Moving Maine: Improving Transportation Access For All
Events and Webinars
Mobility Learning Community
Moving Maine regularly convenes stakeholders from around the state for networking and learning sessions. SIGN UP HERE to attend. For recordings of past sessions, visit Moving Maine's YouTube Channel.
- January 2023 - Mainers Driving Mainers: Strengthening & Expanding Maine's Volunteer Driver Programs: Jo Cooper from Maine Council on Aging and Mary Beth Paquette from the UMaine Center on Aging. The pair presented on their collaborative efforts to strengthen, expand, and promote awareness of Maine's volunteer driver programs. Recording is here.
- November 2022 - Equity in Electric Transportation: Jill Johanning from Alpha One and Hope Kohtala from Efficiency Maine talk about accessibility and inclusion within Maine's transition to electric vehicles. Recording is here.
- October 2022 - Travel Helpers - A "Train-the-trainer" Program for Assisting People in Navigating Transportation: Marcel Ntagora and Kat Violette from the Greater Portland Council of Governments presented on their training that provides people in helping roles (i.e., patient navigators, case workers, and resident service coordinators) with the information and skills to support clients, patients, and residents with trip planning and finding transportation options. The program is designed for use by health care, housing, and social service agencies to train their staff. Recording is here.
- September 2022 - Advocating for Better Public Transportation: Featuring Mariah Painter from the Bangor-area initiative Transportation For All, a program of Food and Medicine. Recording is here.
- August 2022 - Using Data to Improve Transportation Access: With Marcela Moreno from the National Center for Applied Transit Technology. Recording is here.
- July 2022 - Getting to the Workplace: Challenges and Solutions for Rural, Suburban and Urban Maine: Featuring Emily Green from GoMaine and Tim Sturtevant from Maine DHHS. Recording is here.
Maine Mobility Summit
This interactive virtual statewide summit, held in June 2022 featured learning, networking, and action-planning.
All Network Gatherings
In 2020 and 2021, Moving Maine hosted virtual convenings for learning and networking. The gatherings were open to all interested transportation stakeholders.
2021 Gatherings
September 2021 – "English Language Learners & Transportation Use: Perspectives from Users and Providers"Click here to view the gathering
Panelists included:
- Guy Mpoyi, Bus Ambassadors Program in Southern Maine
- Fatima Saidi, Bus Ambassadors Program in Southern Maine
- Marsha Bennett, Bus Ambassadors Program in Southern Maine
- Perian Carpenter, Bus Ambassadors Program in Southern Maine
Click here to view the gathering
The panel discussion featured:
- Theresa Savoy, Title II ADA Coordinator at the Maine Department of Transportation.
- Dr. Yochai Eisenberg, Assistant Professor in the Department of Disability and Human Development at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Dr. Eisenberg currently leads research efforts to better understand the status of implementation of ADA transition plans, and promising practices for improved accessibility.
- Mainers with transportation barriers, sharing their stories.
Click here to view the gathering
The panel discussion featured:
- Sara Squires from Disability Rights Maine, which ensures autonomy, inclusion, equality and access for people with disabilities in Maine.
- Laurie Downey and Eleanor Pansar from the Grateful Undead, which supports aging in place by promoting knowledge and organizing services that enable residents of the Sacopee Valley and surrounding towns in southwestern Maine to continue to live in their own homes and communities safely, independently and comfortably as they age. Their work includes a volunteer driver network - The Transporters.
- Matt DeLaney and Shelly Blaisdell from Mobilize Katahdin, which is dedicated to organizing mutual aid efforts and connecting people to accurate information and local resources in the Katahdin Region.
2020 Gatherings
December 2020 – "Advancing Transportation Equity with Inclusive Engagement"Click here to view the gathering
This event included a panel discussion featuring:
- Darcy Cooke from Food and Medicine in Greater Bangor
- Charley Martin-Berry from the Community Caring Collaborative based in Washington County
- Marcel Ntagora from the Greater Portland Council of Governments serving Cumberland and York Counties
Click here to view the gathering
This event included presentations on:
- "Getting Through During COVID-19" with Jess Maurer, Maine Council on Aging
- New Solutions to Age Friendly During COVID-19 featuring Jean Saunders, Age Friendly Saco, Pat Brown, Old Orchard Beach Community Friendly Connection, and Patricia Oh, AARP
- Improving Maine DHHS’ Transportation Programs with Laura Brown, RLS & Associates