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Helping Military Veterans With Their Transportation Needs

By Jaime Rall Vol . 20, No. 34 / September 2012

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Many of America’s 23 million veterans face transportation mobility challenges.

Today, about 23 million Americans are military veterans. Many need reliable, affordable and accessible transportation choices to get to work and school, visit family and friends, and receive medical care and community services. At the same time, a host of societal and demographic changes have led to specific mobility challenges for veterans. For example, many older World War II and Korean War veterans no longer drive, yet may require transportation to ongoing medical care. In addition, they often are the core volunteers on which many veterans’ transportation programs depend.

   

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