From the Federal Interagency Coordinating Council on Access and Mobility (CCAM), October 2009
What ideas and actions can increase access to affordable and reliable transportation services for people with disabilities, older adults, and people with limited incomes?
The Federal Interagency Coordinating Council on Access and Mobility (CCAM) invites you to participate in the United We Ride National Dialogue. This groundbreaking, web-based interactive dialogue is designed to allow a broader range of opinions and ideas to inform future policies, the CCAM Strategic Plan and to strengthen the CCAM's relationship with is vast array of partners and stakeholders, including state, local, and tribal governments, transportation agencies, human service agencies, healthcare providers, employment specialists, educators, and consumers.
In order to capture this critical feedback, the CCAM is seeking your participation in a 2 week long, web-based dialogue. This dialogue will allow participants to submit, comment, and rate ideas on how to increase access to affordable and reliable transportation services for people with disabilities, older adults, and people with limited incomes.
Your invaluable participation will directly inform the work of the CCAM on future policy decisions and the Strategic Plan.
What is the Federal Interagency Coordinating Council on Access and Mobility?
The Federal Interagency Coordinating Council on Access and Mobility (CCAM) includes 11 Federal departments that are responsible for providing transportation for people with disabilities, older adults, and people with limited incomes. The CCAM launched United We Ride in 2004 with an initial action plan to address the need to coordinate transportation services across 64 different federal programs. While the CCAM has made significant progress through United We Ride across the country, challenges to coordinating silo funding, policies, programs and services still exist.
What is the United We Ride National Dialogue?
The National Dialogue is a conversation between you, other CCAM stakeholders, and CCAM on an innovative web-based platform. The National Dialogue is an interactive process that provides an opportunity for participants to discuss the ideas that will enhance transportation services for people with disabilities, older adults, and individuals with limited incomes in communities across the country.
This unique experiment in 21st-century stakeholder consultation is being hosted by the National Academy of Public Administration, and Easter Seals Project ACTION, both independent and non-profit organizations, in support of the Federal Interagency Coordinating Council on Access and Mobility.
To register for the National Dialogue go to: http://www.uwrdialogue.org/.