COMPARISON OF TWO BROKERAGES: LESSONS TO BE LEARNED FROM HOUSTON AND PITTSBURGH

An examination is presented of two similar transportation systems that were designed to test two assumptions: (a) that transportation services can be provided to the elderly and the handicapped more effectively and efficiently when coordinated by a single agency than when provided by conventional, fragmented systems and (b) that specialized or paratransit services are the most appropriate way to meet the transportation needs of elderly and handicapped clients. The two communities involved are Houston, Texas, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Each community developed a brokerage system to deliver services to elderly and handicapped clients in its service area. The experiences of both systems with regard to costs, fares, ridership patterns, operational experiences, and goals and objectives are discussed. An examination of the important differences and similarities in the two systems and an evaluation of the important and transferable findings that follow from that examination are provided.

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• Authors:
  • Rosenbloom, Sandra
  • Warren, David
• Conference:
  • 60th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board
  • Location: Washington District of Columbia, United States
  • Date: 1981-1-12 to 1981-1-16
• Publication Date: 1981

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 7-15
• Monograph Title: Mobility and accessibility to transportation for the elderly and handicapped
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 830
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aged; Brokerage; Costs; Fares; Paratransit services; Persons with disabilities; Public transit; Ridership; Social service agencies; Transit vehicle operations
• Geographic Terms: Houston (Texas); Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania)
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Economics; Finance; Highways; Public Transportation; Society; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00349074
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309033071
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Jun 30 1982 12:00AM