MassDOT Includes Dementia Friendly Design Guide in ‘Shared Streets & Spaces’ Grant Resources

by James Fuccione | Feb 2, 2022 | News and Updates

The Shared Streets and Spaces Grant Program from the Mass. Department of Transportation (MassDOT), which has a current funding round with application due on March 1, has provided an opportunity for cities and towns to improve public health, safe mobility, and...

New Resource Helps Communities Create Bus Stops for People of All Ages

by James Fuccione | Feb 2, 2022 | News and Updates

While transportation infrastructure and services investments are being made broadly across the Commonwealth, bus stops are one place for a local community to start and make an incredible impact on residents. To help communities working to become age- and dementia...

MassDOT Promotes Tools to Help Communities Address Vehicle Speed Management

by James Fuccione | Jan 26, 2022 | Data and Reports, News and Updates

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) has added data and tools that can help communities, including those working to become more age-friendly, to address vehicle speed management. MassDOT hosts a crash data portal where users can view preliminary...

Age-Friendly Funding Alert: Shared Streets & Spaces, Commonwealth Places, Mass Cultural Council

by James Fuccione | Jan 12, 2022 | News and Updates

The Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative is excited to promote a fourth round of the Shared Streets & Spaces Grant Program from the Mass. Department of Transportation (MassDOT). The program, which awards bonus points for projects that are inclusive of older...

NADTC Releases Guidebook to Help Communities Create Transportation Committees that Reflect Community Voices

by James Fuccione | Jan 12, 2022 | News and Updates

Many age-friendly communities identify “transportation” as a priority issue in order to support people of all ages in a city, town or region. The National Aging and Disability Transportation Center (NADTC) compiled a guidebook called “Creating a...