Research Reports |
Title: | Improving Veteran Mobility in Small Urban & Rural Areas |
Authors: | Del Peterson |
Publication Date: | Feb 2014 |
TRID #: | 01535767 |
Keywords: | costs, medical trips, mobility, rural areas, rural transit, transportation disadvantaged persons |
Type: | Research Report |
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 feasible transportation options for meeting veteran mobility needs. Special attention was given to the medical transportation of veterans to VA health care centers. This study included a survey of veterans and a simulation of their health care transportation costs.
Peterson, Del. Improving Veteran Mobility in Small Urban and Rural Areas. University of South Florida, Tampa: National Center for Transit Research, 2014.