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"Our mission is to support providers
of travel instruction for the purpose of
teaching people with disabilities and seniors
to travel safely and independently."
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2011-2012 Association of Travel Instruction Officers: |
President
President-elect
Secretary
Treasurer |
Mary
Riegelmayer
Peggy Schmidt
Susan Olsson
Rosanne Bopp |
To contact any of
the above ATI Officers or the eight additional ATI Board of
Directors members, please
CLICK HERE.
E-news Editor: Terry Moakley E-news Designer: Terry
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Eddystone, Pennsylvania |
Baltimore, Maryland |
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IN THIS ISSUE: |
1.
President's
Message by Mary Riegelmayer
2.
Come to Colorado for ATI 2012!
3.
ATI Recognizes Its Silver Sponsors and Organizational
Members
4.
MV-1 Wheelchair Accessible Mobility Vehicle Launched
September 21
5.
Summary of U.S. House of Representatives Surface Transportation
Reauthorization Proposal
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PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE BY MARY RIEGELMAYER
I am pleased to inform ATI members about some decisions made at a
recent Board of Directors meeting.
First and foremost, we will be developing a five year plan for our
organization, and we hope to accomplish this goal by holding
strategic planning meetings that will definitely include member
input through the use of technology such as teleconferencing,
webinars, etc. The Board also discussed next steps in moving forward
to achieve broader acceptance of the Definition of Travel Training (CLICK
HERE to read it), which was approved by ATI members at our
August 13, 2011 Annual Membership Meeting in Philadelphia. Finally,
the Board of Directors agreed to form a committee to review and
update our website, a very important element of the future growth
and development of our profession. Have input for us about any/all
of the above?
CLICK HERE to send your ideas to any current ATI Board
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COME TO COLORADO FOR ATI
2012!
We are excited to be hosting the ATI 2012 Conference in Boulder,
Colorado, and we hope you are planning to attend!
We want to do everything we can to make the time enjoyable and
valuable. Before we send out the Call for Papers, we would like to
hear from you about the topics that would be most interesting and
helpful to assist you in your professional development. So please
take a few minutes and send an email with your ideas for
presentations. Tell us what you want, and we will do everything we
can to deliver. We look forward to hearing from you, Susan Unger,
Easy Rider Travel Training Program,
sunger@specialtransit.org. |
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ATI RECOGNIZES ITS
SILVER SPONSORS AND ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBERS
The Association of
Travel Instruction is very fortunate this year to have three Silver
Sponsors and 13 Organizational members.
Please
CLICK HERE to view the 2011-2012 list of sponsors and
supporting organizations that is posted on the ATI website. All
sponsors support the mission of our organization and the hard work
of our members, and Silver Sponsors in particular are displayed
prominently over the year in every issue of this e-newsletter.
Organizational members also support the mission of our association
and enjoy the benefit of conference registration discounts. All ATI
members and sponsors receive all newsletter issues on their desktops
as well. Any type of ATI membership or sponsorship is critically
important to the sustainability and development of the travel
training profession. Contact any ATI Board member listed on our
website to determine if your membership is paid or not for the
current year, and
CLICK HERE to join or renew ATI membership online or through
the mail. |
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MV-1 WHEELCHAIR
ACCESSIBLE MOBILITY VEHICLE LAUNCHED SEPTEMBER 21
The MV-1, the
first-ever automobile designed from the ground up to be accessible
to individuals who use mobility devices, was officially launched on
September 21st at AM General’s Mishawaka, Indiana plant.
The Vehicle Production Group, manufacturers of the MV-1, presented
the first vehicle to roll off the assembly line to Marc Buonoconti,
President of The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis. The MV-1 is
manufactured with a built-in deployable ramp or an optional
power-operated ramp, and an open front passenger seating area that
can accommodate and secure passengers using wheeled mobility
devices. The MV-1 is suitable for use as an accessible taxi, an
accessible ADA Paratransit vehicle, an accessible individually owned
and operated personal vehicle, and for many other uses. To view a 39
minute video about the launch, go to
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxKk8zgj-EM. |
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SUMMARY OF U.S. HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES SURFACE TRANSPORTATION REAUTHORIZATION PROPOSAL
Back in early July, Representative John L.
Mica (R-FL), Chair of the House Transportation and Infrastructure
Committee, unveiled a six-year surface transportation
reauthorization proposal.
As ATI members may know, the last major surface transportation
authorization law, commonly known as SAFETEA-LU, expired on
September 30, 2009. Since that time, a total of eight (8) short term
extensions of SAFETEA-LU have passed the Congress and become law so
that transit funding has continued to flow to critical local transit
and highway improvement projects. However, Rep. Mica has stated
emphatically that he will not support another short-term SAFETEA-LU
extension. His proposal authorizes $230 billion over six years for
needed transit and highway projects. Among many other provisions in
Rep. Mica’s proposal, it would reform surface transportation
programs by consolidating or eliminating approximately 70 programs
that are duplicative or do not serve a federal purpose; removes
current barriers that prevent the private sector from offering
public transportation services; and, provides more of a focus on
transit programs that benefit suburban and rural areas and will
improve transit options for the elderly and disabled. For more
information,
CLICK HERE to read a 20 page summary of this proposal
entitled A New Direction. |
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FORWARD THIS NEWSLETTER
Know other travel trainers,
travel instructors, mobility specialists, ADA coordinators, ADA
Paratransit eligibility certifiers, travel buddies, human service
agency transportation staff, school transition coordinators,
independent living center or other disability group transportation
advocates—basically anyone who assists persons with disabilities or
seniors to use public transportation, or who is thinking of starting
any type of travel training service, from short and simple group
familiarization programs to intensive, short-term one-on-one travel
training?
If so, please forward this issue to them. Help ATI
build its membership and attract new sponsors |
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