Administration for Community Living (ACL)'s Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) web page and Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on People with Disabilities: Research Findings, 2022
American Bus Association (ABA)'s Sample Policies for Post-Pandemic Cleanliness and Safety, 2020
American Industrial Hygiene Association Healthier Workplaces web page
American Public Transportation Association (APTA) webpage on The COVID-19 Pandemic Public Transportation Responds: Safeguarding Riders and Employees, 2020, and Developing a Pandemic Virus Service Restoration Checklist, 2020
Casper Area Transportation Coalition (CATC/The Bus) Infectious Pandemic Plan, 2020
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC):
Community Transportation Association of America (CTAA) COVID-19 Resources and News webpage and Buyer's Guide, and COVID-19 Properly Cleaning a Vehicle and Other Transit Facilities, and State by State COVID-19 NEMT Guidance Tool, 2020
COVID.gov COVID-19 Toolkit, 2022
COVID Mobility Works database of mobility initiatives
Crepelle, Adam.
Tribes, Vaccines, and COVID-19: A Look at Tribal Responses to the Pandemic. Fordham Urban Law Journal 49.1 2021: 31.
Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Public Transportation Workers Toolkit, 2023, and
Services and Supports for Longer-Term Impacts of COVID-19, 2022
Easter Seals Project Action (ESPA) Coronavirus: Staying Healthy Together
Enid Public Transportation Authority Infectious Pandemic Plan, 2020
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) List of Registered Disinfectants for Use Against SARS-CoV-2 (a Coronavirus that Causes COVID-19), 2023
Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Frequently Asked Questions from FTA Grantees Regarding Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), 2022
Government Technology A Resource Guide to Coronavirus for Government Leaders, 2020
Harvard University's COVID-19 Resources for Indian Country, 2021
Heart of Iowa Regional Transit Agency (HIRTA) Pandemic Plan, 2020
Johns Hopkins Center for Systems Science and Engineering's interactive map of Coronavirus COVID-19 Global Cases
Minnesota Department of Transportation. Public Engagement Practices During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Other Disruptive Events. 2021
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine's
Emergency Evacuation and Sheltering During the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2021
National Aging and Disability Transportation Center (NADTC)'s, COVID-19 web page Operating Volunteer Driver Programs in a Pandemic and Recommendations for Implementing New COVID-19 Policies for People with Disabilities
National Center for Mobility Management (NCMM) COVID-19 Resource Center, and COVID-19: Implications for People with Disabilities and Mobility Managers, 2020
National RTAP's COVID-19 Information page includes a technical brief, FAQs, Best Practices Spotlight Article, ADA Toolkit Section on COVID-19, COVID-19 Safety Guidance for Frontline Employees training module, Rural Transit Planning in the Time of COVID and Beyond webinar, and upcoming training events about COVID-19
New York University's (NYU)
COVID-19's Effect on Transportation: Developing a Public COVID-19 Data Dashboard, 2022
Oregon Health Authority's Reopening Guidance: Specific Guidance for Transit Agencies, 2021
RHIhub's COVID-19 web page, 2023
Self Advocacy Resource and Technical Assistance Center's COVID-19 Plain Language Guidance for Employees with Developmental Disabilities, 2020
Shared-Use Mobility Center's (SUMC) COVID-19 Crisis Impact on Transit & Shared Mobility, 2020
TCRP's Transportation for People with Disabilities and Older Adults in COVID-19, 2024
University of Iowa RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis Counties with COVID Cases interactive map
University of Oregon StoryMap about how Transit Authorities have responded to COVID-19
Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute, North Dakota State University. Surveys of Transit Riders and Agencies During the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2021
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) COVID-19 Federal Rural Resource Guide, 2020
White House. National Strategy for the COVID-19 Response and Pandemic Preparedness, 2021
World Health Organization (WHO)'s Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Advice for the Public: When and How to Use Masks, 2021
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