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Distance Learning Seminar: Mobility Management: What is it and why should you do it?

Thursday, Feb. 7, 2008 2-3 p.m. EST

The funding resources discussed during this event are availiable in the NCST Library and the ESPA Clearinghouse. Transportation by the Numbers Building Mobility Partnerships for People with Disabilities: Opportunities for Federal Funding

Mobility Management is an innovative method of coordinating, managing and providing transportation services.  Mobility Managers are often seen as brokers or community transportation organizers.  United We Ride, a federal interagency initiative that coordinates human services transportation, has recently issued a fact sheet on mobility management.  This resource explains Mobility Management in more detail, including information about getting a program started and programs in progress.

During this session, Ken Fischer of McDonald Transit Associates, Fort Worth, Texas discussed the basics of Mobility Management including what is mobility management, who benefits and why agencies should consider implementing a mobility management program. This one-hour session started at 2 p.m. EST Thursday, Feb. 7. 

Supplemental materials related to the presentation are available. These materials are intended as additional resources to provide more in-depth information and it is not necessary to download them for the presentation.

Meet the presenter:

Ken Fischer serves as McDonald Transit Associates Senior Vice President and Managing Director for the transit systems they manage in the southeastern region of the Country. Prior to this corporate role, Ken was the General Manager for the Volusia County, Florida transit system for 25 years. In that capacity, he oversaw the growth of a system that went from 30 vehicles serving only the Daytona Beach area, to 100 vehicles serving all of Volusia County. During his tenure as the General Manager, the transit system received the following awards; “Outstanding Small Transit System in North America” in 1993, “Outstanding Urban Paratransit System in the State of Florida” in 1997, “Outstanding Achievement in Local Government” Award in 1992.

Ken was inducted into the Florida Public Transportation Association’s Hall of Fame in 2006 and in 2007 he was presented with the William Bell Lifetime Achievement Award by the Florida Commission for the Transportation Disadvantaged, for his professional dedication in encouraging the coordination of paratransit services.

Ken is a Past President of the Florida Public Transportation Association, Past Vice Chairman of the Florida Commission for the Transportation Disadvantaged and Past President of the Port Orange/South Daytona Chamber of Commerce.

Transcripts are now available. Braille and/or audio CDs can be requested by contacting us at NCSTdistancelearning@easterseals.com.

The National Center on Senior Transportation is funded through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration and with guidance from the U.S. Administration on Aging. NCST is administered by Easter Seals Inc. in partnership with the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging (n4a).