THE LIFT: SPECIAL NEEDS TRANSPORTATION IN PORTLAND, OREGON. FINAL REPORT TRANSIT SERVICES FOR HANDICAPPED AND ELDERLY PERSONS

The report contains results of the evaluation of the Lift. The purpose of the UMTA Service and Methods Demonstration was to test a transit operator's ability to provide demand responsive transportation to handicapped and elderly persons and coordinate this service with contracting social service agencies. Project operation and development, costs, impacts, workability, and cost-effectiveness are discussed in this report. The demonstration proved that a transit operator can coordinate with social service agencies to serve their clients and extend coverage to other transportation handicapped persons who did not previously have access to public transportation. In addition, the project had a substantial impact on the travel behavior of regular users and achieved a high penetration of the wheelchair market.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also report dated June 78, PB-294711. UMTA/TSC Project Evaluation Series. Service and Methods Demonstration Program.
• Corporate Authors:

  Crain and Associates

  120 Santo Margarita Avenue
  Menlo Park, CA  United States  94025

  Transportation Systems Center

  55 Broadway, Kendall Square
  Cambridge, MA  United States  02142

  Urban Mass Transportation Administration

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Cooper Jr, T A
  • Flynn, S
  • Bloomfield, P
• Publication Date: 1979-8

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 297 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cost effectiveness; Costs; Demand responsive transportation; Demonstration projects; Needs assessment; Persons with disabilities; Public transit; Service agencies; Social service; Transportation; Travel patterns; Urban areas; Wheelchairs
• Old TRIS Terms: Demonstration
• Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Society; Transportation (General); I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00314050
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: UMTA-OR-06-0004-79-1Final Rpt., HS-031 066
• Contract Numbers: DOT-TSC-1081
• Files: HSL, NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Dec 30 1982 12:00AM