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TCRP Research Results Digest 99: Improving Mobility for Veterans (2011)
Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP)

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Burkhardt, Jon E, Yum, Joohee, Rubino, Joseph M, Transportation Research Board. "Assessment Tools for Transportation Providers and Planners." TCRP Research Results Digest 99: Improving Mobility for Veterans. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2011.

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Table of Contents (1-2)
Summary (3-9)
A Roadmap for this Report (10-10)
Key Facts Concerning Veterans (11-12)
Mobility Challenges Facing Veterans (13-15)
Veterans Health Care (16-19)
VA Transportation: A Brief Historical Overview (20-20)
Transportation Services that VHA Provides for Veterans (21-24)
VA Transportation Expenditures (25-26)
Recent Legislation and Activities (27-30)
Chapter 3 - Typical Transportation Options for Veterans (31-31)
Veterans Receive Services Via Nonprofit Veterans' Service Organizations (32-35)
VAMCs Contract with Transportation Vendors (36-36)
Veterans Use County-Provided Services (37-37)
Veterans Receive Services via Community-Based Organizations (38-38)
VAMCs Provide Transportation Information for Veterans (39-40)
Key Specific Cases (41-54)
Overall Observations (55-56)
Chapter 5 - Improving Veterans' Mobility: Strategies for Transportation Providers (57-57)
Misconceptions Concerning Veterans' Mobility and Their Transportation Services (58-59)
Strategies for Improving Veterans' Mobility (60-64)
Assessment Tools for Transportation Providers and Planners (65-68)
Summary (69-71)
An Important Precursor (72-72)
Conduct In-depth Case Studies (73-73)
Develop a Model Transportation Planning Process for Improving the Mobility of Veterans (74-74)
Assess Transportation Needs of Special Groups of Veterans (75-75)
Study Veterans' Transportation Programs in Other Countries (76-76)
Chapter 7 - Conclusion (77-78)
Bibliography (79-81)
Author Acknowledgments (82-82)
Appendix A - VHA's Beneficiary Travel Program: Frequently Asked Questions (83-94)
Appendix B - List of Acronyms (95-96)