T7: State-of-the-Science Conference on Community Integration for Persons with TBI
Roundtable Discussion - April 12, 2007
Topic Area: Transportation
Facilitators: Lisa Rapport, Ph.D. and Tom Seekins, Ph.D.
Recorder: Allison Clark, Ph.D.
- What research should be addressed in the future to further
the field and address the most relevant gaps in our knowledge? What models/methods
should be utilized?
- There is a need for a comprehensive transportation needs assessment,
and how such assessments can be used to develop targeted interventions.
- There is a need to develop and evaluate interventions that
may be used to facilitate independence with, and access to,
transportation such as additional supports (training with a
co-rider, or some sort of automated supports that could help
persons navigate the public transport system). What supports
would be most effective?
- There is a need for increased awareness of state laws
regarding driving for persons with TBI, increased awareness
of formal driving evaluations, and the need for research evaluating
the effectiveness of formal driving evaluations.
- It is important to look at models across disabilities, and
similarities and differences across populations with respect
to transportation needs, factors that facilitate transportation,
and barriers to transportation. For example, slowed psychomotor
speed may be ‘different’ for an older driver than
for a driver with slowed psychomotor speed as a result of a
TBI.
- Additional discussion included:
- What is the population baseline for transportation-related
isolation?
- Transportation within the US, which has a different ‘transportation
culture’ regarding mass transit versus transportation
in European countries
- How much transportation assistance is received versus how
much is actually needed?
- Funding issues: counties may contribute to transportation
funding but do not want those funds to cross county lines.
- The impact of transportation on employment
- Transportation in rural areas versus urban areas
- The use of voucher models
- Expansion of a coordinated transport system
- What collaborations could be fostered to address this
topic area?
- government transportation agencies
- NIDRR
