Minnesota Council on Transportation Access
Resources
- Cost-Benefit Analysis of Volunteer Driver Programs: Minnesota Case Studies (PDF)
- Public/Private Partnerships in Transit: Case Studies and Analysis (PDF)
- 2018 Volunteer Driver Program Forum summary (PDF)
- Volunteer Driver Programs in Minnesota: Benefits and Barriers (PDF)
- Best Practices for Addressing Youth Employment and Training Transportation (PDF)
Resources
- Volunteer Mileage Reimbursement Fact Sheet (PDF)
- Volunteer Driver Program tri-fold brochure (PDF)
- Minnesota Department of Revenue Volunteer Mileage Reimbursement website
2022-2023 Volunteer Driver Forum Series
- July 27 Transit-focused Mobility-as-a-Service pilot projects recording (YouTube) (48 minutes)
Introduction to MnDOT’s regional Mobility-as-a-Service pilot, what the project has accomplished to date, planned new features, and how volunteer driver programs might fit into this technology - May 25 scheduling software recording (YouTube) (55 minutes)
Panel discussion on scheduling software for volunteer driver programs - March 21, 2023 Forum recording (YouTube) (40 minutes)
About RideSheet, an open-source Google Sheets-based web application that enables small demand-responsive transportation providers to manage internal operations - February 16, 2023 Forum recording (YouTube) (1 hour and 50 minutes)
Includes presentations on ways to attract and support volunteer drivers, innovative pilot programs to supplement volunteer driver programs, and the Lyft program in Dakota County - October 6, 2022 Forum recording (YouTube) (1 hour and 45 minutes)
Includes guidance on recent state legislative changes and proposed federal legislation and the Hop Scott program in Scott County
Federal and national websites
- Federal Transit Administration
- National Aging and Disability Transportation Center
- National Center for Mobility Management
- National Center for Applied Transit and Technology
- Shared Use Mobility Center
- National Rural Transit Assistance Program (RTAP)
- Technical Assistance Coordination Library – TACL
- Coordinating Council on Access and Mobility (formerly United We Ride)
- Community Transportation Association of America
