of research studies conducted by our group and related tools for data analysis that examine different aspects of and interactions between disability, aging, environmental (e.g., socioeconomic, neighborhood characteristics) factors and demand-response transportation use in a few select cities. As well, data users can find the Ann Arbor Paratransit Data Explorer Tool on the website.
The site is open access, but users need to signup (login and password). This this is at no-cost (free). Once users have created an account (or logged in), click on "Projects" and then "Disability, Aging and Demand-Response Transportation."