PARATRANSIT IN NORTH AMERICA 1972-79

This resource paper was presented in Part 2 of the workshop. It reviews the development of paratransit services in North America from 1972 to date, and discusses the institutional problems and issues of labour, technology and the institutional framework and assesses prospects for the future. The pressing need, and the difficulty, of assessing the effectiveness of paratransit options and embracing them in the overall process of transportation planning is highlighted. Until some substantial changes are made in the planning and regulation of urban transportation systems, paratransit modes will unfortunately be able to make only a limited contribution to improving the efficiency of urban transportation (a). The number of the covering abstract of the workshop is IRRD 255122. (TRRL)

• Availability:
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Paper given at the workshop Paratransit: Changing Perceptions of Public Transport, held in Mount Gambier Australia.
• Corporate Authors:

  Australian Government Publishing Service

  109 Canberra Avenue
  Griffith, A.C.T.,   Australia 
• Authors:
  • Kirby, R
• Publication Date: 1980

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 35-42
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Australian Government Publishing Service
  • Publisher: Australian Government Publishing Service
  • ISSN: 1032-4152

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Administration; Conferences; Paratransit services; Personnel; Technology; Transportation planning; Urban areas; Urban transportation; Work trips
• Geographic Terms: Canada; United States
• ITRD Terms: 155: Administration; 8018: Canada; 8525: Conference; 621: Journey to work; 1128: Paratransit; 102: Personnel; 3855: Technology; 313: Urban area; 8122: USA
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00361460
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• ISBN: 0 642 04708 1
• Files: ITRD, TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Aug 30 1982 12:00AM