PARATRANSIT: A REVIEW OF SELECTED CONNECTICUT PROGRAMS AND COMPARISON WITH NATIONAL EXPERIENCE

Paratransit services in Connecticut offer a wide spectrum of operating characteristics and serve many diverse groups. Modes serving the commuter are generally efficient in terms of dollars and energy costs, having been implemented with little effort and requiring little subsidy. Modes serving the transportation-disadvantaged are neither cheap nor efficient from a strict transportation standpoint. They are probably the only feasible alternatives; their primary role is a social service. It is concluded that any further evaluation of the state's systems should be on the basis of operating statistics in this report. For programs serving an area having great variations in population, dispatching and routing strategies for areas of different density should be examined to assure comparable efficiency and client service. The measure, great circle passenger miles, should be used in program monitoring. User-side subsidies may be the more efficient mechanism for support of taxi services. Coordination is needed between social service providers, clients and the general public. Support should continue for support of ConnDOT and non-profit brokerage in promoting carpooling and vanpooling. Greater utilization should be made of 16-B-2 vehicles for services incidental to their elderly and handicapped functions.

• Corporate Authors:

  University of Connecticut, Storrs

  Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 261 Glenbrook Road
  Storrs, CT  United States  06269-2037
• Authors:
  • Davis, C F
  • Makuch, M F
• Publication Date: 1983-5

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 107 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Brokerage; Carpools; Economic efficiency; Needs assessment; Operating costs; Paratransit services; Performance; Ridership; Social factors; Subsidies; User side subsidies; Vanpools
• Uncontrolled Terms: Efficiency; Performance indicators
• Geographic Terms: Connecticut
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Economics; Public Transportation; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00377845
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: JHR 83-150 Final Rpt., Project 79-1
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 30 1983 12:00AM