Improving Veteran Mobility in Small Urban & Rural Areas

The need for veteran transportation is growing rapidly because of the increasing number of older veterans and injured service men and women. Many veterans in rural areas have special mobility needs and must travel long distances to receive medical care. The objective of this study was to identify veterans with mobility needs currently living in rural Minnesota, Montana, and North Dakota, and to quantify the cost of transportation options for meeting their mobility needs. Special attention was given to the medical transportation of veterans to VA health care centers. The feasibility of a coordination effort between Veterans Affairs (VA) health care centers and rural public transit agencies for transporting veterans to medical appointments was also studied.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.5038/CUTR-NCTR-RR-2012-13
• Record URL:
  https://www.ugpti.org/resources/reports/details.php?id=809
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • This document was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportation, University Transportation Centers Program. Cover title: Improving Veteran Mobility in Small Urban and Rural Areas.
• Corporate Authors:

  Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute

  Small Urban and Rural Transit Center, North Dakota State University, P.O. Box 6050
  Fargo, ND  United States  58108-6050

  National Center for Transit Research

  Center for Urban Transportation Research, University of South Florida
  4202 East Fowler Avenue, CUT 100
  Tampa, FL  United States  33620

  Research and Innovative Technology Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Peterson, Del
  • 0000-0002-2010-5542
• Publication Date: 2014-2

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 41p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Costs; Medical trips; Mobility; Rural areas; Rural transit; Transportation disadvantaged persons
• Uncontrolled Terms: Veterans
• Geographic Terms: Minnesota; Montana; North Dakota
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Public Transportation; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01535767
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: 21177060-NCTR-NDSU02
• Files: UTC, TRIS, RITA, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Aug 27 2014 10:50AM