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Start planning your days for TRB's Automated Road Transportation Symposium, coming up in July. Hear about updates on USDOT automation research directly from Robert Hampshire, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology at USDOT. Steven Cliff, Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, will offer a plenary on July 20. Breakout sessions will cover first-responder interactions, climate change mitigation, AVs in rural areas, and much more. Check our program as confirmed topics are updated regularly!


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Updated June 2

NITC Dissertation Fellow Shiloh Deitz Works to Fill Data Gaps for Accessible Navigating

Nearly 40 million Americans report a disability, and of this population, 70% travel less because of the challenges they face. When they do travel, those with limited mobility are more likely to be pedestrians or public transit users. The latest NITC funded dissertation was conducted by Shiloh Deitz of the University of Oregon: "Across the U.S. there is a lack of both data for accessible pedestrian routing, and tools for filling in those data. AI methods have contributed to filling in missing data for applications like autonomous vehicles, but much less often to intervene in quality of life improvements. Critical geoAI, that is, bringing a critical geographic lens to artificial intelligence applications, has the potential to contribute to the amelioration of these data and analytic gaps."

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National RTAP Tribal Transit Topic Guide Updated

National RTAP updated its Tribal Transit Topic Guide. New resources include:



National RTAP Tribal Transit Topic Guide Updated

National RTAP updated its Tribal Transit Topic Guide. New resources include:



NEMT NEWS:

Impacts of Recent Federal Legislation on NEMT

March 17, 2021

For NEMT providers, there has recently been two main pieces of federal legislation passed that relate directly to their services. The Consolidated Appropriations Act passed in December 2020 and the American Rescue Plan recently passed early in March 2021. The following provides a summary of the two pieces of legislation and their impacts for NEMT.

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