Steve Yaffe, proprietor of Yaffe Mobility Consulting LLC, focuses on enabling ride providers to operate efficiently and satisfactorily for their stakeholders in a financially sustainable manner. This includes accessible paratransit/fixed route collaborations that enhance access to work, support services, and activities of daily living. Prior to consulting, Steve Yaffe oversaw planning and operations for Arlington County’s local contracted fixed-route and demand response transit (sharing practices from both modes). He has prior fixed route experience with RT Metro in Sacramento and Houston Metro as well as demand response experience overseeing WMATA’s MetroAccess service and planning for FASTRAN – Fairfax County’s consolidated human service transportation provider – both public/private partnerships.  He is a past member of the Transportation Research Board’s Transit Data and Paratransit Committees and co-chaired the 2022 and 2019 TRB International Conferences on Demand Responsive Transportation. He also was a member of the Fairfax Area Long Term Care Coordinating Council and the board of the ENDependence Center of Northern Virginia, a center for independent living. He is an FTA-ICAM grants manager for CCAM-TAC.org, consultant for The Transportation Alliance, and member, Mecklenburg County Transportation Advisory Board. 

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