At
the Crossroads: Disability and Transportation
in New Mexico
Contact: ATRI
At the Crossroads: Disability and Transportation in New Mexico. Full Report by Judith M. Espinosa, Matthew Baca, Amy Estelle, and Mary E. White. Funded by the New Mexico Developmental Disabilities Planning Council, Patrick Putnam, Executive Director (December 2002) - A study on transportation needs of 644 New Mexicans with disabilities reports the quality of life for most could be improved with better transportation options. This study was researched and written by the ATR Institute. The study found that 92 percent of the State’s persons with disabilities require mechanized transportation to work. Over one-third of participants have missed an opportunity to become employed and almost one-quarter have lost a job, due to lack of transportation. The report showed that almost half of those study participants who were unable to drive rely on family and friends for transport to medical services, and over one-third of participants have missed at least one medical or rehabilitation appointment in the last 12 months due to lack of transport.Acknowledgements, Tables of Contents, and Forward (PDF: 487KB/13 pages)
Chapter 1 - Introduction to the Study (PDF: 135KB/7 pages)
Chapter
2 - An Overview of Disability, Transportation, and the Law
(PDF: 344KB/14 pages)
Chapter
3 - Locations of Selected Support Services and Consumers
(PDF: 2.759MB/42 pages)
Chapter
4 - A Transportation Survey of Persons with Disabilities
(PDF: 883KB/45 pages)
Chapter 5 - Innovative Transportation Solutions (PDF: 217KB/17 pages)
Chapter 6 - Conclusions and Recommendations (PDF: 148KB/8 pages)
Appendix
A - Composite List of Services Provided by Centers for Independent
Living
(PDF: 75KB/1 page)
Appendix B - Case Study: Using GIS in Health and Human Service Transportation Planning (PDF: 1.618MB/22 pages)
Appendix C - Client Transportation Survey in English (PDF: 101KB/3 pages)
Appendix C - Client Transportation Survey in Spanish (PDF: 99KB/3 pages)
Appendix
D - Adult Client Transportation Survey Methodology
(PDF: 127KB/4 pages)
Appendix
E - Client Transportation Survey Comments and Suggestions
(Question 15) (PDF:
99KB/8 pages)
Appendix F - Existing Public Transportation Services (PDF: 216KB/20 pages)
Appendix G - The Olmstead Decision (PDF: 17KB/2 pages)
Appendix H - Glossary (PDF: 38KB/4 pages)
Appendix I - Acronyms (PDF: 12KB/2 pages)